Le Chateau de Neuchâtel, a photo from Neuchatel, West

Photographer's Note

This image is composed of a 3 photos set that I was planning on making into a panorama when I shot it this morning. But when I saw the composite I really liked the way the foreground draws you to the castle. I tried cropping it but I just lost that "WOW" feeling thast I got when I first saw it.

This was stiched using AutoPano Pro from a set of 3 vertical shots and has an FOV of 44° x 26°. The picture has very little post processing using photoshop CS3; a slight bump in hue, a moderate bump in saturation (+10), and +1 for lightness. I also ran "smart sharpen".

In this picture you can see 4 famous structures in Neuchatel, Switzerland: the castle, begun in the 12th century; the Collegiale, begun in 1185; the clock tower; and the prison tour.

About Neuchatel on Wikipedia

Charlie

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ryo (32) 2007-12-04 12:53

Hi Charlie!

Nice photo, and I do envy your point of view! You caught a very beautiful light.

Now I'm obliged to do some nitpicking, alas... for I think the castle is a bit too centered, and that the photo would gain in strength without that much of the nineteenth/twentieth-century buildings of the Rue des Parcs on the right of the castle.

And the historian in me can't resist the urge to add that the church is not a a Cathedral, never being the see of a bishop, but a Collegiale, run by a college of canons (and even that is subject to interpretation) before Reformation made it a parish church in 1530...

Thanks for sharing!

vbourrut (32482) 2007-12-08 3:33

Une vue originale et peu courante de la collégiale ! belle lumière et ciel photogénique, petit regret tout de même pour la composition avec le sujet en plein centre !

Photo Information

Copyright: Charles Lupica (clupica) (97)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-11-28
Categories: Castles, Architecture
Camera: Nikon D80 DSLR, 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G ED-IF AF-S DX Nikkor, SanDisk Ext. III 2GB, UV
Exposure: f/9.0, 1/500 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-11-28 16:33