Dutch houses in northern Germany Photo

Photographer’s Note

Yesterday I showed you a canal in the beautiful little town Friedrichstadt in the very north of Germany. This town was planned and built by Dutch master builders. Please read more about it in the note to the linked photo.

In workshop you can see another street of houses in Friedrichstadt.

jafadabret, Cretense, jhm, snunney, xuaxo, Royaldevon has marked this note useful

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jafadabret (39669) 2009-10-08 23:39

Voisin du jour, bonjour.
Ces maisons ont beaucoup d'allure. J'aime la perspective de cette rue et les couleurs des façades.
Amicalement
Jacques

DINOZOR (6554) 2009-10-09 0:00

Hello Frank,

Je suis toujours heureux de voir des photos de villes du nord de l'Europe auxquelles je trouve un charme fou du point de vue architectural avec notamment ces toits à redan à la flamande.
Ici avec cette perspective reussie le bon contraste permet d'apprécier les formes et les volumes de ces batiments. Tout est clean, entretenu et l'ambiance de la vie de la rue se devine bien.
Merci de nous faire connaître ce qui est loin de chez nous, plus au nord, et qui ne manque ni d'intérêt ni de charme.
Ici à Paris temps peu froid mais pluvieux pour aujourd'hui.
Très cordialement

jasmis (50440) 2009-10-09 0:08

Nice place. Fine architecture. Detailed note. But tell me what is the main difference between German and Dutch hoses?
Regards my dear friend.

mesutilgim (36839) 2009-10-09 1:37

Hallo lieber Frank,
Auch dieser Beitrag ist koestlich. Was mir hier besonders gefaellt ist, dass hier die Fassaden noch nicht verunreinigt sind ! Ich meine miti rgendwelchen haesslichen Kunststoffsigns oder Kitschdekorationen. So sahen sie sicherlich auch vor 100 Jahren aus.
Gute Perspektive.
Danke schoen und
mfg
MESUT ILGIM

Cretense (56192) 2009-10-09 1:39

Hallo Frank!

Impressive architecture photo, beautiful houses in a row! Great framing and composition, excellent diagonal persective! Great light management, beautiful colours! Congratulations!

Hercules

gentedilivello (1865) 2009-10-09 2:34

Hi Frank,
lovely row of façades. The image is very luminous and colorful despite the dark atmosphere caused by the clouds. Very good job.
TFS.
Have a nice weekend.
Gabriele.

jhm (82577) 2009-10-09 3:19

Guten Mittag Frank,

These picture do my think at Bruges with the wonderful fronts.
A very quiet street, good perspective, you did very well addition the lady, this gives more dynamic to your picture
Excellent captured, good of colour nice presentation.
Very well done, TFS.

Einen Schöne wochenende,
John.

Budapestman (41974) 2009-10-09 4:11

Hi Frank,
beautiful street photo with attractive composition and nice architectural details, excellent perspective and POV, nostalgic mood. Have a nice weekend!
George

snunney (34914) 2009-10-09 4:15

Hello Frank,
A very good perspective along these lovely houses with their stepped gables. I like the pastel tones of the paintwork and the subdued lighting. The lady crossing the road in the foreground is nicely included and brings a sense of vitality to the scene. Greetings from a mild but changeable Charente-Maritime, where they are harvesting the maize today.

hrschwartz (694) 2009-10-09 5:40 [Comment]

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xuaxo (5733) 2009-10-09 7:17

Yes, Frank, these houses could be in the Niederlande (except for the German words). Very nice, and surprising.
Meine Grüße aus warmen Portugal (ca. 30ºC für das Wochenende).
Francisco

asajernigan (14138) 2009-10-09 7:53

Frank,
This is a great shot of these Dutch style buildings. When I first saw the photo I thought it was from the Netherlands, not Germany. You have captured nice details and colors in this less than ideal lighting. The girl walking across the street add a sense of scale for the shot as well as adding life to the scene.
TFS,
Asa

Royaldevon (5934) 2009-10-09 8:59

Hello Frank,

No wonder you wanted to capture the buildings on this street; they have a delightful appearance from their mixed colours to their delightful windows and ornate facades.
I like your chosen pov which provides an interesting f/g triangle (good for composition, so I'm informed) and the strong converging lines which provide a good lead and a fine sense of perspective.
The young lady is well placed in the frame and gives human interest to the shot.

Kind regards,
Bev :-)

holmertz (9671) 2009-10-09 10:53

Hello Frank,
A hard choice, really, between these two pictures. This one shows the elegant houses better, the ws has more life (although more touristy and with a couple of feet cut off...)
It looks like an incredibly neat town where noone seems to throw any rubbish in the street. Amazing.
By the way, the woman crossing the street surely was totally unaware of her importance to this composition.
Kind regards,
Gert

mvdisco (11523) 2009-10-10 15:13

Bonjour Frank,
J'aime beaucoup l'architecture et les façades de ces maisons, Excellent point de vue et excellente perpective,
jolies couleurs et lumière,
belle prise de vue et détails.
tous mes compliments
Par une belle journée d'automne température extérieur est de 9 celcius ..elle devra descendre à 0 celcius pendant la nuit....
bon dimanche ...Michel

batalay (20948) 2009-10-11 16:48

Hello Frank,

Indeed, these houses are evocative of those seen in Holland (and Belgium). The similarity in design, however, all of them step-gabled, it was the same architect, or company of architects who oversaw their design. Also the very steep roof is so characteristic of the north where there is increased snowfall.

Warm regards from Virginia, which has suddenly seen some rather cold weather, and the foliage has suddenly turned gold.

Bulent

adelune (2) 2009-10-19 5:42