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Published: 2008-04-13 16:20:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 1510; Favourites: 43; Downloads: 31
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One more winter picture.The ruins of the castle in my hometown Elbingerode/Harz (Germany).
The playground of my childhood.
The castle was build about 800 years ago and is in ruins since 1753. It burned down in a huge fire together with large parts of the city. Now it is used as a park.
The picture was taken from a window of my parent's house.
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You are right it's not meant to have a focal point and I am not trying "to get something across". I don't think every picture needs a message. Sometimes I think it's enough to transport some vague impression.
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Okay. I was just giving you my opinion. Simply that the photo loses its beauty when there's 1000 things to look at.
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Cool! Now that's a view I wouldn't mind having out my bedroom window! 
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I have featured this in the news article Concerning snow .
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Great landscape and amazing colors, especially the sky!
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There are some lovely strong bright colours in this that just jump out at you in contrast with the snow. Your parents are lucky, I wish I had a castle outside my window
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To make you even more envious, some years ago we convinced our town council to name our road "Palace Gardens".
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A park out of the ruins of a castle? how cool is that! Very nice. I like the color too!
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It's not this unusual, we got more then enough castles and and ruined castles here. There are dozends alone in my county and tens of thousands in Germany.
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That's very cool. Most ruins in the US are from Native American sites and are usually protected, and you can't go and climb on the ruins most the time LOL
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This is true, south and middle america are full of ancient ruins, (of course most hidden somewhere in the jungle) but in the US these are very rare.
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Yep yep. : ) Our native peoples didn't really build a lot of durable structures. At least not ones that are that old
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Oh, they did, but quite some where intentionally destroyed to erase all traces of their culture.
And a lot of the durable structures who survived 500 years of colonialisation where in fact artificial hills for religious purposes.
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But especially in new mexico some impressive and truely ancient cities build by natives survived.
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Well, for the purpose of the ruins being around still today...not many left them.
Oh, sure, the mounds; those I have seen. : ) Can't say I have been around much of NM, though. Been through there, but haven't stopped to see the sights. Thanks for the great links!
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just stunning... the composition works so well with the theme and the colors... and the perspective on the leaning tree's... wow
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Wow! What a stunning view! It must be strange and wonderful to run and play in the remains of such an ancient piece of history.
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like how the clouds give a nice transition between the sky end the snow covered ground...somehow makes it nicer to look at... Cool cool cool!
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Ah, the weather is niiiice! Very bright and nice colours.. sunny : ] This makes me miss the winter.. So, thank you : ]
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das hier ist echt schön, im winter ist der blau weiß kontrast immer so toll, leider haben wir hier fast nie schnee
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Ja, so ein schöner Wintertag ist was Feines!
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tjo keine ahnung hab schon fast vergessen wie das ist
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Ja, der Schnee wird hier auch immer seltener, aber noch haben wir welchen. Tja, Klimaerwärmung halt.
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hmm jop, früher hab ich in den bergen gewohnt, da hatten wir dafür viel zu viel
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Kindheitserinnerungen sind immer etwas besonderes.... und der Schnee gibt dem ganzen noch eine distanzierte vergangene Note,..... ^^
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schönes photo, und toller spielplatz für nen kleinen Stö
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beautiful....perfect idea to turn it into playground
i wish i can play in there
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I think it's a lovely idea that they turned the place into a park. It has a history and is a part of the town, city... Lovely shot, must be very lovely at winter and summer that place.. all season to be right.
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you are right, it is a lovely place indeed
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Nice photo, looks quite warm
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wow. echt cool. I wünschte ich hätte früher auch eine ruine zum spielen gehabt. ^^
Sehr schön eingegangen. Das kräftige blau und weiß harmonieren sehr gut.
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Im Sommer wenn alles grün ist sieht es noch viel besser aus.
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nice shot. esp the trees.=] i love trees like those hehe
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from the window of your parents house? wow, wish i had such a great view from my window
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in summer if everything is green, it is much better!
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Tolles Bild...is sicher ein toller platz zum spielen!^^
Erinnert mich irgendwie an eine ruine in unsrer umgebung.....aber wir haben da weder steinmauer drum herum noch treppen....ist alles ein bisschen verwahrlost.
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Danke, ja es ist ein prima Platz zum spielen.
Mach doch mal an einem schönen Tag ein Foto von der Ruine in eurer Umgebung, das gibt bestimmt auch ein schickes Bild.
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