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Rapeseed Fields
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| Photo Information |
| Copyright: Bernd Krieger (BerndGera) (7) |
| Genre: Places |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2007-04-27 |
| Categories: Nature |
| Exposure: f/4, 1/500 seconds |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2008-04-03 6:56 |
| Viewed: 533 |
| Points: 1 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
Spring 2007. A view from the castle ruin RUDELSBURG into the Saale Valley with rapeseed fields.
According to Wikipedia: "The castle ruin Rudelsburg lies on the east bank of the river Saale atop a rocky shell limestone ridge, approximately 85 metres (279 ft) above the river and above Saaleck, a suburb of the town of Bad Kösen in the Burgenlandkreis district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The Rudelsburg was built in the Middle Ages by the Bishop von Naumburg and served to secure trade routes such as the Via Regia through the Saale Valley.
The Rudelsburg was a point of conflict between the bishops of Naumburg and the Margraves of Meißen belonging to the House of Wettin. The castle served different noble families at different times as a residence, until it was destroyed in the Thirty Year's War and thereafter fell into disrepair. As the “most beautiful of the castles on the river Saale”, the Rudelsburg was already a popular tourist destination in the early 19th century, at the time of the Burgenromantik. It exceeded mere regional fame from 1855 onwards as the annual meeting place of the Kösener Senioren-Convents-Verband, the oldest union of student fraternities, whose members herald from throughout the German speaking countries. The Rudelsburg still represents a particular attraction and lies on the southward course of the Straße der Romanik (English: Romanesque road), a holiday route in Saxony-Anhalt." |
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Hello Bernd,
Photographically spoken, this photo does not give me a "Aha Erlebniss", but it obviously is interesting enough to make me click on the thumbnail and comment it ;o).
I like it for its authenticity, showing us an "every day" German landscape (but I know that even "every day landscapes" tend to be nice in Germany).
The yellow accent of the fields is a plus, indeed, but personally, I feel it would have been stronger if you had used a wider angle. Now, your framing is too tight to give "space" to the yellow shapes, to make them part of a "real" composition.
Moreover, I think the light would have been more interesting if you had taken this photo early in the morning or towards the evening. The sunlight is less harsh then and there would have been more nuance in the sky, but also in the colour of the landscape itself.
Just my personal opinion, of course. Feel free to (dis)agree ;o).
TFS & kind regards,
Erik
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