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Riesenrad


Riesenrad
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Copyright: clayton gallema (broclay) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 64 W: 15 N: 23] (245)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-06-15
Categories: Architecture
Camera: Nikon D200 with MBD200, AF-S DX VR Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G, B+W 72mm UV
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/125 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-06-15 15:32
Viewed: 295
Points: 8
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The Riesenrad or Ferries Wheel is one of the major attraction here in Wiener Prater, Austria. The structure can be found at the main entrance.. There are many pictures taken already and this is my little contribution.. Hope you like it.. Here are other facts regarding the picture..

Riesenrad
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Riesenrad (German for "giant wheel") is a Ferris wheel at the entrance of the Prater amusement park in Leopoldstadt, the 2nd district of Austria's capital Vienna. It was one of the earliest Ferris wheels, erected in 1897 to celebrate Emperor Franz Josef I's golden Jubilee. The designer was an Englishman, Walter Bassett, which explains why the wheel's diameter is a round number in Imperial units - 200 feet (approximately 61 m). The Riesenrad is now one of Vienna's most popular tourist attractions, and symbolises the district as well as the city for many people.

The wheel originally had 30 gondolas, but was severely damaged in the Second World War, and when it was rebuilt, only 15 gondolas were replaced. The spokes are steel cables, in tension, and the wheel is driven by a circumferential cable which leaves the wheel and passes through the drive mechanism under the base.

The Riesenrad famously appeared in the post-war film noir The Third Man. It is also featured in the 1987 James Bond film, The Living Daylights, and appears prominently in the 1995 Richard Linklater film Before Sunrise.

Riesenrad is not the only Ferris wheel in Vienna, only the largest. A second permanent Ferris Wheel can be found at Bohemian Prater.
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Boa noite Clayton

great pespective and beautiful composition.I like it. Congratulations.

My regards

teresat

i like this capture.. good colors.. has something spooky

Wonderful shot, very good POV!
I love these color tones.

It's a great Job, congratulations!

Chris

hi,
Super photo...
thnx for your stopping by....
schön dass es hier noch einen austrianer gibt
:-)

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