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Reichstagsgebäude

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Original - The Reichstag building, or Reichstagsgebäude, was first constructed from 1884 to 1894 and housed the Parliament of the German Empire. It was severely damaged by fire in 1933, partially refurbished in the 1960s, and then fully restored in 1990. It now houses the Bundestag. The glass dome was added in 1993 and designed by British architect Norman Foster.

Reason

good detail, great photographic quality, just enough people to show it's frequented but not too many to detract from the view

Articles in which this image appears

Reichstag, Politics of Germany

FP category for this image

Places/Architecture

Creator

Matthew Field

• Support as nominator --Maedin\^talk 20:55, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
• Technically it is a good image, but I am not sure if the shadow helps here. Is it me or the lighting seems to make the building more impressive here? Nergaal (talk) 10:06, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
  • I don't personally think so, no, :) They both seem equally impressive, and I don't think the lighting in this one detracts at all. The shadow is not deep and doesn't cover very much of the building. To me, it actually helps emphasise the depth of the portico (which in many photographs has a tendency to look rather shallow and 2-D). Maedin\^talk 10:17, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
• Support. --KFP (contact | edits) 17:19, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
• Support and agree with Maedin about lighting. Purpy Pupple (talk) 21:42, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
• Support Tack sharp and detailed. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 14:22, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
• Support, as above. J Milburn (talk) 11:41, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
• Support per others. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 16:11, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
• Support Great photo, I've tried to take exactly this photo so many times, and it always look cheap and tacky. How did you did it? With a tilt lens or something??? Aaadddaaammm (talk) 19:34, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
  • I don't know how it was done, you'll have to ask the photographer. I suspect that this was corrected for perspective quite a lot, possibly while still in raw image format. Maedin\^talk 22:49, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
• Support Nergaal (talk) 08:12, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
• Support nice --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 13:41, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

Promoted File:Berlin reichstag west panorama 2.jpg --Jujutacular ^talk 18:31, 2 November 2010 (UTC)