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Travelogues => Travel Diaries => Topic started by: Mike G on August 08, 2015, 09:01:43
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The Rheinfall near Schaffhausen in Switzerland, I believe it is about a quarter of the size of the Niagara Falls.
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From that perspective Romanticism is destroyed by an industrial
backdrop. Depending on what you want to achieve this Realism
can be part of the Enlightenment of mankind.
We photo enthusiasts tend to show Reality in most pleasing colors
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I quite agree Frank so here is a more pleasing crop, I hope?
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Beautiful falls, I didn't know this existed
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Was there once on a bicycle tour. Great place to cycle that upper part of the Rhine. The path changes from Suisse to Germany and back every few minutes and in the End opens to Lake Constance
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Largest fall in Europe
Width of the Falls 150 metres
Height of the Falls 23 metres
Depth of the basin 13 metres
Age of the Falls approx. 15'000 years
Capacity of flow in summer approx. 600'000 litres per second
Capacity of flow in winter approx. 250'000 litres per second
Lowest capacity of flow 1921, 95'000 litres per second
Greatest capacity of flow 1965, 1'250'000 litres per second
Source: http://www.rheinfall.ch/en/ (http://www.rheinfall.ch/en/)
I actually prefer the first one, with the contrast ;)
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Frank was right on the crop and intent. I find the first very interesting and it took me a minute to comprehend the size of the falls. It is a big sucker ... I didn't immediately recognize the people as people in the first image ... and when I did recognize the people as little tiny people, I thought "Wow, that's a lot of water." The buildings in the back really throws off one's perspective.
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Gary: It is not Niagara falls but for our meager standards not too bad *FOTCL*
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MikeG. Such is reality that if you had shown the crop first, the impact of the extended version would have been much bigger
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Frank, hindsight tends to be 20-20 vision hey ho!
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I wonder how that tiny excursion boat could manage to get so close to this huge fall!
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Akira, there were four boats coloured red, yellow, blue and green and they all put the bow of the boat into the fall and spray!
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Akira, there were four boats coloured red, yellow, blue and green and they all put the bow of the boat into the fall and spray!
Thanks, Mike. That's quite an entertainment!
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Very interesting picture.
The first version shows the reality : a breathtaking landscape spoiled by industrial estate. :(
When this factory was built, (almost) nobody was concerned about natural heritage.
Hopefully, the things have changed in the right way. :)
Nowadays, a motorway project can be changed to save an endangered flower specie or animal biotope, even a tiny archaeological site.
The truncated version it's less interesting, IMHO.
I didn't know this location either.
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Such a shame about the factory, so here is another view where the factory is not so dominant!
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tried a pano some time ago. no way to put a tripod , too crowded.
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Bernard: I sure like this, because one gets a great feel of the "curved design" of this fall
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Excellent Bernard.
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Hi, Bernard, I love this immersing effect!
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Hairpin waterfall, very clever.