Another lovely architectural example, captured well, with all its elaborate intricacies. Well composed from an angle that allows us to appreciate the maximum the photo can reveal.
June 24, 2026
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Composition is everything here. Great placement of your subjects in the oval under-bridge walkway with all those leading lines carrying the people and the eye of the viewer from the darkened passage through to the light pastels of the city lit with warm light. The little splashes of red around the periphery (signs, vehicles) help guide the viewer's eye once it has moved from the walkway. Well done.
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Thanks for a nice tour of a fascinating old city. The combination of ancient protective walls with the more modern mechanical warfare equipment are subtle reminders of the violence that has plagued our species for hundreds, even thousands, of years.
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Yes that is a hummer. We are on the flyway, so more than 50 million hummingbirds pass through our area during migration. Audubon has a couple of wonderful hummingbird centers here, one in the north part of the state and one along the coast. We also have some year round residents (i have a couple who live at the country house), but in May and September, we get a lot of migrants.
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The mix of wall activities is a brilliant idea for a series.
Stone walls like this are hugely impressive in themselves. I marvel at the labour and skills involved. -
I enjoyed this photo.
minniev has comprehensively done an analysis. -
I also agree with Minnie, but there is one other thing I enjoyed and wanted to mention, and that is the visual contrast between two surfaces catching the light. The girders holding up the bridge have their geometric patterns quite literally highlighted, and their dominating presence gives them a sense of strength. In contrast, the surface of the water is softened by little waves, which catch the light and the colour as well and then mixes them into a gentle impressionistic version of the reflected scene.
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The missing image is now visible and it is probably my favourite.
There is a clear sense of coordinated effort and it shines through the deliberate, diagonal composition.
This one would fit into a series about "Work". -
I'll just use the heatwave we are experiencing (although the worst seems to be behind us) as a sorry excuse to be lazy and just agree with what Minnie said.
But let me add that I really like how the light plays on those curved beams and rivets. This image would be killer in black&white!! -
I don't recall visiting Kientzheim although in all probability I have, because we vacationed in the Alsace region quite a few times when I was still a child living with my parents. I do remember Riquewihr. (I think we stayed in a town called Orbey.)
This photo series offers us a nice walk around the town wall with all the necessary explanation. I really enjoyed the tour. -
Thanks Roel . I thought about B7W obviously and I think your are right..just need time to play
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Interesting idea about the forced perspective.
When we first visited this place 10 years ago the bird was already there. There is a name and tel number on a plaque that points to the local theater group, so maybe the organiser of the theater group also makes metal sculptures? -
The first has that lovely bright red colour near the middle. Well framed with the trees, and the sunset in the distant looks good too
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Now that you have edited the posting of first photo I can see it fine.
This is a very good series! Interesting action shots in B&W with great tonality.
Must have been fun watching them back in 1974 -
Thanks Minniev
The bird sits on a strong metal post out in the open all year round. I just cloned out that post.
It's at the beginning of a few hiking routes in the Hochkönig area above Mühlbach, Austria.
It gets almost, and sometimes completely, covered in snow in the winter, then rises again as the snow melts. It's been there for at least 10 years.
looks quite impressive, I guess the wingspan is about 2m. I'll measure it next time I walk past :-)