Hotel Gellert from The Danube

This famous hotel on the banks of the River Danube atests to a more decadent era in

Budapest's great history, but what do you make of my photograph of it?

Nick hi, I saw the photo before I saw your name and my first thought was "this could be one of Nick's"

Really like the perspective on this one.

There is a "grandness" in the feeling of your capture.

 

The lighting upon the hotel draws me to it, & I am held there, quite pleasantly, by it's architectural neighbors, the billowing clouds, & negative space of the sky above.

The tonal quality, light & composition are strong. (Nice to know it is Un-manipulated.)

 

Very Nice!

 

 

Nice shot! I was curious from a professional point of view to see the underside of the bridge looks a lot more modern than the rest of it would suggest! The dark mass of the right side works well leading the eye to the man subject.

This what I feel when I go back visiting Europa.The sort of , stand still world and going on in the same time. thank You for open it up .Very good capture. alix

More detail of the bridge for Colin, and all other interested engineers!

 

This bridge was the third to be constructed in Budapest and was originally called Franz Joseph Bridge after the Habsburg Emperor. Opened in 1896 as part of the Millennium celebrations, the design is elegant but simple and the bridge vies with the Chain bridge for the accolade of the most beautiful river crossing in Budapest. Elegant ironwork and the inclusion of several Turul birds (a mystical symbol in Magyar history) perched atop the bridge's pillars enhance its attractiveness.

 

Thanks Dilber, Gary, Colin & Alix for your kind comments. The weather was aweful, and it was raining - a perfect day for a trip down The Beautiful Blue Danube!

 

Regards, Nick.

Nick, I like the angle that the bridge and the hotel are forming. Nice in B/W. Pnina

Well I can see now I was right and wrong at the same time about the bridge looking modern underneath. The design is as originaly built but it was rebuilt in 1946 after the war. (Ain't Google wonderful!) My guess is they used more modern construction methods at that time while keeping to the original design. OK thats enough bridge minutiae from me!

Thats great Colin, it didn't mention the rebuild in the guide book! - I suppose its a case of "Don't mention the war!". I wonder which side blew it up? It could have been either, I suppose!

 

Thanks for your observant comment Pnina.

 

Regards, Nick.

From the stories we were told by one of our tour guides on my recent trip, the Germans blew up the bridges on their way out of town.

 

I had to come see your portfolio after your question in a words/no words forum. I have been here a while and am barely starting to scratch the surface of this excellent portfolio.

 

I am slowly digressing to film as from what I have seen on photo.net, there is just so much more detail to be had in film. I took a Canon digital photo and a photo with my Canan EOS Elan 7e (same as your Canon, I think, without the 'e') of a huge distant carved monument in the mountainside. In the film I could blow up the scan to read the writing at the base of the monument. Just soooooo much more detail available. The information is just not available with my digital. (although, my digital is not a dslr).

 

Great contrast using that orange filter. Lovely blacks and pure whites. Nice detail in the architecture.