A Fairytale Town, a photo from Alsace, East

Photographer's Note

Colmar is remarkable for several things. The first is that it was miraculously undamaged in World War II, a miracle credited to the Virgin Mary on several plaques in the old city. The second is that, thanks to his miracle, the old city centre of Colmar still houses numerous buildings in German Gothic and early Renaissance style, as well as a number of old churches.

My brief visit started out under the same rainy skies as had plagued me in Basel, but I was delighted when they cleared and left delightful clouds to add detail to the skies (if one happened to face in the right direction (^o^)).

A bit of local history: Colmar was founded in the 9th century and was granted the status of a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire in 1226. Over the course of centuries, it has been held by Sweden, France and Germany! It returned to France after World War I, was annexed by Nazi Germany in 1940, and then reverted to French control after 1945. This battle-scarred history of the area makes it all the more remarkable that it is in such a fine state today.

Tech: shot in RAW, converted to jpeg, levels adjustment to the sky alone to bring out the blue, resized and sharpened for TE.

Please forgive my inability to critique as fully as I did earlier. My hands have become temporarily incapacitated, but I am hopeful that I will be back in full swing by the beginning of August. In the mean time, I would like to continue sharing my photos with you. These uploads were created before my hands got bad. I do hope that you will take time to critique them honestly, knowing that I will be able to do the same once I am back in full swing.
Many thanks for the good wishes for recovery that many members have sent me off-list.
Silke

pablominto, Ulishna, pat0500, asajernigan, Royaldevon, zeca, pierrefonds, shevchenko, syd1946, Paolo, FORJP001, Buin, Janice, maloutim marcou esta nota como útil

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pablominto (53746) 2007-07-10 4:31

Hello Silke,
It is a good point of view to capture fine details in the old architecture!
Attractive light condoitions and rich vivid colours in a well composed street scenery!
Greetings,
Pablo -

Get well soon!

Ulishna (2268) 2007-07-10 4:31

Hello Silke,
Very beautiful. Lovely composition from a great viewpoint. Idillic town!
Julia

ewiczek (374) 2007-07-10 4:33

very nice capture

pat0500 (21561) 2007-07-10 5:24

Hi Silke,
Simple but very nice composition here...!
Colmar is a very beautiful city, I like much too..!
Good framing of the beautiful house, very good shot, very good note too..!
Best regards,
Patrick

rossy85 (2879) 2007-07-10 5:31

Hi Silke,
Beautiful colors of your picture. I had been twice in Colmar and it`s true that the town looks like a fairytale. Many little streets and pittoresque houses, I think that your picture illustrates that perfectly.
Thank you
Rossy

jplebrun (21208) 2007-07-10 6:32

Bonjour Silke, belle architecture d'un autre époque, bien vu, ;)
Salutations
Jean-Pierre

asajernigan (21427) 2007-07-10 6:54

Silke,
Truly a fairytale image! Your composition is great with outstanding lighting. Having the cars in shadow keep them from distracting our view of the beautiful buildings. The architecture is outstanding and you have done a nice job of presenting it here. Hope your hands improve soon!
TFS,
Asa

Royaldevon (86392) 2007-07-10 8:24

Hello my friend,
I'm glad you are still posting your shots! I like this! It is crisp and clear with lots of detail of the interesting old buildings. The sky has favoured you! You have caught its colours well.
Kind regards,
Bev :-)

wolf38 (30) 2007-07-10 10:12

Hello Silke. The title is very well selected. The view is really fairy taleful and the attraction of the old half timbered houses impressing. Also technically this photo is exemplary. Best regards, Wolfgang.

zeca (19762) 2007-07-10 15:08

Hi Silke!
Very nice architecture and beautiful lights. The quality is excellent over all..
Regards,
Zeca

pierrefonds (115462) 2007-07-10 18:14

Hi Silke,

A nice photo of the houses of Colmar, the POV is showing a lots of details. The photo has a good composition, DOF and nice colors. Thanks for sharing.

Pierre

shevchenko (20560) 2007-07-10 20:03

Hi Silke,
Really good constract of the distinct image, good pov to shoot the local houses and the street with people walking and some car parking, thanks for sharing.
Ally

berek (50518) 2007-07-10 21:34

Hi Silke,
cute houses. good point of view and clear working .I like details my friend. greetings.
Burak

syd1946 (1167) 2007-07-11 3:12

Hello Silke,
Very interesting architecture shot and composition.Seems in my eyes a peaceful town to live.How nice to include the bikes to the scene.Also warm colours and light!

Have a nice day,
Thomas

Paolo (41258) 2007-07-11 5:41

Hi Silke, good view, with good quality, amazing subjects and good colours and light. just a bit too tilted!
thanks, ciao

UnTrained (0) 2007-07-11 6:52

Hi Silke,
a very fine view over those lovely houses with wonderful colours and details. Good balance of light. The POV is just the right one for those street shots following the street. I do not know if possible at the moment for you, but that would be for sure one for ShiftN to adjust the houses.
I wait for all the other ones you will show us to keep connection :D
Und viele liebe Wünsche zur Genesung, Ulf

FORJP001 (3819) 2007-07-11 19:58

Very interesting street scene at Colmar. Colors are rich and the architecture of the main house seems to be similar to those found somewhere in Holland.

Jean-Pierre

Graal (103040) 2007-07-11 23:30

Hi Silke,
very nice architecture of buildings, interesting place and informations. Well quality of photo. I like it.
Gr., Aleksander

PixelTerror (0) 2007-07-12 2:42

Hi Silke,
Agree it was worth a repost, I see where it has been taken but wonder if it is the house that hosts a chinese restaurant, i can't see any sign at this TE size. Good you had good weather in Colmar, hope you came back with full cards. I'll be there tonite, first stop at the japanese restaurant a few steps from there (the best in the region) and then a bit of night photo, hope it won't rain, fingers crossed !
Have a nice day,
Jean-Yves

Buin (42580) 2007-07-13 0:10

Hallo Silke!
A wonderful photo with a lot of details one can discover! I like especially the warm colours of the houses and the really calm atmosphere. You managed the difficult light here very well.
Greetings from warm but rainy Germany!
Frank

mumek (20226) 2007-07-16 2:49

Graet capture of the houses from Colmar. Baeutiful colours, nice light and sharp architectural details. Thanks for the note.
ziggy

Janice (4403) 2007-11-15 21:09

Hi Silke, this is a pleasant image of this old city. I loved looking at teh old historical places and buildings when I was viting Europe in 1999.
Well captured and displayed,
Janice

maloutim (13617) 2007-12-09 2:12

Bonjour Silke!
C'est vrai qu'elle est jolie cette cité alsacienne de Colmar! Et encore, je vois qu'au mois de mai, leurs fenêtres n'étaient pas encore décorées de leurs riches jardinières de géraniums en fleurs!
Ta photo est belle cependant et met bien l'accent sur les pittoresques maisons à colombages. Bonne gestion de la lumière et belle netteté!
Bon Dimanche!
Marie Louise.
PS. If you go on the gallery of Colmar, you can see some wiews full of flowers.

Photo Information

Copyright: Silke Force (Silke) (3027)
Genre: Lugares
Medium: Cor
Date Taken: 2007-05-03
Categories: Vida Diária, Arquitectura
Camera: Nikon D 70s, Sigma 18-200 mm (F3.5-6.3), Tiffen 62mm Circular Polarizer
Exposição: f/8, 1/250 segundos
More Photo Info: view
Map: view
Versão da Foto: Versão Original
Relato de Viagem: Europe Trek 2007
Tema(s): City Life, Historical [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-07-10 4:21

Viewed: 3829

Points: 46

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