Morning Walk

Morning Walk. On my 2012 visit to Berlin, a day trip out to Park Sanssouci in nearby Potsdam was on my must-visit list. And top of the list of must-get pictures was the head-on view of Schloss Sanssouci, fronted by its curved terraces of vines. It ws designed by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff and built between 1747 and 1749 as a Summer retreat for Frederick the Great – French being the fashionable language of the day and "sans souci" meaning "without care".

The weather forecast was good, so I was up early and on the S-bahn from Berlin to Potsdam by 07:00. After a longish walk through the attractive old part of the town I entered the park by the Green Gate (Grünes Gitter) entrance and walked along the avenue of trees beside the Marlygarten before turning right-angle right for the long straight view towards Schloss Sanssouci. Someone obligingly turned on the fountain as I approached at 09:00, and right on cue a lady in red with her dog appeared on the right of the frame. The Schloss faces due south and the strong sun was over my right shoulder – textbook stuff for landscape photography. There were only a few people around at that time, enjoying the sun and taking photos of the Schloss like me.

There's more information about my visit to Sanssouci on my Grand Tour blog.

Technical: NIKON D300, f=38.0 mm, ISO400, 1/1600 sec @ f8.0

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