North European Plain 52 - Germany/Berlin-Potsdam 3 - New Palace in Sanssouci Park (Page 2): Thank you Ken, glad you enjoyed it.

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

kpmac wrote:

Another fine set, Joe.

Thank you Ken, glad you enjoyed it.

Vince68 Loc: Wappingers Falls, NY

Excellent images as usual Joe, and narrative to go along with them.

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Vince68 wrote:

Excellent images as usual Joe, and narrative to go along with them.

Thank you Vince, it was a joy to wander in that beautiful park with its shady areas and statues wherever you look plus a few large and intriguing small buildings thrown in!

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey

Beautiful images Joe - great set!

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

jaymatt wrote:

Thank you very much John!

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

yssirk123 wrote:

Beautiful images Joe - great set!

Thank you very much Bill!

lnl Loc: SWFL

A great set again. Is the interior also full of marble and gilt?
I just had a thought...I never see electric poles by these museums. Did they put all the utilities under ground when they were electrified?

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

lnl wrote:

A great set again. Is the interior also full of marble and gilt?
I just had a thought...I never see electric poles by these museums. Did they put all the utilities under ground when they were electrified?

Thank you Ellen. I don't really know about the interiors here as we haven't visited them, not sure why as we were relying on our friend here for the walk through the park and by the buildings. But I just googled the Sanssouci Palace for images and guess what: Yes, they do have a nicely gilded Marble Hall.

As to utility poles, they were probably exposed first but, as you most likely know, over in Europe their utility grid is much more underground than here in North America, and it makes for much prettier viewing and photographing, I cannot understand why the so much advanced North America (both the US and Canada) have such a fascination and love for these ugly utility poles and the exposed wires create so much problems with windstorms when trees and branches fall on them.

srfmhg Loc: Marin County, CA

Beautiful shots Joe. I love #3 but I would erase the contrails.

Bubalola Loc: Big Apple, NY

weberwest wrote:

In today's set of images we see more of the statues on the Main Boulevard as we are approaching the New Palace and then a few images of the New Palace.

NEW PALACE - The New Palace is a large building situated on the western side of the Sanssouci park in Potsdam, Germany. The building was begun in 1763, after the end of the Seven Years' War, under King Friedrich II (Frederick the Great) to celebrate Prussia’s success and was completed in 1769. It is considered to be the last great Prussian Baroque palace. In an architectural form, Frederick the Great sought to demonstrate the power and glories of Prussia attributing it as fanfaronade, an excess of splendor in marble, stone and gilt. For the King, the New Palace was not a principal residence, but a display for the reception of important royals and dignitaries. Of the over 200 rooms, four principal gathering rooms and a theater were available for royal functions, balls and state occasions. During his occasional stays at the palace, Frederick occupied a suite of rooms at the southern end of the building, composed of two antechambers, a study, a concert room, a dining salon and a bedroom, among others. After the death of Frederick the Great in 1786, the New Palace fell into disuse and was rarely occupied as a residence or entertainment venue. After the November Revolution and the abdication of Wilhelm II, the New Palace became a museum and remained such until the Second World War. Some of the palace’s treasures were looted by the Soviet Army at the end of the war. Much of its furniture had been removed and taken to the residence of the exiled Wilhelm II at Huis Doorn in the Netherlands. The majority of the furnishings were discovered by the Dutch in the 1970s, still in their original packing crates, and returned to Potsdam. Because of this, and because it escaped bombing in the Second World War, the palace today looks much as it did in 1918.

Notes
TRIP INFO: Set # 1 provides a brief introduction, maps and information for the entire series. Find it at:
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-693834-1.html

DETAILS ON POTSDAM: Set 50 provides an intro, see: https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-699827-1.html

EARLIER POSTS of this series: Access my topic list, the new posts are listed in reverse chronological order:
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Thank you for visiting, I recommend viewing the downloads and look forward to your comments and questions.

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In today's set of images we see more of the statue... (show quote)

Another exciting look at this handmade marvel! Thank you, Joe!

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

srfmhg wrote:

Beautiful shots Joe. I love #3 but I would erase the contrails.

Thanks Mark, I was wondering about that contrail, my post-processing skill set is unfortunately not that great, I could see taking the contrail in #8 out rather easily as it is narrow and in just a blue sky, I have done that several times, really should have done it here, but the contrail in #3 is rather wide and long and I am not so sure I could make it disappear without leaving traces - and the reality is that it was there ....

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Bubalola wrote:

Another exciting look at this handmade marvel! Thank you, Joe!

Thank you very much Eugene!

srfmhg Loc: Marin County, CA

weberwest wrote:

Thanks Mark, I was wondering about that contrail, my post-processing skill set is unfortunately not that great, I could see taking the contrail in #8 out rather easily as it is narrow and in just a blue sky, I have done that several times, really should have done it here, but the contrail in #3 is rather wide and long and I am not so sure I could make it disappear without leaving traces - and the reality is that it was there ....

Joe- I took the liberty of putting this great image through Luminar 4 "erase" function and used just 2 passes. Hope you like it!

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weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

srfmhg wrote:

Joe- I took the liberty of putting this great image through Luminar 4 "erase" function and used just 2 passes. Hope you like it!

Thanks Mark, it definitely takes this "blemish" out and improves the image, I will have to find the time to play around with these improvements- thanks for the effort!