Comments | dieastra: Picspam: Houses in the street where I live

dieastra

Picspam: Houses in the street where I live

Jul 08, 2015 22:41

Anyone here interested in architecture? Please have a look through the pictures I took today while testing my new camera. All those nice houses are in the street where I live. Each similar in style, yet each individual and different. And so many nice details. In comparison how boring that one modern house is looking! No nice details at all ( Read more... )

dresden, picspam, architecture

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geekslave July 9 2015, 04:22:49 UTC

Really lovely looking buildings. Great photos!

Stacey

dieastra July 16 2015, 17:32:36 UTC

Thank you! When I am in London, I also often photograph houses. I love the architecture.

quarryquest July 9 2015, 10:58:23 UTC

What's the new camera?

dieastra July 9 2015, 11:25:44 UTC

It's a Sony DSC-RX100 with a Carl Zeiss Jena lens. Jena is (globally spoken) just around the corner here in Eastern Germany and seem to do well world wide.

It's small enough so I can put it into my pocket - that was important for me, for travels, I don't want such a huge camera with huge lens, which is heavy and also too expensive for what I would do with it. But my old one was making such greyish pictures, I could not bear it anymore, especially seeing what other people do with their action figures. I had to up my game!

So far I am very happy with my purchase.

quarryquest July 9 2015, 11:45:00 UTC

That looks quite impressive (and flashy). Hope it does what you need it to.

draco_somnians July 19 2015, 21:16:26 UTC

What a pretty and interesting street you live in! Lovely photos! :)

dieastra July 20 2015, 05:58:18 UTC

Thank you! (well, I cheated, it's my street and the one next to it, I just love My fair Lady so much ;) ) But yeah, beautiful houses.

aletheiafelinea October 1 2015, 18:27:55 UTC

So many details! I like the stucco with poppies. And this little loggia-like balcony in the pink house. It looks like the architect's afterthought. :D

I love also balcony railings of wrought iron. There's lots of them in older parts of cities around here, and they seem to have the neverending variety of patterns.

The number plaque with a kitty, aww!

dieastra October 2 2015, 20:08:32 UTC

You should have seen those houses back in Eastern Germany times... They hadn't been renovated in decades, there were holes in the roofs and in the facade, and still people lived in there, getting their flats wet when it rained. It was awful. Only now they can show their real beauty. And there's lots more, this was just one street. Our whole quarter is like this. I love living here ( ... )

aletheiafelinea October 2 2015, 21:04:23 UTC

You should have seen those houses back in Eastern Germany times... They hadn't been renovated in decades, there were holes in the roofs and in the facade
I can imagine... I'm always sad when passing by some house that clearly used to be beautiful and could be again. Decaying architecture can have some particular sort of ugly charm, but not when people live in it...

I guess wrought iron is also a thing that is dying out and not many people are still able to do?As far as I know, it became a niche job, but it still exists, though more in the art-like than industrial way. I read sometimes a blog of one Polish-moved-to-Holland dude, who decided to become a blacksmith in recent years, and he mentions about it now and then. "Today I've learned how to make iron roses. My first try is even not quite crappy." Apparently it's quite a community, like miniaturists or doll-makers. Some work in historical re-enacting business (armoury and weapons, and "blacksmith's workshop" stalls on cons), and some run small businesses offering custom made ( ... )