Tag: Brandenburg

Three Different Types of Open Space

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A huge open space for most of the year in the middle of the city: the Wiesn, the place where the biggest Octoberfest in the world takes place each September.

Brandenburg is as flat as country can be and there is nothing like seemingly endless skies to feel out in the open.

At the other end of Germany, the flatness of the Upper Rhine Valley is bordered by the Odenwald on one side, the Pfälzer Wald on the other side.

It’s the sky in all three examples that purports the sense of open country.

Colour can enhance that sense of wideness.

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: In the big wide open spaces

a round of applause

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Most flowers are round by definition, the petals, the leaves, even when jagged have no straight angles.  These arrangements use curves and round elements to showcase the flowers.

These flowerbeds were created for the national garden exhibition in Brandenburg, Germany, in 2016 (Bundesgartenschau).  They show examples of how graves can be planted, and nurseries from all over Germany had small, grave-sized plots showing examples of their work.  Because of the spacial limitations the displays are miniatures with every plant, every petal displayed to perfection.  In fact, I saw gardeners working on the arrangements with little nail scissors clipping leaves for optimum effect.

This is for The Daily Post and more photos with the topic of rounded can be found here.

 

Application denied

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I saw this a couple of years ago in Neustadt/Dosse in Brandenburg, Germany.  I couldn’t find a local who could (or would) explain to me what the creator of the piece was protesting against.  Apparently, he or she or some organisation wrote applications yearly from 2000 onwards, which were filed and denied, and in 2004 the matter was finally closed, whether by death of the process itself or a person involved I don’t know.

for:  Monday Mural

http://oaklanddailyphoto.blogspot.de/2017/09/monday-mural-slam-dunk.html

 

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Starting off with some old rusty signs – I found them in Brandenburg, about 100 kms from Berlin.

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The things drivers have to watch out for!  Don’t disturb frogs and don’t squash elderly people, or vice versa.

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I think in this case I like the German town better than the French one although the car number plate is from the town of “Babe”.  Go figure.

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This two signs were just … well strange. The one on the left reads in Palatian dialect: “There, look upwards!” I remember that it pointed to a piece of wooden art in the branches of a tree. And the one on the right is one in a series of signs that mark a path – but I have no idea what the creature is supposed to signify.

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The same message in two different countries.

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And finally, these are the two happiest signs in my collection.  Playgrounds.  For adults and even for kids.  The sign in German reads: “Playing  welcome! Laughing and romping around by children and adults is allowed! The director.”

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Signs of Any Kind

 

Black, white and old

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When Cee asked for pictures of things older than 50 years I was tempted to post a self-portait but decided not do.

Here is a version of Anna Selbdritt instead.   “Anna Selbdritt” is the general name in German for a representation of the virgin and child together with Mary’s mother, St Anne.  It means a group of three including her. This is an example from the 15th century in the St. Marien Kirche in Kyritz near Berlin.I find it curious (if typical for the late gothic period) that Jesus and his mother Mary are the same size whereas Anna is much larger.  It’s carved from wood and hasn’t kept all that well.  b+w old 1

 

The following two building are also from the same area – not quite as old as the statue.

 

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Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Older than 50 Years

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How many roads

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“Leading lines” – #5 in Cee’s challenge which is really a class which so much to learn!

This shot would have probably been better without the pole in the middle but I was trapped behind windows in an airport when I took it.

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The obvious choice, a path, a wall, a vanishing point. This photo was taken at the German national garden show in Brandenburg an der Havel, at the wall encircling the old church district.

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Agriculture tends to thrive on lines.

So thus architecture.

I used the Roker Beach lighthouse before but how could I not?

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Completely different water, and a bridge rather than a pier.  That’s the Moseltalbrücke  which at its highest point is 218m high.

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And finally, a somewhat quirky office building in the town of Heimsberg in North-Rhine Westphalia.

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Cee’s Compose Yourself Photo Challenge: Week #5 Leading Lines

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