Wideness, a photo from Nordrhein-Westfalen, West

Photographer's Note

This is a view of the region north of Paderborn in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the south-eastern corner of the Westphalian lowlands (about 100 m a.s.l.). At the horizon you can see the montain range of the "Teutoburger Wald" (446m).

In this region probably the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest took place in the year 9 A.D. (probably lasting from September 9 to September 11) when an alliance of Germanic tribes led by Arminius, the son of Segimer of the Cherusci, ambushed and destroyed three Roman legions led by Publius Quinctilius Varus. 1/8 of the entire Roman army then was destroyed. Well known are the words of Augustus, the then Emperor of the Roman empire: Quintili Vare, legiones redde! (Quintilius Varus, give me back my legions!)

The small town you can see in the background is the well known spa Bad Lippspringe with several mineral springs.

mvdisco, saxo042, snunney, jlynx, Loic_bzh, asajernigan, LEA, gary91, Uhu, chinchini, CRATEOS, vinicio, jafadabret, Kielia has marked this note useful

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mvdisco (17798) 2008-04-15 21:58

Bonsoir Frank,
Belle prise de vue et joli paysage et couleurs, Excellent point de vue et d閠ails, Belle note aussi.
Bonne journ閑 pour toi.
Michel

jurek1951 (42198) 2008-04-15 22:03

Hallo Frank,
Very nice place and beautiful colouurs and light.Nice perspective,
Gr黶se
Georg

hatti52 (12786) 2008-04-16 0:48

Bonsoir Frank,
very nice perspective and wonderful colours and lighting
compliments

saxo042 (38078) 2008-04-16 1:02

Hi Frank,
Certainly a beautiful landscape! Good depth with the birches in the foreground and very fine colours. Interesting note as well.
Greetings from Gothenburg
Gunnar

snunney (130967) 2008-04-16 1:38

Hello Frank,
A fine perspective over this rather flat landscape. I like the contrasts in tone provided by grass and sky. The foreground trees help add interest to the scene. Very good colours and clarity.

jasmis (58653) 2008-04-16 3:19

Simple landscape with birches nad deep blue sky. Interesting note, as well.
Regards my dear friend and congratulations because of crossing border of 20.000.

jlynx (12647) 2008-04-16 3:33

Hello Frank,
When in Your Portfolio I see such photo, then I know, that You are fit. The spring- atmosphere is contagious to us to all though the weather quite do not coddle us. How is visible on this photo, the spring set up very promisingly. Superb sun encourages to the walk. Nice colours, very good sharpness and interested POV.
Best regards from Poznan,
Jurek

Loic_bzh (7646) 2008-04-16 3:44

Hi Frank,

doing a beautifull photo with a tropical beauch is quite easy. But doing it with two trees and a field need much more talent. Congrats, really.

Cheers,

Lo颿

asajernigan (21427) 2008-04-16 3:53

Frank,
This is a fine landscape photo. The trees in the foreground give the photo nice depth. The lighting and colors are fine with nice sharpness and DOF.
TFS,
Asa

mesutilgim (0) 2008-04-16 4:54

Hallo lieber Frank,
Auch diesmal "was" ganz anderes als Dein gewohntes Art. Informativ aber gleichzeitig graphisch perfekt. Schoen die Baeume im vordergrund. Recht Stimmungsvoll. Es erinnert mich and die Bremische Landschaft von Worpswede.
Dankeschoen und mfg aus İstanbul
MESUT ILGIM

jplebrun (21208) 2008-04-16 5:44

Bonjour Frank
j'ai fait le tour de ton album photo, bravo tu as de tr鑣 belles photos, j'aime bien voir ce paysage printanier avec ces arbres en encadrement.
Salutations du Qu閎ec
Jean-Pierre

leo61 (0) 2008-04-16 10:40

Hallo Frank!
Willkommen wieder in Deiner Heimat.Ich hoffe TEP m溥ig ist alles OK und Du bist wieder gut zu Fu�.
Ich warte sehns點htig auf einen solch blauen Himmel hier,hatten wir am Samstag twischen 8 und 12,genau w鋒rend meiner Arbeitszeit......
Das Bild hat eine tolle tiefe und das kleine 3eck Stra遝 macht sich gut hier.
Gute Sch鋜fe 黚erall und sch鰊e kr鋐tige Farben.
Gru�,Hagelschauer inclusive
Andreas

LEA (5006) 2008-04-16 11:47

Hello Frank,
A pretty picture of this region. The note is very interesting and I was introduced to a piece of history that I knew nothing about. Once again, a picture which is an invitation to take a walk.

gary91 (15348) 2008-04-16 14:19

Hello Frank,
Nice composition for this very simple landscape. I like the way you used the trees ti build this frame. I think I just would have cut the road on the right which is not very graceful.
Have a nice evening.
Best regards, Christian

Uhu (8609) 2008-04-16 14:51

Hm. This landscape look so very like home to me, with these birch-trees. So this is probably the place of that battle? I read about it...long ago, though.
Very good, peaceful and calm photo.

chinchini (31529) 2008-04-16 20:59

Bonsoir Frank,
Sacr閑 visibilit� ! Comme on voit loin. D'ailleurs, la qualit� de ta photo s'en ressent. Elle est tr鑣 nette et la pr閟ence des bouleaux me plait bien car l'閏orce (pas les Corses ! ;o)) pr閟ente la finesse de sa structure.
A bient魌 pour la poursuite de la balade dans le Bozio, mais sans musique cette fois ;o)
Bonne nuit mon Ami
Pierre

CRATEOS (7278) 2008-04-17 5:42

i feel like to stay under the tree and to look right now this view.....a live my friend!!!

nf

vinicio (23423) 2008-04-17 22:41

Nicely composed Frank, well done, few elements but well placed into the image in order to create a pleasant and beautiful view, compliments, nice place too.
Ciao
Vinicio

jafadabret (56501) 2008-04-18 10:08

Frank bonsoir.
Les trois arbres donnent un rythme � la composition et la perspective du dynamisme. Les couleurs sont celles du printemps, encore un depuis le passage des troupes romaines.
Jacques

Kielia (24077) 2015-06-08 8:17

Hallo Frank,
wenn da nicht der Teutoburger Wald am Horizont w鋜e, so k鰊nte es auch ein Bild aus meiner Heimat sein. Platt wie ein Pfannkuchen!
Du pr鋝entierst einen sch鰊en Eindruck dieser Ebene, bei der mein Geographenherz gleich h鰄er schl鋑t!
Herzliche Gre aus dem grauen Norden,
Harriet