Parliament Cliché Photo

Photographer’s Note

Austrian Parliament in Vienna.... Photographed and shared a million times, but still irresistable...

Without tripod, relying on ISO 1600 of my Canon.
1/30 sec, f/3,5

The grand Parliament building was designed by the Danish architect Theophil Hansen and constructed between and 1883 and 1918. The design is a mix of neo-Renaissance and classical Greek architecture, the Greek elements representing a nod to the cradle of democracy. The building was originally designed to accommodate the representatives of the various minorities within the sprawling Austro-Hungarian Empire, but was to serve in this capacity for less than 40 years.

Nowadays, it's home to the Austrian Parliament, which sits in two chambers, operating in a similar fashion to the Houses of Parliament in the United Kingdom. The Nationalrat (National Council) is responsible for developing and passing laws, whereas the Bundesrat (Federal Council) must ratify new laws. The fountain statue at the front of the building was created by Karl Kundemann and represents Pallas Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom.

dip, skippy007, horatiuTT, bostankorkulugu, burGu, asajernigan, tehanu_f, lilimih33, PixelTerror, jorgi, vinicio, jusninasirun, carper, papagolf21, Cretense, syd1946, Wandering_Dan, salvator, ocskaymarci, Budapestman, euryan has marked this note useful

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dip (13006) 2008-04-01 10:09

Hi Deniz,
what a wonderful night shot!!!
Excellent lighting,great POV and framing,
I like also the symmetry,clarity and sharpness are superb!
Ta leme,
Dimitris.

brandstaetter (14530) 2008-04-01 10:13

Hi Deniz,
very nice outside view in an excellent technical quality. Wish that what happens inside was as beautiful as this photo :)
Compliments from Austria, Chris

horatiuTT (4566) 2008-04-01 10:23

Very nice blue hour shot of this imposing building,I like the
original low POV,I think that is slightly tilted and the blue
is just an idea to intense for me.Nice shot Deniz.
Horatiu

skippy007 (7451) 2008-04-01 10:26

Hello Deniz,
Nice shot of this beautiful old building. Excellent lighting & POV.
Regards
Santo

bostankorkulugu (34198) 2008-04-01 10:26

şöyle bişey çekemedim milanoda işte ona yanıyorum... o kadar da çabaladım halbuki... makina da aynı makina üstelik... neymiş, sadece makina yetmiyormuş bu işler için...

pandoraTE (2317) 2008-04-01 10:44

Sizlerin fotoğraflarını görünce hiç fotoğraf yükleyesim gelmiyor buraya:)) Ben bu fotoğraftaki dengeyi çok beğendim. Renk uyumu da süper. Işık herzamanki gibi çarpıcı. Tebrikler.

burGu (4558) 2008-04-01 10:57

Halbuki senin fotograflarini thumbnaildan taniyabilecegim yonunde kendimce bir iddiam vardi.. Arada degisiklik iyidir :)
Simetri hos, renkli cekim guzel, isiktan faydalanmani da begendim. Ay ben boyumdan buyuk birseyler soyluyorum!!! :))
Sen bu koskoca binayi 18-55'le mi cektin ayiptir sormasi?

operim...

asajernigan (14414) 2008-04-01 11:48

Deniz,
This is a great blue hour shot. You have done a great job of blending both natural and artificial lighting to produce a fine photo. The lighting and colors are great here with excellent sharpness and detail. The golden glow on the building forms nice contrast to the deep blue sky.
TFS,
Asa

TopGeo (22495) 2008-04-01 12:08

Hi Deniz! This is not Vienna could be Athens and the rythm and Athina they are same. I believe you don't say truth?
Compliments
P.S. Wonderfulllllll Choice
Bravo
Georgios

tehanu_f (6874) 2008-04-01 12:58

great amazing superb dof pov raw bokeh cia kgb unicef and trt
fantastic awesome blue hour shot magnificient application of rules of thirds wonderful atmosphere interesting fg bg mg interests and the like. pixeli kiskandiracak gadar da net. afferim. cok begendim. arada boyle denişik seyler ko ve hayranlarini sasirt. ben de basta sasirip yannış şeyler yazdım. kiprik tüprük şarz.

jonathan_hart (22739) 2008-04-01 14:03

good POV for a symetric composition, the blue sky is lovely, exposure and sharpness are incredible, thumb up, that's a great blue hour shot !
regards
jo

dokadak (11492) 2008-04-01 15:10

Hello Zuggy Usagum :)

I love parliament blue very much on this shot...
Ulaa Zuggy Usagum, you are master of light managment DA :)
By the way haa o emica kimdur? asagdakiler necidur? :))

Hamsi cozli, eyi kalpli kardesum elune sagluk :)
hasan

lilimih33 (9874) 2008-04-01 15:14

Hello Deniz!
Wonderful blue hour picture and great colours, light, clarity and point of view!
Perfect detail!
Best regards!
Lili

bwiti (402) 2008-04-01 16:36

Je ne suis pas fan de l'heure bleue mais ta photo, dans son genre, est parfaitement réussie ! La netteté est absolument superbe et ton point de vue très géométrique est vraiment judicieux...
Par contre cela ne me fera pas changer d'avis....
Vienne est une ville sans charme aucun...
A plus...

barrufeto_77 (25957) 2008-04-01 22:14

Merhaba Deniz.

Nice light management. When I was there I couldn't take a picture as this one you post.

Maybe a classical view...but lovely!

Rgs, Oscar

MarcT (21105) 2008-04-02 0:52

Hi Deniz,
This blue hour picture is perfectly executed. The colours are great also but it lacks the usual "Rigoletto touch" ;-)
Your creative imagination... :))
Cheers

PixelTerror (87195) 2008-04-02 1:08

Merhaba Mr Tripodless,
A nice blue hour no tripod and full zizo picture, you can be glad that you have a Canon, an outstanding camera when it comes to noise management at Rigoletto heights zizos. Good blue hour timing.
Have a nice day JY

jorgi (3804) 2008-04-02 1:14

Hi Deniz,

there must be sth in the air...me photographing people, you architecture... :) First my compliments for excellentlly sharp and clean image of such high ISO and longer exposure. Far from easy to obtain! Secondly for colours and light balance. Simply perfect. No overexposures with superbly seen details all over the shot. Composition is rather standard, symmetrically traditional, but this is IMO the best choice of shooting traditional architecture. It was design to be impressive from this POV. All in all great effort.

Have a lovely day,
Jeri

dkeus31 (26503) 2008-04-02 2:59

hi Deniz,
very nice blue hour shot, the building's colors well contrasting to the sky.
composition is centered (OK, I guess you notice that by yourself), but works well here, more static.
regards
didier

pboehringer (770) 2008-04-02 7:09

Deniz,
a slight smile in my face ... after all teh avantguard shots in B&W this is a real slapstick. At least coming from you. Being from anyone else I would say WOW, great shot, good light management, etc, but from you ... hmmmm probably just a pffffffff, he can do it better ;-)
Peter

vinicio (22502) 2008-04-02 13:37

Great low POV Deniz, in a splendid image with excellent light management, compliments, perfect symmetry and beautiful view of this important Austrian monument, well done.
Ciao
Vinicio

jusninasirun (10401) 2008-04-02 23:23

Hello Deniz. excellent shot at this architecture in pleasant light with superb sharpness and clarity. Looks stunning against the blue saturated sky and very well captured with a tripod. Well done and best regards. Jusni

AiresSantos (43270) 2008-04-03 0:07

Hi Deniz
Great details in this very nice composition. Excellent sharpness and light very well managed
Have a nice day
Aires

carper (66132) 2008-04-03 2:37

it's a beauty Deniz,
marvelous pov and fantastic light, good and nice phototo look at a piece of photoart, super, my compliments for it, have a nice day.
gr. Jaap

alibasarir (14597) 2008-04-03 3:10

merhaba deniz bey
ışık zamanını ve mavi saati son derece mükemmel kullanmışsınız.gökyüzü harika ve ışıklandırılmış mekan çok güzel görünüyor.ayrıca renkler,netlik ve keskinlik mükemmel elinize sağlık.
selamlar
Ali

papagolf21 (57015) 2008-04-03 3:24

Bonjour, mon ami Deniz,
Félicitations pour avoir réussi cette très belle composition sans trépied.
La contre-plongée donne à l'édifice toute sa magnificence. Vous avez su conjuguer avec talent l'heure bleue et la beauté du Parlement.
Superbe !
Amitiés.
Philippe

Cretense (57564) 2008-04-03 4:34

Hi Deno!

You are entering my "field" now :-P... but you are doing it in the mose impressive way! Simply perfect blue hour photo, perfect light managment and brilliant well studied and balanced composition! congratulations!

Hercules

syd1946 (17999) 2008-04-03 5:17

You are excellent photographer and in in architecture compositions Deniz :)
Fantastic work and without tripod!I thinks the light exposure is the best you can handle.Such an impressive Parliament is a great subject to shoot,for sure...

cheers,
Thomas

Wandering_Dan (3329) 2008-04-03 8:57

Hi, Deniz -

Very nice hand-held. And so little noise, too, for ISO 1600. It's a good angle and lovely light.

Regards,
Dan

yedirenk (7567) 2008-04-03 10:46

Deniz bey merhaba,
Renkler ışık ve netlik nefis.kadraj olağanüstü.renkli karelerinizde S/B kareleriniz gibi çok çarpıcı.elinize sağlık.

Cevdet

salvator (18995) 2008-04-04 2:15

Selam Deniz,
Owwww nefis renkler, nefis gokyuzu. Detaylar, keskinlik de harika.
Eline saglik. Selamlar. Salvator.

ocskaymarci (2510) 2008-04-04 12:31

Hi Deniz,
I also have a nightshot of the Parliament (not a bluehour one). I hesitated uploading it or not and I decided to post it later. But now I can see that it's needless. Yours is much better. I shot from the other side of the road.
You Tripod-Handed-Deniz did a fantastic work again without a tripod at 1/30! (: Excellent exposure, excellent white balance, excellent lights and POV. My greatest respect!
TFS!
Cheers,
Marci

Budapestman (43292) 2008-04-06 2:06

Hi Deniz,
Amazing blue hour shot with rich details. I like the fantastic golden lights and the splendid composition. Beautiful work, Congratulations. Have a nice Sunday
George

berek (29115) 2008-04-06 6:48

Merhaba Deniz,
bize mimari show yapmışsın. mavinin tonu ve detaylar harika. eline sağlık. selamlar.
Burak Erek

euryan (8355) 2008-04-06 10:32

Wow, the quality is quite surprising considering you shot this at ISO 1600. The colors are rendered very nicely with the photo taken during the blue hour. I like the perfect symmetry.
Regards,
Ryan

Silvio1953 (43412) 2008-04-10 5:47

Hi Deniz, fascinating composition in the blue hour with splendid light and colors, great POV, very well done, ciao Silvio

calexica (1243) 2008-04-16 14:19

Hey Deniz,
WOW ... that's a perfect night shot of the Austrian Parliament. Sharpness, contrast, colors & POV are truly perfect. Congratulations!!!
Greetings,
Natasha

InasiaJones (20717) 2008-04-27 23:43

Hi Deniz,

I can't believe you've done it again, tripodless but with an impeccable result.

I don't know how I've missed this one, but I'm glad to find it a month later... I like the tones and the surprising sharpness. The centred composition doesn't bother me at all, as it is a perfectly symmetrical building, inviting to exploit this visual balance.

Nice work!

André