Castle Courtyard, a photo from Hessen, West

Photographer's Note

The Castle of Limburg (Limburger Schloss ) stands south of the cathedral, a picture of which I posted yesterday. It was built at the beginning of the 13th century by Gerlach von Ysenburg.

(Source: Wikipedea)

The original image was captured on slide film. It has since been digitised and 'cleaned-up' using Photoshop CS2. Sorry for the over exposed sky but the lighting was difficult at the time of shooting and I was unable to recover the situation to any extent in the post processing work.

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dip (23892) 2010-03-29 1:20

Hi Stephen,
in spite of the over exposed sky,I like the architetural details and the way you framed and composed it,
the castle of Limburg is indeed an interesting place,
greetings,
Dimitris.

csabagaba (6638) 2010-03-29 1:25

Hi, Stephen!

I see the 1991 year journey of Germany's pictures are forthcoming. Interesting picture, the heavy stone blocks and the "fachwerk" building gives a nice contrast. A good concept to highlight the central stairwell. The perspective is very much close. Other details of the images illustrate the rapid development of digital technology :-) This thing fits, (for us critics) take into account :-))
With friendly, Csaba

papagolf21 (152599) 2010-03-29 1:53

Bonjour, cher Stephen,
Merci de nous offrir cette diapositive numérisée. Cela aurait été dommage de ne pas profiter de cette architecture si particuličre.
De plus, le travail pour rendre cette diapositive est excellent.
Un merci pour tout.
Amitiés.
Philippe

Nicou (193806) 2010-03-29 1:53

Hello,

quel cadrage, sueprbe, ce rendu sur les vielle pierres, le contraste entre le plans clair et plus sombre, avec l'abre jaune, le lampadaire, sueprbe iamge.

Bravo et amitié

Nicou

Budapestman (82620) 2010-03-29 4:09

Hi Stephen,
a very nice photo of this castle, the composition is spectacular, splendid details and POV. Attractive shot, Tfs! Have a nice week! Kellemes hetet kívánok!
George (György)

delpeoples (60326) 2010-03-29 5:37

Hi Stephen, 13th century eh? That just blows me away, where here anything more than 150 years old is coveted. Nice use of the vertical frame, the details of the architecture are excellent and the shade managed well. I've been thinking about OE skies alot at the moment as one of my friends has recently come back from Mexico and presented me with a photo where the sky is half OE'd. I think to have "fixed" it on Photoshop or some other software would be making a new reality and not reproducing the image as it was at the time. So as far as OE'd skies are concerned, sometimes I reckon they're better off left at what they were through the lens (or the scanner). Thanks for sharing and I wish you a beautiful start to the week, Lisa

Ricx (13495) 2010-03-29 7:16

Hi Stephen, I like the continuation of your theme.. Nice to see so close shots. Its a fascinating building. I am away on business for a few days so look forward to catching up when I am back. Kind regards

Rich

chinchini (31529) 2010-03-29 7:47

Salut Stephen,
Tu as raison, un PP sur cette image est trop difficile ŕ réaliser. Tu as le mérite d'avoir essayé de présenter un beau sujet avec une belle architecture.
Bravo mon Cher. On apprécie pas mal de détails.
Mes amitiés
Pierre

jurek1951 (42198) 2010-03-29 10:56

Hi Stephen,
a lovely town view with the architecture building i like so much in the design.Beautiful place,
Georg

jlbrthnn (76041) 2010-03-29 11:08

Bonsoir Stephen,
Le travail de numérisation est excellent. La netteté des détails est remarquable. Une photo pas trčs facile ŕ faire, mais qui montre l'architecture parfaitement. Bravo.
Bonne soirée
Cordialement
Joël

wolf38 (30) 2010-03-30 0:33

Hi Stephen. When I look at the photo, I think first of similar motifs by Frank Kaiser (Buin). The combination of timber, slate and stone is architecturally wonderful. My compliments for this beautiful and well composed photo. Regards, Wolfgang.

Fis2 (155599) 2010-03-30 12:27

Witaj Stephen!
Next interesting photo from your archives.
Beautiful courtyard, curious architecture.
Good frame and composition.
The sky :(
Regards
Krzysztof

Graal (103040) 2010-03-30 23:23

Hi Stephen,
amazing stone walls of castle. Good vertical format and presentation. Well documental shot.
Have a nice day.
Aleksander

rodgerg (55767) 2010-03-31 3:11

Hello Stephen,

Une belle image extraite de tes archives et trčs bien scannée. Excellent cadrage verticla qui met bien en valeur le contraste entre les deux parties du bâtiment, celle en pierres grises et celle faite de colombages.
Amitiés,
Roger

gunbud (34066) 2010-04-01 18:39

Hi Stephen,
Splendid vertical look at this beautiful castle.
Rich textures and details are very well seen.
Regards, Tom