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craving for saviour

While visiting a festival in eastern germany for some days I had some time left and decided to explore the surroundings of Leipzig, a region which is really signed of abandonment. While driving through a small town the half broken tower of this church slightly appeared between heavy woods. I decided to give it a try and shortly later I was standing here, the mood coming from it is just unique, the sadness and breakdown meets such an alive and positive mood at the same time. I hope that I can express a little bit of my feelings I had standing there and show them to you ...
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mehran chitsaz 2 months ago

HDR photography???

I mean is that this is the result of combining several images with different exposures?

Sven Fennema First question - No,
second yes :) I don't use HDR techniques but I combine several exposures with a manual exposure blending

keller 9 months ago

Hi Svend
it's some amazing places you come
really nice place and photo

Dmitry Laudin 1 year ago

perfectly!

Boisard Julien 1 year ago

splendid ruin. the wide angle effect and the treatment is perfect

Peter Olexa 1 year ago

Nice photo :)

carried in Cruzine: http://www.cruzine.com/2010/08/18/old-interiors-architecture/

Brin 2 years ago

Excellent work, but sad to see the church like this.

Eko Wahyono 2 years ago

perfectly captured

Mel Brackstone 2 years ago

There is such majesty in your images!

Jacek Stefan 2 years ago

Well done! /J.

Kaveh H. Steppenwolf 2 years ago

Ah, I have missed your latest publications. What I like about your pictures is that you always have a story to tell. And that's for me the most important part of photography :-)

Jeannette Oerlemans 2 years ago

Ohh! Wow! Beautiful shot with beautiful light and colors again en place!

pop-aj 2 years ago

wonderful

Patricia 2 years ago

Wow, I see you've been working hard :) Great shot!

Antonio Diaz 2 years ago

Great control of light

Linda James 2 years ago

You captured the mood and the beauty of the place perfectly!

sjwets 2 years ago

this is great..!!!.....

going to east Germany in August,..maybe have a visit here,..looks fantastic

elson 2 years ago

wonderful colors great image

Piet Flour 2 years ago

again and again and again ... +++
piet

Frederick Lim Cung Wei 2 years ago

Another great work.

Grzegorz Przyborowski 2 years ago

incredible

Sven Fennema Thanks Grzegorz!

Fernand Hick 2 years ago

Simply superb, Sven...!

Sven Fennema Thanks Fernand!

Stephen Edds 2 years ago

Lovely...if only this would happen to ALL churches !

Sven Fennema Thanks - But why, it's not just a religous symbol, but also a social home for many people :)

hardibudi 2 years ago

Great captured, thanks for sharing

Sven Fennema Thanks you!

Pierre Pageau 2 years ago

félicitations .

Sven Fennema Thanks Pierre!

andrea lorenzetti 2 years ago

wonderfull++++++++

Sven Fennema Thanks!

MMarie 2 years ago

sadness and hope with the rays of light through the broken ceiling.
You know how to bring adandoned places "alive" again Sven. All my compliments

Sven Fennema Thank you so much! It's my way to give it the final honour :)

MMarie And I like your 'way' to give all abandoned places thir final honour

BlondSound 2 years ago

Great!

Sven Fennema Thanks!

holger droste 2 years ago

You have the right instinct for exceptional moments ! bravo , ich verneige mich :o)

Sven Fennema Thank you so much Holger!

Ramin jalali moghaddam 2 years ago

Great picture.just the right frame.
good job

Sven Fennema Thanks Ramin!

Ali Morshedlou 2 years ago

Excellent as always...

Sven Fennema Thanks Ali!

Ingo Dumreicher 2 years ago

Auch wieder total stark. Hut ab... :-)

Sven Fennema Vielen Dank Ingo!

Herbert Wannhoff 2 years ago

great picture!!!

Sven Fennema Danke Herb! Langsam bekomme ich Angst auf einmal hier ;)

Paul Boomsma 2 years ago

superbbbb!!!!!!

Sven Fennema Thanks Paul!

psychodaddy 2 years ago

Special!!
cheers

Sven Fennema Thanks!

KPK 2 years ago

Most amazing image!

Sven Fennema Vielen Dank Peter!

Antonio Grambone 2 years ago

Hi Sven,
this picture is simply fantastic.
Compliments and greetings.

Antonio G.

Sven Fennema Thanks Antonio!

Ricky Siegers 2 years ago

You rock Sven, another great picture from you.

Sven Fennema Thank you so much Ricky! :)

Rockas Kane 2 years ago

Amazing! Congratulations!
those colors are the real ones or a bit changed by the HDR process?
Sorry to ask, but as old student of history and history of art, I have a side of me always too much curious about the construction materials.

best regards,
Rockas K.

Sven Fennema Thank you very much Rockas! There is no HDR process, this is only manual exposure blending - Oh that's a good question, I don't have much knowledge of such things, but the state was really close to dangerous, many parts of the roof already felt down

Rockas Kane Ooops, sorry... I thought is was a regular HDR... but you made this with multiple exposures, right? Or this is just one? Sorry about all the questions but without knowing the place, it is hard to guess how you get this.