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- Category: Commons:Featured_pictures/Places/Architecture#Germany
Info Detail of the tensile membrane roof of Munich's Olympiahalle in the Olympic Park, designed by Frei Otto. It was constructed for the 1972 Summer Olympics. Located in the Oberwiesenfeld neighborhood of Munich, the park continues to serve as a venue for cultural, social, and religious events. All by me, --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 22:25, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 22:25, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
Oppose This reminds me very much your previous nomination before it was cropped, that means at the moment when King of Hearts opposed because "The composition looked haphazard, especially the bottom". To be honest, that's also my opinion here regarding this new version. Though not sure the clever suggestion by Cart to crop it would improve anything in this current case. Architecture elements, but overall too much chaotic for my personal taste. And your already promoted architecture photographs are usually much nicer and creative. This doesn't reach the level, I'm afraid. Sorry it really seems a bad shot of nothing, and the fact that it is too similar to the last candidature doesn't help neither :-( -- Basile Morin (talk) 05:09, 28 July 2018 (UTC)
- Interesting you see it that way. To me the image has a clear structure: it’s divided into three zones that are separated diagonally. There’s the semi-transparent roof in the upper right and lower left corners, providing a frame for the main elements in between: the iconic steel pillar and the tent like part of the olympic hall itself, with the latter bending directly into the bottom right corner. I've chosen this composition to illustrate the organic character of the park’s general design. As you walk through the park you notice a constant variation of spots that are covered by the roof and those that let you see directly into the sky. That’s very idiosyncratic of the park but also difficult to catch with a camera. I thought I was successful here (I barely cropped a pixel) but maybe I’m simply too biased - having lived in Munich and not that far from the park for most of my life. —Martin Falbisoner (talk) 06:40, 28 July 2018 (UTC)
- Well, searching for this park on Google, the building is interesting and I can understand your enthusiasm in trying to share that 3D design in picture. Only this pillar in the center is clearly an intruder in my view, communicating a feeling like "no function, just by chance in the field". And same for the small part of this pyramidal roof located bottom right, plus the similar part hidden behind on the left. The "organic character of the park’s general design" is not accessible to me through this composition, though I can roughly understand your intention. Organic should evoke nature, leaf, living elements, but here iron and glass are dominating, with a cloud in the sky. My review is subjective of course, and perhaps other users will find the image awesome -- Basile Morin (talk) 08:56, 28 July 2018 (UTC)
- Organic Architecture is defined by a philosophy "which promotes harmony between human habitation and the natural world. This is achieved through design approaches that aim to be sympathetic and well-integrated with a site, so buildings, furnishings, and surroundings become part of a unified, interrelated composition." That's basically the underlying concept of the Olympic Park in Munich. I understand that my nom does not convey this picture (half-pun intended), obviously. I do take your criticism very seriously but I'd be interested in other opinions as well, both from an aesthetic as well as from a purely photographic perspective. Withdrawing the nom after that certainly won't hurt me. --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 09:37, 28 July 2018 (UTC)
Comment For a flow (organic or other) to work, it helps if the elements are connected in some way, literally or implicit. Here the detached roof part top right is the odd element out. --Cart (talk) 10:30, 28 July 2018 (UTC)- Oppose Took a while to get to this but it's one of those images where while I think I understand what you were trying to communicate it just does not come through in the final picture. Daniel Case (talk) 21:36, 28 July 2018 (UTC)
- Support -- Johann Jaritz (talk) 02:22, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
I withdraw my nomination --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 09:18, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
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