St.Coloman Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

This is a view of the church of St.Coloman, a church located beautifully in an impressive landscape! To get there it´s only a 30min drive from my house, so as you can imagine when looking for a good motive for some shots, this is the first thing that came to my mind ;-)
In the background you can see the world famous Schloss Neuschwanstein. Actually I wanted to take this shot a long time ago, but the conditions were never satisfying. But I´m really happy with the way this one turned out, I hope you think so, too ;-)
So for a closer view of the church itself, and maybe also for some extra information, I highly recommend these two shots:
St.Coloman #1
St.Coloman #2

So I hope you like it and thanks for viewing!

Technical details
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Canon EF 70-200 f/4 L USM
ISO 200
f/8
1/125

AROBN54, jhm, npecanhuk, avene, herowono, Sistercosmo, carper, alin-m, buscape, leo61, ktanska has marked this note useful

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AROBN54 (10755) 2009-10-21 10:14

Oh, Mark,
that is stunning. Flawless composition, beautiful clear color and sharp, precise detail, WONDERFUL light. I love the angle at which it comes in and lights the church and catches parts of the mountain. The church makes such a marvelous contrast to those wild, rugged mountains. Absolutely fabulous! Many thanks and warmest wishes,
Shelly

hardyuno (2197) 2009-10-21 10:29

Hi Mark,
aus dieser Perspektive mit Schnee und dem Abendlicht ein super Foto. Highlight ist sicher Neuschwanstein im HG. Super POV und Belichtung. Danke
Viele Grüße
HArtmut

jplebrun (16932) 2009-10-21 10:29

Bonjour Maek
il me semble qu'il y a longtemps que je n'avais pas vu une photo de toi sur TE, elle sont très apprécié surtout lorsqu'elle sont aussi belle que celle-ci, une pure merveille.
Amitiés
Jean-Pierre

SWEETFREEDOM (420) 2009-10-21 10:31

HI MARK,
I LIKE VERY MUCH YOUR PICTURE. THE COLORS, CONTRAST AND SHARPNESS ARE PERFECT.
THE MOUNTAINS FULL OF SNOW ARE VERY ATTRACTIVE.
I APRECIATE ALSO THE VIEW OF Schloss Neuschwanstein IN THE BACKGROUND.

BYE

ALESSANDRO

HimalAnda (1056) 2009-10-21 10:59

Hello Mark,

The composition is perfect and the place so beautiful. I like the way you placed the church and the castle in the foreground.
There is a strange white halo above the ridge of the mountain : maybe too much post-production with a software ?

Stephane

jemaflor (39323) 2009-10-21 11:01

Hi Mark,
So lovely composition with a beautiful light, perfect to take this church with this wonderful mountains environment. Bravo !

sayeed_rahman (2273) 2009-10-21 11:17

Gosh its so difficult to find good nature shots on TE nowadays..Mark you have a neat shot here with ofcourse a bit of learning..

whats that streak of white at the top of the frame...a good postcard..with an unusually flat land within the valley..

tc
sayeed

pauloog (6471) 2009-10-21 11:38

Hello Mark,
Beautiful soft low light on the church, so well presented in the mountain landscape; and the Neuschwanstein watching the scene. A pleasure to look at.
Regards,
Paul

claudeD (11312) 2009-10-21 11:40

Hello MArk,

excellent landscape shot including this amazing church under perfect colors and lights.I like this architecture shot integrated in the countryside very much.TFS.

With regards from Luxembourg

Jean-Claude

john1 (2028) 2009-10-21 11:53

Hi Mark,

A great Alpine landscape, Bavaria I believe.
Beautiful clarity and light, this church is beautiful with this very specific architecture of the region.
A very beautiful composition.
Good evening.
john

avene (10978) 2009-10-21 12:09

hello Mark,
postcard-perfect shot, the pale pink light on the white walls of the church make it look very delicate, almost fragile, especially against the rugged mountains in the background. I seem to detect a slight halo around the edges of the mountains, but may be my eyes ar fooling me :) great shot, my compliments.

best,
Kristine

claudigan (2746) 2009-10-21 12:13

Hello Mark,
Hwooawwoooo! you can be proud of this shot with a great composition( Nothing less than Neuschwanstein in background that shows past where this church is turned to future with its architecture) Light is wonderfull with sunrays on church and mountain. Really wonderfull!
Regards,
Claude.

herowono (456) 2009-10-21 12:17

Hi Mark,
Wonderful view and beautiful composition, good light and nice color. Great job, thanks for sharing.
Grüße,
Ismojo

bema (8717) 2009-10-21 13:27

Hallo Mark,

in der hier gezeigten Kombination mit "Ludwigs Schloss" sicherlich ein Klassiker, gefällt mir sehr gut..
sehr schönes licht, klasse Farben und eine sehr schöne Komposition, der frische Schnee auf den Bergen kommt auch sehr gut..

viele Grüße Bernd

jimkil (528) 2009-10-21 13:29

This is a cracker Mark
Beautiful light, the church is gorgeous, maybe them trees hinder the view, but then there is another one tucked away in the mountain. You have a person for scale also.
Excellent colours, detail, them mountains dwarf the church superbly.
Regards
Jim

dkeus31 (26180) 2009-10-21 13:43

hallo MArk
aha, so sieht es abends aus!
schönes Licht auf der Kirche und Bergen, und gleich beide burner auf dem Bild!
Grus aus dem fla(s)chen Belgien...
Didier

eversmile (6119) 2009-10-21 13:53

Hi Mark

The soft light gives to the scene such a majesty that it really looks like a moment of grace. I love the golden tones on the mountain and the tender green of the grace, huh, grass. What I find touching and surprising, is the second church very discrete on the hill, almost mimetic with the snowy mountain, and that curiously, from far, ressembles to a mosque. You might not like the idea, but in my imagination, it makes like a short-circuit in space that gathers the East and the West.
Regards
Marine

barrufeto_77 (25797) 2009-10-21 14:26

Hi Mark.

My compliments. The light was really amazing and allowed you to take this good picture.

Excellent church with the mountains as a background.

Well done!

jjcordier (24634) 2009-10-21 22:21

Mark
Très belle composition avec cette superbe église, Neuschwanstein et ce beau décor montagneux en arrière plan. Un endroit que j'aime beaucoup....mais où je n'ai jamais eu la chance d'avoir une belle lumière comme sur ta belle photo.
Amicalement
JJ

Waylim (10769) 2009-10-21 23:22

Hi Mark,
Off the three photo that I seen of this place, from your mom and Didier, I think I like your best, but don't tell them, please.
You really mange the light really well, lvoe the warm afternoon light that illiminated the side of the mountain giving it golden speck of light agains the cold snow and rugged terrain. the brick red of the roof warm up the center of the image so very nicely. Compostion is perfect, all is in the right place and the layer of mountain really give you a good sense of it distance with the one on the back slight softer and lighter in colors. There is a slight hallo around the mountain perhaps its the mist being pick up by the wind or the light cloud coming over the other side of the mountain. Anyway, Really great work here. Thanks Mark.
Way

Sistercosmo (2573) 2009-10-22 0:37

Sers Mark,

diesmal darf ich sagen: wer hat's gesagt? :-))

Ein wirklich fantastisches Bild. Tolle Stimmung, perfekt eingefangen. Obwohl wir ihn beide nicht mögen - ohne Schnee wäre das Bild halb so schön!

War ein toller Nachmittag mit dir!

Alles Liebe,

carper (64784) 2009-10-22 2:25

Nice to see you Mark.
Yes the 5d-mark2 is a fantastic camera, important are the lenses and of coarse the quality of the camera man. Well Mark you let me seen that you have the quality for a good camera man. this shot is a pleasure for the eyes, good composed, fine light, the canon 70-200 f4, I have the same lens, its a good one, you made a fantastic composition and managed the light very good. fantastic photo job, have a good day.
regard jaap

jhm (82461) 2009-10-22 3:09

Hello Mark,

What a miracle I find you back on TE, welcome again best friend.
You shows us again your perfect quality of your picture.
The church makes such a marvelous contrast to those wild, rugged mountains.
Absolutely fantastic, nice composition.
I love your colours and the presentation.
Very well done, TFS.

Warmest regards,
John.

alin-m (1011) 2009-10-22 7:46

Verry nice place and verry inspirated picture.Congratulation.Best regards.Alin.

buscape (3685) 2009-10-22 8:59

Hallo Mark,
du hast hier einen klasse Betrachtungsstandort für deine Aufnahme gefunden. Die schneebedeckten Berge und das Schloss Neuschwanstein ergeben einen perfekten Hintergrund für die Kirche. Das Licht und die Farben sind ebenfalls sehr schön. Auch die allgemeine Bildqualität ist gut, nur der Halo-Effekt an den Bergkanten ist mir leider auch gleich aufgefallen. Solltest du noch eine bessere Version zeigen können, wäre ich für einen RP. Ein WS mit der Originalaufnahme als Vergleichsmöglichkeit wäre für den ein oder anderen vielleicht auch noch hilfreich. Jedenfalls auch so schon ein klasse Foto.
Viele Grüsse aus dem Donautal,
Helmut

leo61 (43398) 2009-10-22 9:01

Hallo Mark!
Einfach nur: PERFEKT!!!!!!!!
Farben und Kontrast sind einmalig und Dein Standort sehr gut gewählt.
Gruß,Leo

Floydian (30970) 2009-10-22 10:00

Hey Mark ;-)

I have an image in my mind about a picture from this church against the mountains and your version comes very close to what i have in mind. Snow on the peaks, great light on the church, deep greens (i need in fact snow on it) and that other beauty far away for mking the whole scenery complete. One thing i need to bring...a chainsaw to cut down those trees ;-)

Just like Kristine i see some halo effect around the mountains, but is not really disturbing, it's all about that church that looks very good.
Good you go out with your mkII, you did not bought that thing to keep it in your bag whole winter in that great surrounding ;-)

So now and then i'm peaking in here (only look at some peoples pictures, no forum), and seeing you're back, something i will not do, but it's good to see some work from your hand.

Take care my German friend,

Henk

ktanska (16559) 2009-10-23 3:56

Hi Mark,
Very romantic setting, with Neuschwanstein on just a side role this time. Excellent low light. Contrast between bright green grass and early autumn snowfall on mountains looks great.
Kari