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Golden Hour at Museum Fridericianum


Golden Hour at Museum Fridericianum
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Copyright: Paras Bhalla (parasbhalla) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3028 W: 438 N: 9280] (38525)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2010-03-18
Categories: Daily Life, Nature, Experimental, Mood
Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-P150
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/160 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2010-06-01 2:12
Viewed: 1647
Points: 36
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Dear All,

Today I am presenting a picture which I took on a cold evening when the golden sunlight was kissing the nearly white to pale facade of Museum Fridericianum, located in the heart of the German city of Kassel.

The building located on the right side of the Museum Fridericianum, is called as "Museum Ottoneum".

I hope you enjoy the mood in the shot.

Thanks and regards,
Paras

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- Museum Fridericianum

Museum Fridericianum in the German city of Kassel, is built in 1779, is Europe's first public museum, named the Museum Fridericianum after its founder. By the end of the 19th century the museum held one of the largest collections in the world of watches and clocks.

The natural history collection in the Ottoneum has a long tradition as it was one of the first to be established in all of Europe, and is definitely the oldest in Hesse.

- Museum Ottoneum

The Ottoneum was built in 1604-1607 by Wilhelm Vernukken under Landgrave Moritz (reg. 1592-1627) as the first solid theater building on the European continent.

With the beginning of the 30 Years' War the residence's early heyday as a cultural center came to an end, and the Ottoneum was put to other uses. It was not until the year 1696, when Landgrave Karl, an important supporter of the arts in Kassel, commissioned Master Builder Paul du Ry to redesign and to renovate the building as an art gallery to contain the Landgrave's collection of paintings and rarities and the biological and astronomical collection.

(Above information is collected from Wikipedia and official homepage of Museum Ottoneaum)

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For German speakers (Information aus Wikipedia):

Das Fridericianum ist ein Museumsgebäude in Kassel. Das 1779 vollendete Gebäude diente von Anfang an als eines der ersten öffentlichen Museen auf dem europäischen Kontinent für die von den hessischen Landgrafen gesammelten Kunstgegenstände und beherbergte die fürstliche Bibliothek. Im Königreich Westfalen war das Fridericianum von 1810 bis 1813 Ständepalast mit Parlamentssaal. Heute wird das Fridericianum alle fünf Jahre zum Mittelpunkt der documenta und ist ein Ausstellungsort für zeitgenössische Kunst, die „Kunsthalle Fridericianum“.

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Hello Paras,

This is a very good photography of Museum Fridericianum and beautiful old architecture.
Excellent sharpness and nice light and colors tones.
I think the photography is tilted slightly to the left... but nice work.

Warm greetings and best wishes,
Tatjana

hi paras
great light hitting this building going by the sky it probably was very cold,very fine bulding this light is showing it off very well excellent detail.
regards
jimmy

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  • Juliet Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1250 W: 106 N: 2911] (22323)
  • [2010-06-01 3:46]

Hi Paras,
Ahhh the lighting in this is superb. Nice POV and wonderful notes. TFS and good details! Julie

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  • fransx Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2938 W: 134 N: 7397] (41704)
  • [2010-06-01 3:50]

Hi Paras,
Very good light on this dominant buiding of the Museum Ottoneum!
A very attractive shot making use of the golden hour, in late evening.
Very sharp presentation. I like the darker FG which leads you to the highlighted architectural structure.
Very fine details.
Well done,

Francis Xavier

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  • bri Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 751 W: 13 N: 1404] (6384)
  • [2010-06-01 3:56]

Hi Paras,
Splendid light to display this beautiful architecture in brilliant detail, I think I would have cut a little more off the shadow path at the bottom and had more of a panoramic but that is just my choice. Excellent shot with great colours. Best wishes
Bri

Hi Paras,
A lovely warm lighting on this beautiful Museum Fridericianum,the exposure on the building is fine while you left the FG with too much of space,I did a quick WS I hope you like it besides if you could capture this beauty from 360 angle and didn't include the annexe building on the right corner and the POV would have been from front would have another impact,but the lighting is beautiful falling naturally on the building which produced good details.

TFS
Best Wishes
Mushtaq

Hello Paras,

A great change from your recent shots, but one which is equally beautiful for sharp focus and excellent composition of thirds.
The warm low sun has made the facade golden, in contrast to the deeply shadowed gardens.

Kind regards,
Bev :-)

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  • Saba Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1474 W: 0 N: 4177] (21534)
  • [2010-06-01 9:30]

Hello Paras :)

Very showy building and beauty architecture and her details.
Very pretty composition in colours, sharpness and gentle light.
Perfect realization...I congratulate!

With best wishes.
Barbara

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  • nicou Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2777 W: 0 N: 5194] (50772)
  • [2010-06-01 10:25]

Hello,

Quel cadrage, avec le premier plan très graphique dans le jeu d'ombre, et cette lumière sur l'édiffice, la doucueur des tons, le contraste de plans est parfait.

merci et amitié

Nicou

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  • solrac Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1103 W: 26 N: 1025] (9012)
  • [2010-06-01 11:00]

Hola Paras
Buena imagen de este museo , gran nitidez y excelente iluminacion con el color del sol que hace que parezca dorado , buen encuadre y color , una buena e interesante composicion , felicidades

Buen dia
un saludo
Carlos

Hello Paras.
Excellent POV and perspective,a fine architecture.Lovely colours and good
sharpness,wonderful lighting.Very nicely done.Best regards Siggi

Hello mon ami Paras,

Merci de montrer cette sublime architecture.
Superbes couleurs et détails, vu, des statues tout en haut.
Splendide atmosphère, et belle note.
Bravo pour ce partage. Belle soirée.
Yolande

Hi Paras
This museum has fantastic architecture. It's a piece of art in it's self. Your composition is good and well balanced. The colours are nice and soft with very sharp detail. I'm sure it's a fun place to visit.
TFS Janice

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  • Fons Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1165 W: 2 N: 215] (16615)
  • [2010-06-01 22:22]

fijn zicht in de morgenzon !
dank voor tekst

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  • AKITA Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1523 W: 73 N: 86] (20294)
  • [2010-06-01 23:06]

dear Paras,
still and settled atmosphere is very fine,
and classic style building itself has beautiful dignity, and this light and composition show us that picturesque essence well,
the building has its face quite like human, and this face looks watching distant sun...
thank you for your wonderful shot,
Akihisa

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  • peiman Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 122 W: 23 N: 44] (1167)
  • [2010-06-02 12:47]

hi paras
i think this shot is taken in the best time of day.
the light on the building and the shabows on the foreground has made this shot outstanding one.
very beautiful

Hello Paras,
What a great light! Very impressive composition with nice play of lines and contrasts. "Mens sana in corpore sano"... For sure, you follow this proverb in create such photos! Good night MF,
Catherine

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  • tim1996 (174)
  • [2010-06-04 14:43]

The light is perfect and the subject is very beautiful.

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