Darmstadt, Germany

[christiand]

Hi everyone,

I have started to process some photos from last year's vacation to Germany.

I'd like to start sharing with you some images of my hometown and surroundings.

These are some images of the Russian Chapell in Darmstadt.
This place is also called the Artists' Colony and the architecture in this area reflects Arte Deco or Art Nuveau.

Russian Chappel:






Cheers,
CD

[christiand]

More from the Artists' Colony,

"Five Finger Tower" and a mosaic in a dome shaped roof:





Cheers,
CD

[christiand]

Some lokomotives at the main station:





Cheers,
CD

[stubbsy]

Christian

What took you so long to PP these.

The first shot of the russian chapel suffers from being chopped at the top, but you know that. The second one is way better and it wasn't until I saw #3 that I noticed you'd cropped out most of the scaffolding in #2 - well done.

In the second group the first pic is the standout, but I'd be tempted to clone out the green lens flare. I'm a sucker for geometrical architecture like this.

[Alex]

Great images, Christian!! Well done. Are you Russian, so am I!

Alex

[mudder]

I'll bet you had a ball while there! Did you try out the autobahns? I'd love to go on a driving holiday through parts of europe...

[christiand]

Thanks Peter,

If I could only be at those places without scaffolding, lense flare,
stuff in the foreground covering the main object, people walking through the image, etc etc.

I was fortunate though to see these places with my own eyes, 3-dimensional, and that was phantastic.

Cheers,
CD

[christiand]

If I could afford it and also had the income,
I would own on of these houses.
They are situated in a very georgeous valley close to Darmstadt.
Have a look:





Cheers,
CD

[christiand]

Hi Alex,

my grandparents are (were) Russian (Syberia)

Cheeers,
CD

[stubbsy]

Thanks Peter,

If I could only be at those places without scaffolding, lense flare,
stuff in the foreground covering the main object, people walking through the image, etc etc.

I was fortunate though to see these places with my own eyes, 3-dimensional, and that was phantastic.

Absolutely Christian. Better to have experienced it than not - I'm just jealous

AND I'd also love one of those houses.

[mudder]

If only the walls could talk, assuming it's an original not a repro, imagine the lives and experiences there over the years...

[christiand]

We call it Bahnhof: trainstation ...
here are a few more:





Cheers,
CD

[christiand]

Hi,

I thought I'd post more architecture photos.
These are clickable thumbnails, the last one is perhaps not for DU.
I hope you like them.

The building

a closer view

detail


Cheers,
CD

[Alpha_7]

Gorgeous stuff! My favourite is the dome looking up, but you have some lovely examples of architecture in there!

[christiand]

Thanks everyone for your nice replies and critiques.

I'll try to show you some more from the northern hemisphere.

Cheers,
CD

[christiand]

Hi,

this more stuff from arround Darmstadt, Germany.

One image of the forrest:


an image of the ruins of a monastery in that forrest:


another image of the ruins of a monastery in that forrest:


these are clickable thumbnails.
I hope I'm not boring you with this stuff.

Cheers,
CD

[Alpha_7]

Gorgeous stuff Christian, any idea how old the monestary is ?

[christiand]

Hi Craig,

the ruins are of a monastery occupied by nuns.
The date goes back to 1263 to 1413.

Cheers,
CD

[Alpha_7]

Hi Craig,

the ruins are of a monastery occupied by nuns.
The date goes back to 1263 to 1413.

Cheers,
CD

Thanks, I'd love to visit a place like that steeped with history, stories and the past of others. So far in my travels the oldest place I've been to is Boston which isn't that old in the great scheme of things. It's amazing how well built and preserved these structures are, considering the tools and technology they had at their disposal.

[christiand]

another piece of ART DECO, ART NUVEAU architecture:

click on the image to get a larger one.


Cheers,
CD

[Willy wombat]

Any more from the forest CD?

[christiand]

Hi WW,

I have a few more:

just another view of the forest

more of the monstery

and one more of the monastery


Cheers,
CD

[Alpha_7]

Really like the Art deco shot, pity about the light and shadows... (I few nicely placed SB800's might of sorted that out )

Really like the last shot of the monstery, the Window inside a window thing is very cool!

[Willy wombat]

Hi WW,

I have a few more:

just another view of the forest
CD

Your first foresty shot was very nice CD. Nice balance.