Photographer's Note
After three very long days of meetings and sitting in a room without windows, I was glad to stretch my legs and see what I could of Berlin. It was an uninspiring, dull and bitterly cold day and all I could look forward to was getting home, when this early evening view from the Sony Center lifted my spirits.
The Sony Center in Potsdamer Platz was completed in 2000 and houses shops, restaurants, a conference centre and cinemas, but for me its roof was the most distinctive feature. The tall building behind is the central offices of Deutsche Bahn. I used my wide angle lens to capture the roof, but then cropped a little of the left and lower edges to make more of a feature of the geometric forms.
In the 1920s and 30s, the Potsdamer platz was the busiest and one of the liveliest squares in Europe. It was a major public transport hub, and the area contained numerous bars, cafιs and cinemas.
This all came to an abrupt end in 1943 when the Potsdamer platz was left to ruins by allied bombing. After the second world war, the square located between the American, British and Russian sectors, became a no-man's land. It was completely flattened with the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 when the demolished buildings were pulled down.
In the 1990s, the Potsdamer Platz became the largest construction area in Europe. The square, together with several adjacent blocks were redeveloped, including the buildings seen in this photo.
0.5s, ISO 200, handheld
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pawelx
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(11) 2009-02-01 11:08
Very well camptured geometric composition, I like the extensive note very much - I always enjoy reading notes which tell you a lot about a place. Regards, Pawel
wautersw
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(3647) 2009-02-01 11:10
Hi Susanna,
excellent perspective and great light for this graphical composition. Interesting note. TFS
Wolf
romanaa
(8430) 2009-02-01 11:19
Hello Susanna,
you have chosen great point of view to show the geometry and architecture of modern Berlin.
Well done.
Best wishes
Romana
Floydian
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(30970) 2009-02-01 11:30
Hello Susanna,
What an interesting pov you got here. I had to look longer to see what was going here, but now i have a slight impression i think it's wonderful. A great artistic shot, but also your exposure with the light on the tower and in the sky is spot on...very good creative work.
Have a nice evening,
Henk
pboehringer
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(770) 2009-02-01 11:37
Susanna,
you certainly managed to transform a uninspiring, dull and bitterly day into something extremely interesting, engaging with a certain touch of warmness with this purple sky. I obviously already saw many shots of the Sony Center but each shot is somehting novel and your image follows this pattern. very creative and a perfect light balance!
Peter
messenger1
(1033) 2009-02-01 11:59
Hello, Susanna -
Superb graphics and a fine POV to show these structures at an unusual angle. You've also managed the artificial lighting well and the details are sharply shown. Well seen and well captured.
liviu
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(600) 2009-02-01 13:31
congratulation! you find the right angle in sony center! I spend there couple of hours, but I didn't get this angle...
well done susnna!
liviu
AmiBe
(6042) 2009-02-01 14:26
Bien vu cette prise vers le ciel qui mιlange plusieurs styles architecturaux.
Prise au bon moment car le ciel n'est pas encore noir.
cbrman
(21685) 2009-02-01 22:11
Hello Susanna,
Une belle image graphique permet de crιer une certaine ressemblance entre cette architecture et une fleur ouverte vue de dessous. Une compo trθs bien pensιe mets en ιvidence la hauteur de ces tours.
Bien vu !
A+
Dominique
danyy
(0) 2009-02-01 22:26
Bonjour Susanna,
toute le force de cette photo est dans le cadrage de cette contre plongιe verticale, qui mιlange les formes gιomιtriques dans des lumiθres et des couleurs bien rendues.
Les tours en deviennent trθs impressionnnantes.
Amitiι.
Daniel.
dkeus31
(27739) 2009-02-02 3:18
Hi Susanna,
Geometry, geometry, looks great!
you put your camera on the ground?
regards
didier
feather
(51130) 2009-02-02 7:45
Very unusual graphic image with creative use of the wide angle, celebrating the converging lines from both perspective and WA distortion. The sky colour also makes an unusual background. No doubt blue hour combined with orange light pollution to make this purple colour.
Kath
cherryripe
(21033) 2009-02-02 8:51
Hi Susanna
As you know I would have lots of fun here. I like the upward-looking pov. The composition is well balanced and the violet sky is an attractive background.
Regards
Nikki
Flavia
(10352) 2009-02-04 7:03
Hi Susan,
Excelent architecture shot! The roof is really interesting, I tought at first that it was a big wheel and was wonderering how could you had found this POV... The hight green building coming out of the right low corner adds a lot to the graphic effect of the composition. Perfect light control.
Regards,
Flavia
anesugur
(18789) 2009-02-08 12:49
Hi Susanna,
Very nice photo...
Good POV, good details. The colors, sharpness and composition are beautiful.
Best regards. Uğur
PixelTerror
(0) 2009-02-09 21:41
Salut Susanna,
je vois que tu te promenes toujours bien avec Dan Travel Inc. ;-)
Ici un bon cadrage decentre procure a ton image du dynamisme, faudra que je retourne une fois a Berlin moi, la derniere fois ils utilisaient encore le Ostmark !
Bizzz JY
clio
(27961) 2009-03-23 13:37
Hi Susan,
Very impressive perspective, this strange vault seems to fly away towards the sky.
A very beautiful photo of contemporary architecture
Very well done!
Best regards
Diane
azizbilgili
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(2111) 2009-06-04 22:38
Hi Susanna,
Excellent perspective and great light for this graphical composition...
TFS
Photo Information
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Copyright: Susanna Leon (sleon)
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(9402) - Genre: Τοποθεσίες
- Medium: Έγχρωμο
- Date Taken: 2009-01-30
- Categories: Αρχιτεκτονική
- Camera: Canon EOS 350D, Canon EF-S 10 - 22 mm F3.5 - F4.5, UV Filter
- Έκθεση: f/3.5, 1/2 δευτερόλεπτα
- More Photo Info: view
- Έκδοση φωτογραφίας: Πρωτότυπη έκδοση
- Date Submitted: 2009-02-01 11:06
