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Deutsche Welle building & Post Tower at night, Bonn, august 2003. Rolleiflex 2.8 C, Ilford HP5. Obviously the German postal sevice is swimming in it if they can afford to indulge in megalomaniac architecture such as this. Having said that, it's an impressive sight, particularly at night with the changing display of coloured lights! I waited for a full moon and a clear night to get this shot, and it took me a while to set it up so the moon sat between the two columns (phallic symbols?) in the foreground. Looking at it now, I must admit the image is somewhat ill-composed; with the paved area at the base of the columns missing, they somehow appear to float in space. Then again, it was night *and* the Rolleiflex doesn't have the brightest ground glass, so I have an excuse. I sort of angled up to make sure I got the top of those columns (which I could barely see on the dim screen), and neglected the stuff on the bottom. Oh well. Unfortunately, my scanner doesn't resolve the columns too well either, as it tends to muddy shadow detail in glossy prints. Sorry for the lousy scan, one of these days I'll get a decent slide scanner...   (65/67)

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