Again on the top of Aarhus, a photo from Aarhus, West

Photographer's Note

Here is the big version

Like I promised you... I wanted to go back on the top of the tower to take another photo under better weather circumstances. So that is what I did yesterday. This version is quite different. The colours are brighter and better - although this one doesn't have a silver glow like the first version.

I took this photo with view on Århus (the second biggest city of Denmark) when I was on the 60 m high tower of the high townhall.

On the left, you see the cathedral (with the light green roof), which is from aroud 1200. In the background, you see the harbour area by the sea. By the end of the sea you also can see land, (Århus i situated in a bay) that is the coastline of the peninsula Djurland and the island of Samsø. The the very right is the only catholic church of Århus.

Between those two churches there is the longest shopping street of Århus, Søndergade (but also just called Strøget like in Copenhagen). I actually starts even more to the right by the central station, but that is not visible here on this photo.

The yellow building to the left is "Salling", a quite expensive department store.

Almost in front of the three chimnies (right/middle), is the bus station (you maybe can recognize blue busses)

About the photo: with autostitch, a handy and free program, I made this panorama of 18 photo's. I cropped the photo, increased the contrast, light, and I sharpened it the photo a bit.

Hmm, today there are some clouds and the light is a bit softer... maybe I should go back a 3rd time as well:)

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This is my way to say goodbye to the city... in a few weeks, I will move back to Haarlem, the Netherlands.

photofarm, papagolf21, ChrisJ, supereira, AmiBe, Fixfocus, singuanti, Tue, aznegrao ha puntuado esta nota como útil.

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papagolf21 (152605) 2005-06-23 4:47

Bonjour Stef,
18 photos, pas moins ! Alors là, cela relève de l'exploit surtout pour respecter les différentes luminosités. Cette photo est très réussie, plus lumineuse et les couleurs plus brillantes.
Merci Stef d'avoir accompli ce travail de Titan pour nous présenter cette très belle composition.
Philippe

ChrisJ (171252) 2005-06-23 5:31

Hi Stef

A superb, wide angled, panorama, with excellent sharpness, lighting, colour & saturation. I like the curve of the roof tops. Well done!

El_Coyote (38) 2005-06-23 5:59

Jeg kan næsten se mit hus herfra!
vrøvl det ligger i den anden retning.

Men et godt billede, der er klippet godt sammen så man ikke kan se sammenføjningerne.
det er dog altid svært at undgå de buede linier :)

supereira (9576) 2005-06-23 7:13

Great view.I like the composition and DOF.Good contrast between the sky and the building.Good light,sharpness and colors.Good job!

Sterne (2975) 2005-06-23 7:14

Bonjour steph,
18 photographs! a good work for light and colour.
The result is splendid.
Stéphane D.

summersun (4978) 2005-06-23 7:26

nice panorama, I like all the details and the way the building are built in a circular way around the harbour.
it is impressive to hear you have used 18 pix to make this one. congratulations !
Vanessa

danby1 (3697) 2005-06-23 8:35

hi stef! this is a much better picture with nic weather, well done, although it still seems there is a curve to the picture, it looks slightly fish eyed... nice shot

jhm (211734) 2005-06-23 13:14

Beste Stef,
Ik vind deze beter dan de andere, want het is een prachtige LV, zelfs de kleuren zijn eveneens prachtig, ik zou bij god niet weten hoe ik een LV moet maken en up-leaden.
Mooi werk en groeten,
John.

AmiBe (6042) 2005-06-23 16:16

Hi Stef,
very nice nice POV on this nice city.
Wow, 18 pictures... you're a master !
Very good job, nice colors and... weather !

Fixfocus (9385) 2005-06-23 18:05

Hi Stef,
Again a very fine pano,and this time taken under perfect weather conditions!
Beautiful colors and contrasts in this well composed pano,-comes along with a great note.
gr.
hermann

singuanti (15250) 2005-06-23 21:27

Hi Stef. Well I'm very glad you went back up there. The clarity makes a huge difference in the quality of the shot. But, just playing devil's advocate, I looked back and forth between the two and I think the original had better contrast and saturation. I think you post-processed that one more to make up for the crappy weather. Both have their good points, but this shot is that much better. Congrats Stef!

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PixelTerror (0) 2005-06-24 3:28

Hej Stef,
The autostitch pro did it again ;-))
The view is very clear and sunny and the stitching is outstanding. But I prefer this small one to the large version, this large one looks blurry on my screen and I also noted you could have compressed it less, 229 KB where you can go up to 400 KB.
But I like the view !
Have a nice day,
Jean-Yves

joaoferreira (0) 2005-06-24 4:20

It seems to be a calm city, isn't it? Another good panoramic view. Regards!

bazal (7900) 2005-06-24 5:33

Hi Stef.
Effectively, the composition is totally different with good weather conditions ! The pictures has a better depths and the colors are of course brighter, but the ambiance is less interesting than in the "bad weather shot". The panorama is still very interesting and allows to discover another aspect of the city. Thanks for sharing !

weswang (18247) 2005-06-24 10:22

Hi Stef, A nice shot with layers of view. Good color contrast and nice clarity. For some reason the enlarged version does not shown as nice as the smaller version. The clarity and sharpness has compromised there.
A nice color contrast and a good depth.

milloup (1829) 2005-06-28 17:15

Hmmm. Maybe it's time to get the old butt back up the town hall tower sometime again ;-))
Nice seeing a motif from my home town. Safe journey home ;-)

Tue (91604) 2005-06-29 18:25

Deze miste ik nog ;-) en ik kan nu op zich wel even een blauwe lucht gebruiken, want inmiddels regent en onweert het hier... :-(
Opnieuw een prachtig panorama van Aarhus! :-D

rbcy1974 (20758) 2005-07-09 7:34

Hi Stef,
Nice panoramic view, it was worth it going back for a better weather, nice architectural details.
A+
Daniel

aznegrao (10316) 2005-07-14 17:06

Amo essa perspectiva, que aliada as cores e texturas bem definidas, formam uma interessante composição. Parabens, otimo trabalho Stef.
Um abraço.
aznegrao.