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Pallas-Athene-Fountain


Pallas-Athene-Fountain
Photo Information
Copyright: Otto Rapp (TheMystic) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1117 W: 31 N: 1452] (5762)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-05-27
Categories: Architecture, Artwork
Camera: Samsung Pro 815
Exposure: f/8, 1/320 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-06-29 15:44
Viewed: 319
Points: 24
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Shooting the Pallas-Athena-Fountain in front of the Austrian Parliament with the base of a flagpole in the foreground.
We were lucky to go there at the start of our vacation, since this portion of the Ringstrasse (from the Hofburg to the Rathaus/City Hall) later became the fan-zone for the Euro-2008 Soccer Championships and unobstructed views were near impossible.

Info about the fountain:
The Athena Fountain (Pallas-Athene-Brunnen) in front of the Parliament was erected between 1893 and 1902 by Carl Kundmann, Josef Tautenhayn, and Hugo Haerdlt, based on the plans by Baron von Hansen. In the middle is a water-basin and a richly decorated base. The four lying figures at the foot of Athena are allegorical representations of the four most important rivers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. They represent at the front the Danube and Inn, in the back part the Elbe and Vltava (German: Moldau) rivers. On the sides are little cupids riding dolphins. The statues of the Danube, Inn, and the cupids were executed by Haerdtl, those of the Elbe and Moldau by Kundmann. The female statues above represent the legislative and executive powers of the state, executed by Tautenhayn. They are again dominated by the Goddess of Wisdom, Athena standing on a pillar. Athena is dressed in armor with a gilded helmet, her left hand carries a spear, her right carries Nike.
(source: wikipedia) - this describes more than what my pic shows: additional pics forthcoming!

tech stuff: uncropped, some tweaking with levels and a small increase in saturation.
c_rapp, Refugee, szatanowska, Dot, shelbeesmom, Beger, vsinopoulos, tiobibi has marked this note useful
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ThreadThread Starter Messages Updated
To rewshearer: framing elementTheMystic 1 07-22 16:19
To Morgwathien: the dark thingTheMystic 1 07-18 15:30
To shelbeesmom: favorite color combinationTheMystic 1 07-01 10:16
To GreenBaron: contrastTheMystic 1 06-30 14:09
To Urfaust: Euro2008TheMystic 1 06-30 13:40
To Refugee: tower b-rightTheMystic 1 06-30 13:11
To kickback: amazing looking statueTheMystic 1 06-30 13:07
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hi otto, what a trip you must be having! nice composition and colors, these are amazing looking statues and i think you did well capturing them,
tfs,
scott

Otto

coposición de colores bien logrado

ciao Otto..
yes.. you were there.. one month before the event!! just in time!! ;))
detail is good and interesting with your note!! thanks
ciao Marco

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  • pozaru Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3350 W: 689 N: 1923] (16151)
  • [2008-06-30 3:16]

Welcome back !!!


Great POV and compo, superb contrast.

thanks,
v

Excellent colour and detail on the white/gold statue Otto. Well composed and good contrasts. I may have been inclined to either crop out the tower bottom right or do some levelling. Welcome back and TFS,
David

PS any ideas what sort of photo to post for Otti's birthday?

Hi Otto,
Crisp and clear imae! Excellent capture of the goddes of wisdom. The contrast of black and white is superb the picture itself is razor sharp perfect Otto, great posting!
Hans

Hi Otto!!


Beautiful fountain and city..
NIce POV!
Congrats!
tfs

Kisses

Ania

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  • Dot Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 870 W: 0 N: 1402] (5676)
  • [2008-07-01 6:01]

HI Otto
I am so envious of your trip, but you know the old saying every dog has his day and I had mine, so now I do my travelling with people like you who love to share what they see.
Splendid composition with so much sharpness of the details of this very elegant and ornate goddess.
My compliments
Dot

Hello Otto,

Good deatils in the statue, which is nicely framed by inclusion of the dark parts to the left!
The wonderful blue sky makes a fine background...

Greetings,
Pablo -

Wonderful Blue and White here Otto! My favorite color combination! Nice details, super sharp image! Can't wait to see more of Austria!
B-) B-)
Linda

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  • Beger Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3046 W: 568 N: 3415] (15131)
  • [2008-07-03 9:53]

Hi Otto,
Welcome back! Your POV is excellent giving an beautiful diagonal composition! I like the dark base of the flagpole in foreground and the progression with the light on the other monuments! Very fine details and colors! Congratulations! Annie

Hi Otto,
A great shot. Excellent details, sharpness and colours without overexposing the white figure, which I guess would be pretty easy in the sunny weather you must have had while taking pics. Although I would cut on the dark thing on the left-hand side - it catches too much of my attanetion... and cutting would put Pallas Athena off-centre. But that's only my POV ;)
Anyway, great work. Well seen & captured, congrats!
TFS
Barbara

Beautifully shot! Sharp, crisp. Good light and POV. I like the framing element of the statue on the left.
Rew

Hi Otto,

Excellent POV, angle of shot and composition. The sharpness is outstanding and the exposure very good.
TFS,
Vassilis

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