I like Hamburgers Photo

Photographer’s Note

“Because the world has eaten countless hamburgers, the origins of the name may be of interest to many. By the middle of the 19th century people in the port city of Hamburg, Germany, enjoyed a form of pounded beef called Hamburg steak. The large numbers of Germans who migrated to North America during this time probably brought the dish and its name along with them. The entrée may have appeared on an American menu as early as 1836, although the first recorded use of Hamburg steak is not found until 1884. The variant form hamburger steak, using the German adjective Hamburger meaning “from Hamburg,” first appears in a Walla Walla (Washington) newspaper in 1889. By 1902 we find the first description of a Hamburg steak close to our conception of the hamburger, namely a recipe calling for ground beef mixed with onion and pepper. By then the hamburger was on its way, to be followed—much later—by the shortened form burger, used in forming cheeseburger and the names of other variations on the basic burger, as well as on its own.”

Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language

If you like to learn more about the history of hamburgers then read this more elaborate and quite surprising article.

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What you see are the town hall and the city centre of Hamburg. This photo (HDR, 4 shots) was captured from the bell tower of the St. Petri Church.

marknunnerley, kdialyna, chrkont, bostankorkulugu, tehanu_f, asajernigan, kri54, rigoletto, stelli, syd1946, azaf1, isabela_sor, kwazireal, pboehringer, dip has marked this note useful

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rigoletto (26246) 2008-02-10 4:36

at last someone climbed up to present the whole of this huge building. worth the efforts. congrats

vincz (19039) 2008-02-10 4:39

Amazing HDR with beautiful colour treatment and ligh mangement. A very fascinating image.

mesutilgim (36803) 2008-02-10 4:45

Hallo lieber Andreas,
Tolles Blick ueber Hamburg ! Schoene sanfte Farben und recht Stimmungsvoll. Man sieht hier -zumindes- den ueblichen Hektik diese Hafenstadt nicht.
Danke schoen
Und ein schoenes Wochhenende
Mfg aus dem schoenen Stadt am Bosphorus.
MESUT ILGIM

carmia (4958) 2008-02-10 5:43

Wonderful image! A nice colourful picture with a great composition. I like!! Greetings. Carme.

asajernigan (14132) 2008-02-10 6:12

Andreas,
I normally don't care for HDR, but this is very good! The lighting and colors are great with many fine details and great DOF. The blending of natural and artificial lighting is very good creating a great shot.
TFS,
Asa

brandstaetter (14114) 2008-02-10 8:03

Hallo Andreas,
wirklich gutes Licht, das Du da mit der HDR Technik eingefangen hast. Wirkt trotzdem sehr natürlich.
Tolle Schärfe. Super !
Liebe Grüsse, Chritian

bostankorkulugu (33536) 2008-02-10 9:36

being from a chaotic city, hamburg looks too neat to be true to me andreas... everything looks just perfect and this may be boring sometimes... or may be not, i m not sure... but this is a beautiful shot i am sure of that... no halos this time>:P...

chrkont (3633) 2008-02-10 10:16

Hi Andrea
What an amazing image. Expellant colors and details. I wondered about HDR technique, is it made from separate photos or one raw converting to four. I ask it because i don't see any movement or ghost effect.
Regards
Christos

hispic (7399) 2008-02-11 4:34

Hello Andreas,
The amber grow is really beautiful. Lights of the building match with sky in the evening nicely.
Your photo was really taken at the right time. This HDR work creates with Photomatix?
Have a nice day, Hisashi

dip (12576) 2008-02-11 6:36

Geia sou Andrea,
katapliktiki fotografia !
o fotismos kai to simeio lipsis einai teleia,den iksera oti mporei kaneis na anevei sto kampanario,i mipos ksereis ton papa? :)
Xairetismous
Dimitris.

stelli (2941) 2008-02-12 2:51

Beautiful picture with a nice warm sky and great POV! Interesting story! Thank you for sharing! ΦΙΛΙΚΑ Στέλλα

tehanu_f (6874) 2008-02-12 8:51

The note you wrote to Korkut should have been added here, I think. I like to hear people's personal experiences about a place - much more informative and interesting than Wikipedia entries. Anyway, your shot is good as usual and it makes me want to try HDR asap. The result is really different. By the way, I like your compo: The tower in the middle looks much too "emancipated" - it dominates the whole frame. :PPP

kdialyna (3068) 2008-02-12 12:12

Καλά έχεις γίνει expert στην HDR τεχνική. Πραγματικά εντυπωσιάστηκα.
Εκπληκτική χρωματική απόδοση και ισορροπία φωτισμού αναδεικνύει όλη την ομορφιά της πόλης αλλά και την αρχιτεκτονική του κτιρίου.
Χαιρετώ
Κώστας.

syd1946 (17901) 2008-02-13 4:57

Γεια χαρα Ανδρέα,
Φανταστικη θεα προς την πολη του Αμβουργου καθως και ιδιαιτερα ωραιες φωτιστικες συνθηκες,κατι που βοηθαει παρα πολυ στο να διακρινουμε ολος τις λεπτομερειες.Αυτο πιστευω ειναι και το μεγαλο ατου της φωτογραφιας!

Σε χαιρετω φιλε,
Θωμάς

azaf1 (15541) 2008-02-15 0:43

Andrea kalimera
Ti katapliltika xromara einai afta? Kai h geografia tou xorou katapliktiki.
Leptomeris, kathari kai zontani
ta sigxaritiria mou.
Argiris

marknunnerley (2768) 2008-02-18 8:21

Very good use of HDR Andreas as it doesn't have that obvious HDR false look. It also pays to get up those bell towers so as to get a different perspective. Interseting notes as well.
br
mark

Cretense (56072) 2008-02-19 2:33

Geia sou Andrea!

Einai oraia ta hamburgers, alla paxainoun, an kai esy den exeis anangi! Oso gia to Amvourgo, an einai toso oraio oso mas to deixneis stis foto sou (kai o Sakis paliotera), tote thelo na to episkeftho! Exairetiko POV, diagonia prooptiki kai diaxireisi tou fotos! Sygxaritiria!

Iraklis

TopGeo (21789) 2008-02-20 14:08

Hi Andreas! Katapliktiki i texniki! The city from tally! it resembles as miniatoyra! amazing thrice-dimension view of central square of buildings and streets! Beautiful the note for the Ham.
Xaireto
Georgios

toto (18709) 2008-02-21 0:30

Belle photo de cette superbe place avec ce très beau et imposant bâtiment qui nous montre cette tour magnifique, le reste de la ville qui s' étend tout autour est simplement magnifique et d' une grande netteté.

Amitiés Thomas
Je reviens

isabela_sor (42150) 2008-02-21 13:07 [Comment]

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jjbach (9101) 2008-02-24 1:18

Γεια σου Ανδρέα,
Καταπληκτική νυκτερινή σύνθεση, από ένα πολύ καλό σημείο λήψης. Η διαχείρηση του φως είναι υπέροχη με τα φωτεινα και σκοτεινά σημεία να ισσρροπούν τέλεια μέσα στην φωτογραφία. Πολύ όμορφη δουλειά.

Φιλικά Γιάννης

Hellas (5123) 2008-02-25 1:36

Πολύ καλή η θέα από εκεί ψηλά Ανδρέα.
Δεν έχω ιδέα από HDR αλλά το αποτέλεσμα είναι αρκετά καλό. Η ώρα που διάλεξες για την φωτογράφηση με τα φώτα των κτιρίων αναμμένα, νομίζω ήταν επιτυχημένη. Η ευκρίνεια είναι επίσης πολύ καλή όπως ενδιαφέρουσα είναι και η αρχιτεκτονική της πόλης αυτής.
Σε ευχαριστούμε που μας έδωσες την ευκαιρία να γνωρίσουμε και εμείς την όψη της.
Πολλούς χαιρετισμούς.
Αθανάσιος.

pboehringer (770) 2008-02-25 7:44

Andreas,
eine perfekte Postkartenszene! Ich meine dies ueberhaupt nicht boeswillig - ganz im Gegenteil. Einwandfreie HDR-Qualitaet. Koenntest Du nicht mir Ignoranten einen Crush-Kurs in dieser Technik geben? Vielleicht muss ich beim naechsten Deutschlandbesuch extra nach Hamburg kommen um dies von Dir zu lernen.
Ueberigens, weisst Du was Deutsche hier in den USA sagen wenn sie ein Hamburger bestellen? "I want to become a hamburger!" Das ist natuerlich der absolute Hammer. "Become" bedeutet naemlich nicht bekommen sonder WERDEN. ;-)
Peter

Xen (584) 2008-03-14 16:12

Great story and the photo is just amazing.

Just makes me want to come and visit. :)

keribar (42748) 2008-05-26 10:36

Hello Abdreas,
because I am leaving for Hamburg this week, your picture is double as interesting for me. There's a long story about hamburgers but none about your vantage point ? Where would this be, a modern tower perhaps. I appreciate the low light and the tunsgtens which have started to be seen here and there, but we can still see all detail of the city. Sharpness is No 1 also.
Excellent, we'll see if I get something similar. - Izzet