Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hey that's a delivery Douglas ! And an invitation to visit the Goslar too. My favourites so far are : 69 & 92 - give a nice idea of the place - nice lines too 26 better composition than 27 but colours are less Velvia seen from here 37 - nice work on contrast while keeping the colours probably right - did you have to fiddle a lot? 59 - impressive inversed pyramid there ... I like the BW conversions even though when colourless, timbered houses tend to look alike in many countries 804 - for the contrejour, the lady and the hats - we miss the kutche and it could have been taken 150 ago - love it in fact Thanks for the impromptu trip. Amiti?s de Metz Philippe PS: I bet there a few of them you could sell to the tourist office I saw on one of your photos Douglas Sharp wrote: > Hello all, > > Goslar is a small city in the north west of the Harz Mountains, about > 60-70 kilometres from here (Hannover). > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Goslar/?g2_page=1 - and > following pages > > After the discovery of metallic ores - lead, zinc, copper, a little > gold and a lot of silver - it became one of the richest cities in > Europe and an imperial residence. Silver coins minted in Goslar were > so pure that they became something like a standard currency in many > countries of Europe > > The story is told, and depicted by the animated clock in the market > square, that a knight's horse kicked up the ground to reveal silver > ore. Not being one to miss out on immense wealth, the Emperor decided > to take up residence in the city. > > The Palatinate palace was built in the 11th century as an imperial > residence by Henry the Second to protect and maintain the town?s > prosperity, and the Imperial Assembly of the Holy Roman Empire was > held there from 1009 to 1219. > > (The palace looks like an industrial building to me, it just doesn't > look all that old from outside) > > Mining of the Rammelsberg, the mountain just outside the city began > around 968 and continued until 1988 when the mine closed. > > The mining complex is now a part of the UNESCO World Heritage. > > The city's timbered houses and the grey slate cladding of roofs and > walls are typical of many Harz mining cities. > > I hope you enjoy a photographic walk around the town centre. > > Cheers > Douglas > > For the technically minded, the wide stuff is shot with a Tokina 12-24 > on a Canon 20D, the rest with a Zeiss 1.4/85 and a Summicron-R 2/35mm > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >