Aachen Skyline by harvey

Aachen Skyline

I had to get up early this morning and beat the lines at the ausländeramt to get a new working VISA, as my other one was only good for two years. Luckily they have a special university branch so it didn't take too long. The office is in a great new building and it has a wonderful view over the Aachen skyline. That is our UNESCO cathedral in the center. I love the mistyness of the sky, as well as that orange hazy glow the sun is giving the sky through that mist as it comes up. I originally posted a regular version of this shot, but then I thought hey, I wonder if you can replicate those cartoony profile shots of Aachen you see on everything in town. So I played around with 'curves' in photoshop and this is what I ended up with, and I LOVE it. Hope you like it too.
How lovely!
September 3rd, 2010  
nice idea, cool photo and creativity, nice photo... great indeed
September 3rd, 2010  
wow, this is LOVELY
September 3rd, 2010  
This is great. Love the skyline
September 3rd, 2010  
Good shot Steve! Thanks for the tip re. ND filter
September 3rd, 2010  
Funny you ask because I was going to say in my commentary but I thought it might be boring! A polarising filter helps to saturate colours. A ND filter uniformly darkens your pic. The grad filter helps to darken the sky part (or the water if you use it the other way around). Hope that helps!
September 3rd, 2010  
What a gorgeous silhouette those buildings make! Our town of Lunenburg is a UNESCO site, too, so I found that very interesting to read!
September 3rd, 2010  
This turned out really, really nice. The shapes of the buildings are interesting enough--but the silhouettes highlight them perfectly
September 3rd, 2010  
beautifully done Steve!
September 3rd, 2010  
It looks amazing! The colour of the sky is so warm and the silhouettes are just beautiful!
September 3rd, 2010  
I love the silhouette of this. So beautiful.
September 3rd, 2010  
Just stunning...beautiful shapes in the silhouettes, nice faded lines of the background and the colour of the sky is just perfect!!
September 4th, 2010  
great silhouette shot mate! yep we're still going to the dolphins vs bills game. Betty even bought me a nice dolphins jersey and cap to wear... go dolphins!
September 4th, 2010  
what a pretty skyline....great shot!
September 4th, 2010  
Gorgeous. I love the light and color of background.
September 4th, 2010  
This looks like a cut out silhouette...gorgeous!
September 4th, 2010  
Breathtaking!
September 4th, 2010  
Ira
So beautiful!
September 4th, 2010  
yeah, i'm prepared for a little bit of beer wetting... just as long as we're not talking a whole keg :)
September 5th, 2010  
very cool shot! the silhouette looks perfect here with the colorful sky and interesting buildings.
and that's so funny that you spent some time at TUD.. what a small world!
September 5th, 2010  
great skyline
September 7th, 2010  
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