Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Douglas, I like very much this picture, the wet pavement is very nice. If we had a person on the secene it wioll be perfect Cheers Lluis El 12/06/2009, a las 19:59, Douglas Sharp escribi?: > Hello all, > > some more shots of Berlin form the day after we met the Hoppies > (GeofF and Bron Hopkinson from Australia). > > Mostly shot in rotten weather - it rained nearly all day - so they > look better (IMO) in black and white. > > A stallholder on the Sunday fleamarket in the centre of Berlin > resolutely waiting for the rain to stop > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9836.jpg.html > > Tiergarten S-Bahn station in the rain > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9841.jpg.html > > The top level of the new station > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9843.jpg.html > > Inside the station > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9845.jpg.html > > The new station is incredibly modern, lots of metal and glass, and > on four levels. My knees turn to jelly when I look over the > balustrade to see the platforms of the lowest level about 40 metres > below. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9847.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9849.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9850-Edit.jpg.html > > A most confusing place, if you are in a hurry to catch a train you > have no chance of finding out where it is, but at least you can > watch it leaving without you > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9851-Edit.jpg.html > > Almost on the ground floor that leads out to the River Spree and the > federal government quarter > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9854.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9856.jpg.html > > I get the impression it wasn't built for people - the perspectives > are somehow alien and the lighting is all wrong, > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9858-Edit.jpg.html > > and trains coming in over your head don't make it better > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9859.jpg.html > > It even looks threatening from outside > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9872.jpg.html > > The neighbourhood is pretty desolate too > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9880.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9882.jpg.html > > But, sometimes, you get a touch of the old fashioned like this, > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9886.jpg.html > > and a view across to the East German lollipop on Alexander Platz > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9890.jpg.html > > Cheers > Douglas > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Lluis Ripoll luisripoll at telefonica.net http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/ http://photo.net/photos/lluisripoll Blog: http://lluisripollphotography.wordpress.com/ http://www.lrmusic.es