This dreamlike, wintry night shot was taken around midnight on 4 January 2009 right in the heart of East Berlin's city centre, Berlin-Mitte, on Museum Island. The night scene was exposed with the NIKON D90 camera (lens: SIGMA 18.0-50.0 mm f/2.8).
The red-green lighting lends the historic museum building of the Alte Nationalgalerie a magical, mysterious atmosphere.
This artistic lighting immerses the wintry scene in a surreal environment.
The colour scheme of the light corresponds to the complementary character, with the colours red and green directly opposite each other in the colour wheel.
This creates a very special colour contrast. Berlin, the city that never sleeps, once again shows its most beautiful evening dress on this winter's night.
"For me, photography feels like really capturing the moment - like a kind of alchemy where time is physically captured."
Silva Wischeropp was born in the Hanseatic city of Wismar in the former GDR. Today she lives and works in Berlin. As a passionate travel..
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