Joy of life, a photo from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, East

Photographer's Note

I have visited plenty of interesting destinations in Germany in the pre-digital times. For my daytrip to Rostock, I had already my first digital camera with me, but I had a terrible weather there with the boring white sky. All my photos appear as washed out of colors and quite depressing. I still wanted to show something from this charming town. You have seen the same fountain in Rob and Lars photos recently, but they showed it from different angles. I have captured yet another aspect of it with the building of University of Rostock in the background. The fountain is formally called Brunnen der Lebensfreude, the latter word translating as the joy of life, but due to naked statues sometimes in quite unambiguous positions it is locally know as the Porn Fountain.

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PaulVDV, Fis2, ChrisJ, ricardomattos, ikeharel, COSTANTINO, jhm, Royaldevon, ktanska, adramad has marked this note useful

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Silvio1953 (220759) 2021-02-20 11:57

Ciao Mariusz, great view of fantastic fountain, splendid light excellent clarity, fine detaols and wonderful colors, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

PaulVDV (62810) 2021-02-20 12:00

Hello Mariusz,
The joie de vivre is well expressed in these sculptures.
It's a beautiful fountain and the water jets don't block the view of the interesting university building.
The many water in the foreground obscures the fact that you had bad weather in Rostock.
Very attractive composition, clear and sharp presentation.
Best regards, Paul

lousat (138695) 2021-02-20 12:15

Hi Mariusz,so one of your first pics made in digital way,and it's absolutely perfect. Great quality despite the light. A perfect perspective too to understand why this is called "porn fountain"..ehehe...very well done! Have a nice Sunday and thanks,Luciano

Fis2 (169877) 2021-02-20 13:01

Czesc Mariusz!
Co za kapiel w fontannie ;)
Bardzo ciekawa fontanna, efekt wody robi wrazenie.
Odwazne posagi i ciekawy budynek na drugim planie.
Ladny kadr i kolorki.
Milej niedzieli.
Krzysztof

ChrisJ (171366) 2021-02-20 13:51

Hello Mariusz,

It seems a lot of touching has been done to certain parts of the statue's anatomy, with the outside copper patina worn away to reveal the inner bronze. Good framing and motion blur of the water jets. Tfs!

ricardomattos (17408) 2021-02-20 17:56

Czesc Mariusz

Excelente tomada aqui! Belas esculturas, título e um lindo prédio ao fundo com uma fachada muito atrativa e bem trabalhada. Belo trabalho !

Parabéns

Ricardo

ifege (47103) 2021-02-20 21:47

Hi Mariusz
Another good oldy of fountain and building. The arrangement of the sculpture is rather unusual and original.
cheers
Ian

jemaflor (146412) 2021-02-20 23:16

Hi Mariusz,
well photographed, good Fg with statue and fountain, interesting colors contrast with the red facade in the Bg, perfect sharpness, dynamic effect with water, tfs.

COSTANTINO (115645) 2021-02-20 23:42

Hello dear friend and have a nice day
original version
greetings to the artists
who were created this
miracle.....!!!!!!!!!
regards
Costantino

ikeharel (112549) 2021-02-21 0:34

Good morning Mariusz,
Superbly managed to combine the waterfall with sculptures and the red-bricks facade of the university building on the backdrop.
The green trees added marvelous another set of colors.
Have a nice sunday,
Ike

pajaran (115047) 2021-02-21 2:53

Pozdrav.
Lepe skuplture i fontana, dobro pokazana sa lepim bojama, kontrastom i dobrim tekstom.
Lepo mesto sa zelenim drvecem i arhitektura u pozadini.
Lepa fotografija i uhveceni trenutak.
Zelim vam lepo popodne za odmor, sve najboilje.
Paja.

jhm (211734) 2021-02-21 6:14

Hello Mariusz,

The both statues are through people hands regular rubbed on the bronze statue.
An excellent composition with real colours.
Very well done, TFS.

Have a nice Sunday,
John

Royaldevon (85678) 2021-02-21 8:27

Hello Mariusz,

The Romans and the Greeks praised the human form by sculpturing naked torsos but ... maybe not so close as these two!
You have done exactly the right thing, when the sky is unhelpful, you have removed it! The fountain makes a very attractive f/g feature, with other figures making that step into the m/g, and the university building creates a colourful backstop.
It's a very attractive, well planned photograph.

My warm regards,
Bev :-)

ktanska (44492) 2021-02-22 9:17

Hi Mariusz,
Postures of these naked sculptures are quite surprising and I wonder what was the idea of the artist. But they are all quite original and fit well on this large fountain. Architecture of the background building is impressive too.
Kari

jmdias (114384) 2021-02-22 10:47

mariusz

yes, I can imagine some people didn't like the nudity of the sculptures. it remind me a fountain in london that was like a couple making sex in the air.
in a city near us in the 1970's, a modern sculptor created an homage to the pioneers and did a nude man standing up with the hands positioned to the sky, at the end the city hall was obligated to put a leave above his sex..
excellent view with the beautiful red building ahead.

take care

jorge

adramad (72600) 2021-03-09 9:39

Hi Mariusz.
Sensational sculptural group in which the figures of man and woman stand out surrounded by other sculptural groups, the building that we see behind framed by trees is magnificent with that joyful color.
Point of view, sharpness, lightness, color and the chosen composition are excellent.
A very beautiful photo. I like it.
Have a nice day.
Kind regards.
Luis.