Ralph Bos
Fernsehturm Düsseldorf - Germany
© Ralph Bos
With a 30 sec. exposure shot and repeating shots from different angles, my fingers were freezing off... Shot taken with a Canon 500d, 18-55 is lens, and slightly edited in photoshop (layer in grayscale etc). Any comment or advice is welcome!
Background info: The Rheinturm Düsseldorf is a 240.5 metre high concrete telecommunications tower in Düsseldorf, Germany, capital of the federal state (Bundesland) of North Rhine-Westphalia. Construction commenced in 1979 and finished in 1981. The Rheinturm carries aerials for directional radio, FM and TV transmitters. It stands 174.5 metres high and houses a revolving restaurant and an observation deck at a height of 170 metres. It is the tallest building in Düsseldorf.
The Rheinturm was inaugurated on December 1, 1981. It contains 7,500 cubic metres of concrete and weighs 22,500 tons. Before October 15, 2004, when an aerial antenna for DVB-T was mounted, it was 234.2 metres high.
Fernsehturm Düsseldorf - Germany
© Ralph Bos
With a 30 sec. exposure shot and repeating shots from different angles, my fingers were freezing off... Shot taken with a Canon 500d, 18-55 is lens, and slightly edited in photoshop (layer in grayscale etc). Any comment or advice is welcome!
Background info: The Rheinturm Düsseldorf is a 240.5 metre high concrete telecommunications tower in Düsseldorf, Germany, capital of the federal state (Bundesland) of North Rhine-Westphalia. Construction commenced in 1979 and finished in 1981. The Rheinturm carries aerials for directional radio, FM and TV transmitters. It stands 174.5 metres high and houses a revolving restaurant and an observation deck at a height of 170 metres. It is the tallest building in Düsseldorf.
The Rheinturm was inaugurated on December 1, 1981. It contains 7,500 cubic metres of concrete and weighs 22,500 tons. Before October 15, 2004, when an aerial antenna for DVB-T was mounted, it was 234.2 metres high.