Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas, I particularly liked the first one: the yellow lines make a striking contrast! John On 11/06/06, Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@gmx.de> wrote: > Be warned, quite a lot coming up - Glorious weather yesterday, and it > still is, took a walk around the centre of town and took a few pictures > of some of the "attractions" > > Starting at the Opera > http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3961_edited_1 The > figures around the top are Shakespeare, Goethe, Schiller and co (strange > - they didn't have much to do with opera, but King George was mad > anyway), down Georgstrasse past the Holocaust Memorial > http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3964_edited_1 which > always looks out of focus on pictures (it isn't) > The sloping sides have the names of many Jewish residents of Hannover > and neighbouring towns who were deported to more or less certain death > in Riga, Auschwitz and Treblinka. > The Deutsche Bank, parts of this portal turn up in Kurt Schwitters > "Merz" collages > http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3967_edited_1 > Schwitters, born in Hannover, died in exile in the UK, is now buried in > a cemetary in the North West of Hannover. The name Merz came from an > inscription on another Hannoverian bank, and is part of the word > "Commerz" (meaning commerce). > At the end of Georgstrasse, not far from Aegidientor Platz ( with the > Hiroshima Memorial church ruin - next time) is the Landesmuseum, > everything is in there, Dinosaurs, paintings of Prussians (it was the > museum of the Prussian Provincfe of Hannover after the Kings got kicked > out) http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3972_edited_1. > Behind where I was standing to take this shot is the Maschpark, this > landscaped garden is one of my favourite combinations of gardening and > architecture, as can be seen in the next four shots of the Rathaus, this > one is called the "New" Rathaus, Hannover has two, the old one is in the > Altstadt > http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3972_edited_1 > There's nothing wrong with my lens, the building really is bent - it was > built on marshy ground on a platform of oak logs and it's sinking a bit > at both ends. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3975_edited_1 The > interior of the green dome is unique in having a lift which runs on > rails up the inside of the curved > dome, the floor of the lift is only level when you reach the viewing > platform at the top. In a couple of weeks the water in the forground of > this shot will be a carpet of water lilies - but then the reflection has > gone. http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3988_edited_1 . > The Ugly glass building on the right is the new Regional Bank, > http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3990_edited_1 . > Crossing the river, the Leine (Hannover comes from Am Hohen Ufer, > meaning on the higher river bank) you reach the Wasserkunst, > this used to be a timbered, water powered mill and pumping station, very > old and beautiful - it was pulled down in the mid-sixties. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3993_edited_1 > The Schloss is now the seat of the Parliament of Lower Saxony, the > church on the right is the immense red-brick gothic Marktkirche. There's > no pigeon guano on this church because a pair of Peregrine Falcons took > up residence in the tower some years ago. > I'll comment on the following pictures when I've a bit more time > Comments criticism and questions about Hannover are more than welcome > cheers > Douglas > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- John Beeching http://staff.bath.ac.uk/bssjrb/Photographic/photo.htm