German style Inn in an Australian little Township......

[just me]

This is the inside of a German Style Inn in Hahndorf, Hahndorf is about 60 km by car from Adelaide, and is a favorite visit from Tourists.........



( I took this image with my little Leica D-Lux 6 )

Griddi........

[Mike Buckley]

This tells such a wonderful story on so many levels! Consider cropping on the left to just barely eliminate the far left flag. A polarizer would have eliminated the glare on the menu.

[Sergio M.]

This tells such a wonderful story on so many levels!

I agree, and it looks like a place I'd be right at home in.

Very nice, Griddi.

Sergio

[pnodrog]

Looks a good place to visit when I will be South Aust. in a few months.

[just me]

This tells such a wonderful story on so many levels! Consider cropping on the left to just barely eliminate the far left flag. A polarizer would have eliminated the glare on the menu.

Mike.... thank you, also for your tip about cropping......always so welcome........

I am not sure, if the little Leica would accept a filter ?

The little Leica is the one I take with me, if I want not to be bothering with any weigh, and she goes into my handbag ........

Griddi.....

[just me]

I agree, and it looks like a place I'd be right at home in.

Very nice, Griddi.

Sergio

Thank you Sergio for looking and commenting.......I am sure you would it like in there.......I do too, although I am not a beer drinker.....but they have German Style food too

Griddi......

[just me]

Looks a good place to visit when I will be South Aust. in a few months.

Paul.......please do....it is sort of a must do for tourist here, but also for us locals.......Hahndorf was started by German Migrants about 1865, and the captain of the ship, after they dis- marked in Adelaide lead them to the land, which was purchased for them, and so they named it Hahndorf, whch was the name of the captain........at the time it took them 3 days to reach their land.......
Over the years Hahndorf has lost a bit of this " German " feeling, but all over the little Township it is still to find.....and People just love it ........

Griddi........

[Shadowman]

Nice looking place and capture.

[Manfred M]

Agree with Mike. Get rid of most of that wooden post on the left and you'll have a stronger image.

You D-Lux is just a re-badged Panasonic P&S with custom firmware. I'm not aware of any of that line that could take any filters.

[Mike Buckley]

I am not sure, if the little Leica would accept a filter ?

I'm not familiar with your camera, but if the polarizer is larger than the lens, simply handhold it in front of the lens. If your shooting handheld, hold the camera in the other hand. I've done it in a pinch a few times. However, considering that you didn't have a bright scene, you would probably have to crank up the ISO a bit to be able to handhold the camera still enough using just one hand.

[just me]

Agree with Mike. Get rid of most of that wooden post on the left and you'll have a stronger image.

You D-Lux is just a re-badged Panasonic P&S with custom firmware. I'm not aware of any of that line that could take any filters.

Manfred....thank you........and here Manfred and Mike is the image with the wooden post cropped out, is this better ?



I like it, so thanks again for your help !!!!!!!

Griddi........

[just me]

Nice looking place and capture.

Thank you John.....

Griddi.....

[just me]

Agree with Mike. Get rid of most of that wooden post on the left and you'll have a stronger image.

You D-Lux is just a re-badged Panasonic P&S with custom firmware. I'm not aware of any of that line that could take any filters.

Manfred....you are right about the Leica D-Lux 6, I actually wanted at the time to buy the Panasonic LX7, but it was not available anymore, so I bought the Leica.........
Perhaps the Leica would take a filter with an adapter.......I still have the Panasonic LX3, and with this camera I also have an adapter, although not a polarizing filter, but I guess would also take a polarizing filter then ........

Griddi......

[just me]

Nice looking place and capture.

Thank you John........

Griddi......

[Manfred M]

Your latest revision works much better. That post does not dominate the left hand side of the image.

[IzzieK]

I would have thought Mike was suggesting more crop at the left to eliminate the flag, but this edit version is good too just with the removal of the wooden structure at the left side. This is a good shot, reflections and all. Hubby being of German descent, would love this place very much. Nostalgia wise, there used to be a German pub we used to go to here during Octoberfest along wine country area. Also one in Cedar Key, (Florida). complete with a fireplace. This shot of yours is very nice. Is this rustic looking inside too or this is it?

[Mike Buckley]

Mike is the image with the wooden post cropped out, is this better ?

Yes, it's better for me.

However, my objection is still that the bartender remains in the image; she is a distraction that pulls my eye outside the frame. Once I decided that she should be eliminated if the image was mine, I determined the crop recommended in my earlier post primarily due to the ideal positioning for me of the big tall object next to the menu.

If it's important to you for whatever reason to include the bartender in this image, consider cropping on the right side so the frame is at about the bottom right corner of the menu's left page. Doing so changes everything so the bartender pulls the eye through the scene toward the rear rather than out of the frame.

Just my way of viewing the scene.

[flashback]

The more I contemplate this photo the more I prefer your first image as opposed to your edit, and I do so for the following reasons: The first thing that catches (actually, captures) my eye is the large, white, ceramic(?) tap(?) dead center. Once my eye gets around that it wonders down the bar to find the bar maid setting up; a nice touch to show the bar is actually occupied. Thirdly, after having visually stumbled out of the photo to find myself staring at the carpet on my floor (obviously I'm joking here...or AM I) and regaining my balance within this great image, I notice two other wonderful things: Upper RHS is a mounted deer head that appears to be starring directly at the woman in the back corner of the bar and, interestingly enough she is standing beneath a chalkboard sign that says "Special". So all these little things add up to in my estimation a very nice shot,the colors are vibrant and enjoyable to view, the L shape to the bar guides my eyes around the image (without which I think my eyes would fall off the image once again). And Finally, that heavy timber in the left hand side of the image. To me that shows the weight and heft of the construction -heavy timber frame- which tells me that those who built this Inn did so with the skills of past masters and the intent of outlasting themselves for many generations. To me the whole story is writ large within the initial image, other edits turn it into a Reader's Digest version.

[just me]

I would have thought Mike was suggesting more crop at the left to eliminate the flag, but this edit version is good too just with the removal of the wooden structure at the left side. This is a good shot, reflections and all. Hubby being of German descent, would love this place very much. Nostalgia wise, there used to be a German pub we used to go to here during Octoberfest along wine country area. Also one in Cedar Key, (Florida). complete with a fireplace. This shot of yours is very nice. Is this rustic looking inside too or this is it?

Izzie....thank you for your kind comment.....the mage shows the inside of the inn, and out side it is a bit old German style looking, will take some photos when I next time in Hahndorf, and show here then........

Griddi....

[just me]

Mike .....I will try on a copy of the image your suggestion.....cannot do any harm.....I am always open for more learning.......

Thank you again Mike for your time to reply.......

Griddi......