The only way is up ... by blondeblurr
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BERLIN - is the city where I grew up in and which has been one of my most favourite cities of choice. (mind you, I haven't seen many, but so far - so good) Occasionally I still get this feeling of 'Heimweh' and wish to be, right there where the action is ... and there is so much to love about Berlin and makes me quite melancholy, just thinking about it, trouble is I can't be in more than one place at a time.
Anyhow, here is the famous Balzac-Coffee house (just around the corner, from where my niece lives), where I have had a few times breakfast there - BTW, great coffee and king-size RATS, if you can be bothered looking up sometimes - I did and I think , it's maybe just possible that these rats trying to reach the 'Big Cheese' in the sky ?
This type of graffiti left a great impression ... what do you think ?
Cheers Brigitte
Comments (22)
bebopdlx
This is outstanding graphics, a great shot.
rbowen
Very good capture and amazing graffiti! Can you imagine if we could visit places we love very quickly? Missing... I know the feeling, my friend! I am glad that you enjoyed your time there! It is a great city! Thank you for sharing!
blondeblurr
Thanks Roula, - maybe time has come, for both of you, to travel again ?
durleybeachbum
Fabulous! They certainly brighten up that rather drab building.
jif3d
Woo, a whole moon of cheese to eat, I bet Wallace & Gromit are already there ! Cool POV and composition, not to mention the eerie green glow, which goes with the cheese theme nicely...LOL ~Cheers~...or was that ~Cheese~ ??? :o)
Jean_C
Really fantastic ( and a little spooky! ) street art! Excellent capture, Brigitte!
Sea_Dog
I like IT! Very creative work.
VDH
Excellent capture, original graphics!!
Cyve
WOW Brigitte, it's really OUTSTANDING!!! Marvelous tag and fantastic capture.
flavia49
stunning capture
Faemike55
Great capture! the image makes me think of the humans and their role in the rat-race of life!
Glendaw
Fantastic capture of these creepy crawlers ! I really have a hard time finding anything nice about them ! Sorry. Cool looking Coffee House though, green is a fav. color of mine.
wysiwig
Fine with me as long as they don't expect me to share my breakfast with them. Nice capture. Berlin has some of the best street art. I must visit.
giulband
Superb capture !!!!!!
starship64
Great capture. Very striking image. I'm not sure I'd want to see that right outside my window every day, but for a restaurant it makes a good landmark - as long as the rats are on the outside of the restaurant only!
anahata.c
Always a great thing to see you upload. I love this rendition of this coffee house, and the building it's in. The choice of green is intuitive and it totally works for me. It makes it seem very intense, almost nostalgic. I love your crop and angles, letting all the lines tilt and move towards each other, as we look upwards. And the deep shadows at the bottom too. I've heard of Balzac Coffee, never tasted it but heard of it. And I'm not surprised that this is a famous place. What do the rats signify, I wonder? "Rat" means "council" in Deutsch, doesn't it? Something like that? Is this a council building, an 'official' building? Whatever it is, I love those big rats climbing up to heaven---which you hint at with a small blast of intense light at the top. And I like the chunk of graffiti on the bottom, the human touch. Really nice treatment of the subject, I love the angles, hues and shadows. And, though I haven't had coffee in some years, it makes me want a good cup. (I was once known for my coffee, believe it or not.) Hope the summer is treating you well, it should be cooler there now...but I imagine Berlin is still cold right now. I hear it's a beautiful city and hope to see it one day. Hope you do too, in your next trip maybe...love this image, a real Brigitte treatment. you always do things special with your images...
dochtersions
Hi Brigitte! This really speaks to my imagination, and I can think of several scenarios on this scene, you've displayed so well, dear friend. What I like so much is the fact that the fat mouse, right, holds on to the tail of the one who climbs above him; as if he wants to dissuade him, to his earlier arrive at those fat cheese than he. I ask myself, if there were many more (small) mice up there. So, imagine that mouse on the right would pulling very hard at that mouse tail, and all mice, the entire row, would thunder down, what would one do in Berlin? What would be called, or say, or "curses" perhaps? Whether all people come with a camera to photograph the mice, and then, what do the mice? I know. it, BB-chen. : They just say "cheese", all at once! :D
aksirp
good coffee and feel to be home get great together, als Zugabe fette Ratten! 😄 Ich sehe du hadt schöne Erinnerungen an deine Heimat und kannst dich auch am Neuen daran freuen! you are a tourist with open mind, I like that! 👍
JuliSonne
Oh ... Brigitte....what for a beautiful memory. Here we had breakfast. I see this gorgeous graffiti every day. The artist is the Belgian ROA and I love him works. If we had had more time, you would have more graffiti from him. Btw, I have many of his works in Los Angeles (Arts District) photographed (very large .... if you want to visit Mark smile ) It's always a strange feeling when I see pictures from my city from others and I am pleased that you have just taken this picture. Hug Julchen
rangeriderrichard
Really neat rats!
danapommet
WOW! That is a great photo of the 'rats' and as long as the coffee is good - it is OK with me!!!!!! :o)
1358
probably give me nightmares to live there.... looks like fun!
Rhanagaz
Rats are really big in Berlin! ;o) Great shot Brigitte, Berlin is a fantastic city!! :o)