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Leer

Last weekend I stayed a couple of days in the nothern-most province of the Netherlands, Groningen and also visited Germany. The weather unfortunately wasn't very good, only on Saturday the sun managed to break through the clouds from time to time, like in this photo, when I was in the city of Leer.

Leer is a German city, located in the area of Ostfriesland (East-Frisia) in the state Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony) and close to the Dutch border.
It is situated in Landkreis (district) Leer and close to the mouth of the river Leda into the Ems. The city has about 34,000 inhabitants.

On this photo you can see the city hall of Leer, built in 1894 in German-Dutch Renaissance style. In front of it you can see, what I think, is the Museumhafen (Museum Harbour) and die Waage (Weigh-house).

It wasn't really possible to avoid the rope of the ship in upper left hand corner, so I just included it.
For me, Leer has always been the first city after the German border, when on my way to Denmark. Almost every year I saw the name of the on the motorway signs, but had no idea what the place actually looked like. Now I have, so it was nice to visit this charming city. :-)
Hope you like this Leer too as well as this photo and thanks for your visit.

Buin, jhm, mehmetemin, Budapestman, feather, Cricri, carper, pasternak, UlfE, zhelach, papagolf21, emjleclercq, paura, AiresSantos, evanrizo, ChrisJ, chrisnet, ElAprendiz, bertolucci, Silvio1953, ifanik, Didi, Emile, bakes888, jafadabret has marked this note useful

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Buin (38280) 2008-03-11 6:02

Hallo Lars!
I like this one very much! There are so many details one can detect here. The buildup with this rope in the upper corner is skillful and adds another interesting detail. You have had the luck of a wonderful light here.
Greetings from Germany!
Frank

jhm (83352) 2008-03-11 6:12

Dag Lars,

Van Frankrijk over England naar Duitsland het lijkt wel een race te zijn, maar alle gekheid op een stokje u maakt prachtige foto's zowel als kwaliteit als van onderwerp.
Ik zou overwegen indien ik deze foto moet plaatsen, omdat catrol te laten verdwijnen, nu dit is natuurlijk persoonlijk.
Ik vind uw foto anders zo mooi en aantrekkelijk, ook een kwaliteits foto.
Zeer mooie samenstelling en zacht van kleur.
Bedankt!

Prettige dag,
John.

Budapestman (42844) 2008-03-11 7:40

Hi Lars,
Beautiful view with spectacular and fine architectural details, the composition is superb. Picturesque place, indeed.
Have a nice day
George

shevchenko (10072) 2008-03-11 8:09

Hi Lars,
Good pov to show a busy canal, beautiful local architectures, nice color and good sharpness, thanks for sharing.
Ally

feather (50154) 2008-03-11 8:29

It's a pity Henk is away or you could have had a TE meeting as he is from Groningen. ;D
I like the way you have composed the image with the corner of the clock tower so we can see two facades. Placing it well off-centre also works well too. You had good light. Well done
Kath

Cricri (43762) 2008-03-11 9:02

Hi Lars,
Une vue trés belle sur le bâtiment, beaucoup de détails a voir aussi, de belles couleurs et lumiére du moment, compliment
Friendship
cricri

carper (65696) 2008-03-11 11:05

zeer fraaie foto Lars,
mooi is de lage horizon, de prachtige details, de control bovenin vind ik ook wel apart, goed fotowerk hier, prettige avond.
groet Jaap

pasternak (13650) 2008-03-11 11:36

Germany you say? This looks 100% Dutch to me...:) Warsteiner add may be the only thing reminding of Germany here... Well framed!

Cheers
Alexander

UlfE (9180) 2008-03-11 12:13

Hi Lars,

A wonderful composition with the river, the boats and the Town Hall. I really like the strong light on tower the Town Hall. It perfect against the dark cloudy sky. Also excellent overall sharpness.TFS!

Cheers,

Ulf

zhelach (3590) 2008-03-11 12:25

Hello Lars!
Beautiful city! Good composition and architecture! Very nice colors, sharp and details! Lovely place!
TFS, Best regards, Zorica

papagolf21 (56749) 2008-03-11 12:42

Bonsoir, mon ami Lars,
Très belle lumière mettant bien en valeur la ville de Leer. J'aime beaucoup lorsque l'on peut conjuguer bateaux et édifices, cela donne tout de suite un petit air de vacances !
J'aime le petit rappel du filin en haut et à gauche, cela souligne que nous sommes bien à proximité d'un port.
Très bien fait.
Amitiés.
Philippe

UnTrained (0) 2008-03-11 14:14

Hallo Lars,
a familiar one as I had a short visit there on our trip home in summer 2005. Good light despite of the bad weather and great sharpness. It shows very good how busy even smaller harbours are sometimes. The rope is fine here, it works like branches for depth and has also a lot of reality.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

emjleclercq (14514) 2008-03-11 15:05

Nice city hall, with a good choice of point of view with the tower positionned at the corner of the buildng. The sky is not so bad, compared to the grey color of the water! Personnally, I rather like the rope in corner since there is also a block with it. I regret more the modern tourist ship on the left.

All the best,

Emmanuel

paura (39306) 2008-03-11 18:28

Lars,
I especially like the soft colors of your composition. All of that city elements are very beautiful.

Regards

Paulo

AiresSantos (42924) 2008-03-12 0:00

Hi Lars
Great colours and definitions in this beautiful composition. Nice view of the Beer. Nice details and light very well managed
TFs and greetings
Aires

evanrizo (456) 2008-03-12 4:20

Hi Lars,
the composition looks great, the majestic buildings with the ships, and the sharpness is superb, all the very interesting details are so good to see here.
An impressive work.
Evangelos

John_F_Kennedy (31994) 2008-03-12 5:42

Good composition and POV. Colours, soft light on the brick-walled building. Well done.
Best wishes,
Achim

markstaples (15670) 2008-03-12 10:22

Hej Lars
A great sharp view where you have carefully composed the shot to place the tower on a third. Despite the clouds, you captured this in good light. Not sure I would have included the pulley on the top left though. Nice work all the same.
Best wishes
Mark

crckt (7100) 2008-03-12 18:59

Hi Lars,
It is a very nice shot of the harbor, if you didn't like the rope on the top left, you could have cloned it out. This city indeed looks charming.
Regards,
Shaeri

Graal (58732) 2008-03-13 0:34

Hi Lars,
nice old architecture, fine POV and shot. Well composed image and fine natural colours. An interesting reportage from Leer. Good work.
Gr., Aleksander

Stepan (27175) 2008-03-13 0:49

A typical nothern european mood, in a good pov. I wonder if the rope is really a problem, but I think it's ok. Good soft sunny light too.
Stéphane

ChrisJ (70443) 2008-03-13 3:33

Hi Lars

I like the superb colour contrast, between the red tower & the blue grey sky. Good sharpness, in this attractive harborside town. Tfs!

Miha2ou7 (4955) 2008-03-13 3:51

Hey Lars,

A beautiful piece. Very nicely composed, with a lot of elements, although the weather wasn`t good you`ve managed to take the most out of it. Fine clarity and sharpness. Lovely.

See you around.

Steft (5962) 2008-03-13 5:06

Hoi Lars,
Leuk om dit zo snel terug te zien. Zijn je foto's uit Bremen ook goed gelukt?
Je had hier geluk met het licht. Het schijnt prachtig op het rode gebouw en het rood steekt mooi af tegen het blauwgrijs van de lucht.
Stef

jonathan_hart (22627) 2008-03-13 10:04

hi Lars
straight framing, fine exposure, well done even if there is that rope, finaly this architecture is 100% north europe :) (reply to Alexander)
regards
jo

chrisnet (20376) 2008-03-13 11:03

Hello Lars,
I like the architecture and the good light here, thanks for the interesting note too,
Regards

ElAprendiz (7370) 2008-03-13 12:25

Hi Lars

Surely that is a great shot. The port is well with their boats striking colors and excellent architecture in the background

Good handling of light and balance in the frame, but for my taste, would have removed the pulley that currency on the top left, because it is an element that distracts. For the rest, is a magnificent work. Greetings from Colombia

John

tabora (13640) 2008-03-13 15:26

Bonsoir Lars,
Ici le seul problème est faut-il laissé la poulie et le cordage dans le coin supérieur gauche, là est la question, les avis sont divergents.
Etre là ou pas là,la est la question ...
On pourrit faire un grand débat. ;D)
Joli shot.
A+ Joseph

bertolucci (12014) 2008-03-14 2:29

Hoi Lars, een mooi en helder beeld van dit plaatsje! Je hebt zeer fraai licht gebruikt en ook de gebalanceerde compo maakt het een plezier om er naar te kijken. De kabel in de voorgrond introduceert xtra diepte. Heel mooi werk en bedankt ook voor je interessante note!
Fijn weekend,
Bert

Silvio1953 (42869) 2008-03-14 7:21

Hi Lars, great view of splendid architecture with wonderful colors, very well done, ciao Silvio

ifanik (20542) 2008-03-14 8:22

Hi Lars
This is a very nice photo
I like very much the composition and the beautiful colours
Very well done
Best regards
Nick

Didi (36452) 2008-03-14 11:06

Hello Lars
Nice view of the architecture without any distortions.
Perhaps it was possible to make a stitch of two pictures to have the whoole boat.
Very good winter lights
Cheers.

Emile (20127) 2008-03-14 12:55

Hola Lars.
Excellent view of Leer and it's harbor, beautiful and impressive architecture of the city hall building, the presence of the rob doesn't bother your wonderful composition. Very good colors and sharpness, your POV is also great.
Well done. TFS.
Best regards.

jackart (5616) 2008-03-15 1:44

Hello Lars!

interesting place - I've never seen it before. Great townhall in very impressive composition, but... in my opinion line in the left upper corner is unnecessary.

Regards
Jacek

bakes888 (18353) 2008-03-17 1:17

Hi Lars. It’s good that you have made the most of the sun when it came out. Excellent fine detail and good colours. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Paul.

jafadabret (40325) 2008-03-17 1:52

Bonjour Lars.
Cette photo est un bon paysage urbain avec, en premier plan, l'animation faite par les bateaux. L'architecture de l'hotel de ville a fière allure avec ses briques rouges.
Jacques

NickPavlakis (492) 2008-10-30 23:08

Hi Lars, very clear photo with lots of details to see. I can't see the need to include the top left element as it is rather distracting.
Nikos