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Subject: [Leica] New Gallery: Goslar - a wide-angle walk around the ancient city
From: philippe.amard at sfr.fr (Philippe Amard)
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:52:44 +0100
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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
>
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