Crown of Trains Photo

Photographer’s Note

What you se is the Potsdamer Platz (Square) as seen from the Leipziger Straße. The illuminated high rise building in the centre is the head office of the German railway company (Deutsche Bahn).

About Potsdamer Platz (derived from Wikipedia):

Potsdamer Platz is an important public square and traffic intersection in the centre of Berlin.

Its heyday was in the 1920s and 1930s. By this time it had developed into the busiest traffic center in all of Europe. Together with the Alexanderplatz, 2 km to the east, it was at the heart of Berlin's nightlife.

Almost all of the buildings around Potsdamer Platz were turned to rubble by air raids and heavy artillery bombardment during the last years of World War II. Due to the close proximity of Adolf Hitler's new Reich Chancellery building and many other Nazi government edifices nearby as well the Potsdamer Platz was right in a major target area.

With the construction of the Berlin Wall on 13 August 1961 Potsdamer Platz found itself divided in two. What had once been a busy intersection had become desolate. With the clearance of ruined buildings on both sides, almost nothing was left in an area of dozens of hectares. The area would remain like this for the next 28 years.

After the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989 the square became the focus of attention again, since it was an attractive location suddenly near the center of the city. The city government chose to divide the area into four parts, each to be sold to a commercial investor, which then planned new construction. During the building-phase the Potsdamer Platz was the largest building site in Europe.

The largest of these four parts went to Daimler-Benz, now part of Daimler-Chrysler, who charged Renzo Piano with creating a master plan for the new construction. The individual buildings were then built by many individual architects according to that plan. This includes the remarkable Potsdamer Platz No. 1 by Hans Kollhoff.

The second largest part went to Sony, which erected its new European headquarters there. This new Sony Center by Helmut Jahn, an impressive, yet light monolith of glass and steel is considered by many to be one of the finest pieces of modern architecture in Berlin.

rigoletto, fabi, ilvao, Cretense, tehanu_f, bostankorkulugu, ARGI, portmanndominic, stelli, azaf1, TopGeo, pboehringer, kdialyna has marked this note useful

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rigoletto (27404) 2008-01-09 10:58

I hope you did not injure yourself or drop down some pieces of the camera in advance!
Excellent daddy, excellent!
A photo that made me hot tonight :))
BW and kiss the Goddess for me...
Rigo

vero07 (1747) 2008-01-09 11:00

Hi Andreas,
Amazing and original shot, with perfect combination of colours. The inclination of the shot and the POV is great, including these nice reflections in the window.
Perfect shot!
Well done.

aysegul (148) 2008-01-09 11:00

this is basic but very effective work,
congratulations
best regards
Aysegul

fabi (107) 2008-01-09 11:08

Unusual and great view!
I love it!
Congratulations!
Cheers
Fabi

avene (11722) 2008-01-09 11:14

excellent shot, Andreas, the reflections work perfectly to amplify the colours and lights, while the tilt adds an interesting twist that saves the photo from becoming just another shot of city at night. love the captivating perspective and the clarity here, every detail is crisp and well defined. great shot.
best,
Kristine

LLaura (318) 2008-01-09 11:17

I love the angle, the reflection, the purple sky, the clearness, its deepness. It cant get better than this. Thank you for this moment,
L.

flatwin (1936) 2008-01-09 11:18

bonsoir

superbe prise de vue nocturne de ce pont avec un beau jeux de lumière - le cote penche donne du relief à la prise de vue

Arnaud

bruce_wayne (1507) 2008-01-09 11:31

Ciao Andres
very good shot!! Reflections are wonderful, you had have a great eye! Very well done!

Alessandro

mesutilgim (38604) 2008-01-09 12:03

Halli Hallo lieber Andreas,
Du bist nicht gerade sehr produktiv (ich meine was die TE Beitraege betrifft,nicht misverstehen !!) aber "wenn schon, dann schon" !
Wie dieses hier zum Beispiel.
Tolles Blickwikel und tolle Farben. Wunderbares graphisches Effekt.
Glueckwunsch !
Mfg
MESUT ILGIM

PS.Danke fuer Deinen mail. Ich wusste nciht welch einen "Prominenten" ich im Visier hatte !!

Cretense (58913) 2008-01-09 13:22

Geia sou Andrea!

Alli mia fouturistiki kai akros entyposiaki fotografia! Fovero to diagonio kadro sou kai to kathreftisma stin gyalini epifaneia, mageftika xromata. Exei kati apo "Metropolis" sto egxromo. Sygxaritiria!

Iraklis

tehanu_f (6874) 2008-01-09 13:33

Dear Andreas,
Where on earth did you set your tripod? On the window sill? It looks like a very unlikely place to set a tripod. I hope you are not performing dangerous stunt just to take photos! After all, the little goddess needs a father more than we need mindblowing shots on TE! )))
Whatever you did to take it, the result is superb. I love the way you divided the frame diagonally and tilted the camera, both of which help give a dizzying effect.
Congrats.
F.

maredeniz (1010) 2008-01-09 13:46

Hi Andreas,

What an image....Exciting reflections and angle...
Stay well

Deniz

aral (1195) 2008-01-09 15:33

Hi Andreas,

unusuall view, fine colors and contrast, excellent clarity. Really good.

bostankorkulugu (34562) 2008-01-09 17:51

yet another impressive shot from you andrea... i like the diagonal compo and the sunset colours, reflecting on the building you are trying to fall off... top notch light management as well... a real good one daddy mou...

marietom (32694) 2008-01-10 1:30

Hello Andreas,

Quelle image superbe !
Tilt intéressant qui permet une belle diagonale et 4 beaux triangles, superbes reflets, couleurs tout comme je les aime !
Bravo !
Je repasse
Marie

ARGI (3418) 2008-01-10 2:37

TELEIO Andrea
Oi antanaklaseis ekpliktikes. Ta xrwmata yperoxa. Ma to kalytero apo'ola h gwnia lipsis.
BRAVO Andrea. Filika Argyris

stelli (2991) 2008-01-10 3:17

Beautiful sky, excellent reflections and amazing composition! Well done! Thnak you for sharing! ΦΙΛΙΚΑ Στέλλα

portmanndominic (2390) 2008-01-10 3:19

happy new year Andreas

beautiful and very moderm shot with splendi colours
congratulations and TFS

best regards

Dominic

TopGeo (23013) 2008-01-11 1:01

Hi Andreas excellent shot!This your picture with the amazing shade and the beautiful golden red colour I liked also him place in my collection! Does your picture participate in my subjects with general title "silhouettes, figures, outline" does look at if you do like?
Georgios

azaf1 (15625) 2008-01-11 1:20

Etsi apla, giati ta logia einai ftoxia polles fores, Apithano!
Xromata-sximata-diagonios
Mono Evge
Argiris

golden (791) 2008-01-11 3:28

Γεια σου Ανδρεα!
Καταπληκτικη φωτογραφια...Πολυ ωραιο καδρο,μοναδικα χρωματα κ αντανακλαση.

Χρυσουλα...

pboehringer (770) 2008-01-14 10:20

Andreas,
certainly a nice sunset mood and a good city capture. So far nothing special! However, your twisted mind always looking for a different and surprising angle made it outstanding with the 45 degree tilt around the half reflection and half real life.
Peter

essie (125) 2008-01-17 22:39

Fantastic image! The perspective turns what would otherwise be a normal picture of a cityscape at sunset into a truly stunning photo. Thanks for sharing!

Essie

kdialyna (3126) 2008-01-22 23:20

Εντυπωσιακή η "διαγώνια" σύνθεση σου με την αντανάκλαση στον υαλοπίνακα να κλέβει την παρασταση.
Εξαιρετικά τα χρώματα του δειλινού που μαζι με τις έγχρωμες γραμμές απο τα φώτα των κινούμενων αυτοκινήτων δίνουν ένα όμορφο φουτουριστικό"touch" στην φωτογραφία σου.
Χαιρετώ
Κώστας

testmaniac (12523) 2008-02-03 21:48

This is very nice architecture photo with fantastic composition,POV and colors! Perfect job!

TFS and regards,
Philip

dim (2563) 2008-02-21 6:00 [Comment]

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ifanik (20816) 2008-02-23 3:59

Geia soy file Andrea
Yperoxh h matia soy edw
Sygxarthria
Ta xrwmata kai h gewmetria teleia
Xairetw
Nikos

DaveLafni (164) 2008-06-25 2:34

Hi Andreas
What a great shot you've made.
The POV is excellent and i like the reflection.
Best Regards,
Lafni

nilo (89) 2008-10-09 10:06

Andreas what an amazing gallery. I need hours to go photo by photo. You just have the eye man.

Just picked one of the many I like to say, Congratulations!

BR
Nicolas