Reichstag - Under The Dome Photo

Photographer’s Note

The Reichstag is Germany's parliament building, situated close to the Brandenburg Gate in the city. Originally built in the 1890's, it was destroyed by fire in 1933 (which Hitler blamed on Communists in order to increase support for the Nazi's).

The building was restored after World War 2, but after German reunification it was chosen to once again host the country's parliament, and English architect Lord Norman Foster was chosen to design the new dome, which was completed in 1999.

Taken from the floor of the dome (which is reached by elevator from the ground level) the interior is lit by natural light from the glass roof & a collection of mirrors create the reflective effect seen here. It's visually stunning, and it's free to visit - although there's often a long queue to get in (I visited at 9 am and avoided the worst of it).

This shot gave me a lot of trouble in post-processing, I've had to make it quite small in order to get it down to under 200kb!

sevman13, jlbrthnn, feather, Photo65Net, josepmarin, archimatica, Leilani, jonius has marked this note useful

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sevman13 (553) 2007-04-26 16:37

hi
really a head-spinning fhoto here
nice angle and pov
hasn't lost much i think after the postprocessing
well done

Serdar

Gustaw (21670) 2007-04-26 16:56

Hi, friend!
It is very interesting modern architecture. Oryginal composition with good strong colours. Light is good to. Well done.
Marek

jlbrthnn (38897) 2007-04-26 17:10

Hello Peter,
Good framing on this very complicated structure. Very good colours and definition.
Barvo
Cordially
Joël

ribeiroantonio (21967) 2007-04-26 19:59

This is a great picture even if I am having lots of trouble to understand it. I would like to see some other POV to make up my idea of the building. Anyway, the light is very good, creating some beautiful reflections. Well done.
Antonio

Photo65Net (43096) 2007-04-27 9:32

Peter,
Great abstract compo !
I had hard time getting what was represented in this one :o) !
Great job, I like that a lot.
Regards,
JB.

feather (50144) 2007-04-27 12:01

The modern architecture taken from this POV makes a wonderful graphic, abstract image. the play of light and shadows adds another dimension too. Well done.
Kath

josepmarin (34081) 2007-04-27 12:17

Hi Peter,
A good composition the one that you have created here, this modern architecture from your POV and in a very bold angle, gives a good graphical result with the people, the sky and the reflections in the mirrors, in an a bit abstract set but organized good.
Foster is a good architect, in Barcelona we enjoy some of his works.
A good architectural photo, my friend.
Best regards,
Josep

archimatica (13344) 2007-04-27 19:05

Hi Peter.
Optimal graphical job where various messages are melted.
It's an architecture that I want to visit: thanks for the signalling.
renzo

flosoup (563) 2007-05-02 16:59

Very unusual POV that makes a great composition. Good job:)

Leilani (1371) 2007-06-03 7:33