Yesterday the morning dawned sunny and cold, with clear blue skies after a period of rain overnight. In my first foray outside, I saw many enticing puddles with leaves and was inspired to go back to the apartment to get my “big” camera to try take some photos.
However, the nice weather apparently was what the street and sidewalk cleaning crews in Tübingen were also waiting for. So, in the time it took me to get back with my camera, the sweepers had been by the spots with their big machines on the sidewalks, taking away all the leaves and thereby disturbing all my glorious puddles. Ah well. There will be more puddles, I’m sure.
Anyway, after walking around looking puddles for that were no longer there, I found myself by the Neckar River. While standing in a different spot on the bridge there, I got a couple of not-quite-the-standard postcard shots that include the Hölderlinturm (yellow tower), as well as views of the Neckar Island. I proceeded down the staircase by the bridge onto the island and discovered a few more photogenic vantage points that are, literally, below and beyond the spot where you get that classic postcard shot here in Tübingen. 😉 (Note: if you scroll to see below the captions for each picture, I’ve added a few other notes).
Enjoy.
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- Postcard shot buildings and the Neckar Island
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- Neckar Island and the Hölderlinturm (tower) at right
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- Neckar Island and the Hölderlinturm (tower) – take 2
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- View from the steps next to the Neckarbrücke
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- Approaching the arch
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- Postcard Shot from the Neckar Island
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- Reflected in the curve
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- By the bridge
Your first two pictures lulled me into a pleasant, serene, bucolic state, first with the calm river balanced on one side by trees and the other side by houses. Then there was the lovely picture of two rows of trees running as far as the eye could see with an appropriate collection of Fall leaves on the ground underneath them. And, finally, in my blissful state, I lingered over the close-up of the arch, not really noticing the reflection but enjoying a scene of dignity.
That is the peaceful collection I would make of your pictures. Then, I would add in a separate chapter, the stunning picture of the curved tree with the falling branches and their reflections. I like it a lot but it is not part of a peaceful collection. There is two much artistic energy in it to be peaceful–striking and enjoyable but not serene.
Thanks, Stan! I like your descriptions of the feelings you got looking at the photos – as I look back through them again with your comments in mind, I can see how that feeling you have been enhanced by a different organization of the photos, not least of which would have been not including that tree scene in this set. As I said in the comment on that photo, it wasn’t technically the postcard shot, but it was taken near where the postcard shot was taken (and taken on the same day as the others). So, on the day I posted them I was thinking more about how the photos were grouped in terms of how and when I wound up taking them; I think now, I’d probably let that curved tree one get a post of its own. 🙂 Thanks for all the feedback!