Many ED Bimmerfest members photograph their car in front of Neuschwanstein. Here are the directions to the photo spot - so you can spend your time touring the castles instead of boring your wife or significant other looking for the perfect photo spot.
Basically, driving down the main road, you will see some open farm fields off to the right. There is a "no traffic allowed" sign at the entrance to the street (Red circle with white center), but if you don't drive too far no one seems to mind. Park near the tree at the fork in the road (three hundred meters from the main road) and photograph your car with the castle in the background.
Late afternoon is probably the best time for a shot. A polarizer filter is a good idea to bring the colors out in your paint job. Try to a long lens to help magnify the castle, or less of a telephoto of you want to emphasize the car.
There was a farmer on a tractor doing some work in that vicinity when I was there, so it was a no-go. I immediately recognized it when I drove by.
My alternative photo location was a small parking lot right on the edge of the town of Schwangau, with a clear view to Neuschwanstein. I used my 55-200 VR at about 80 mm, f/18, which allowed me to get the castle and the car in focus.
The location ("Official" location circled in light blue, my legal alternative is the "A"):
Without polarizing filter (notice the glare on the windows and the blue tint to the forest ):
With polarizing filter (no window glare, nice colors, sharper woods ):
Yeah, he was working the field when I was there too, but he didn't seem to care. He had just mowed the grass under the tree shortly before I was there (kind of nice as it allowed me to get a low angle picture). The fork in the road actually goes off to a small (one lift) ski area that you can see from castle).
Nice thread idea Charles! I actually found that spot on my own as we drove into the castle area. Turned out to be the best car pics I got on the entire trip.
Here's mine: (you'll have to click the link since blogger doesn't seem to allow embedding of images)
Well, my car is in a pick. It was just an soggy day when I was there and I did not know about the secret photo area. Shoot, I almost left before the castle stuck its pointy head out of the clouds. Here's the best I could do.
Here is a pic of my car (with wife inside) taken Saturday, July 5, 2008. Drove straight there from the Welt (after seeing the BMW Museum and having lunch of course). Pic was taken late afternoon on a Panasonic DMC-TZ5 digital camera I bought for the wife especially for the trip. I ended up using it more than she did. :supdude:
Had the wife and in-laws with me, so as soon as I found a spot I stopped, as I don't think they were up for me driving around too much in the fields. This was from just after the fork in the road from southbound B17.
Farther from Neuschwanstein than your location:
That photo was taken from behind the car, parked next to this:
Open access to this little parking area, and no in-laws yelling about driving past a red circle with white center sign! :rofl:
This is a great thread, wish it had been around before my trip in May. As a second thought though, why not build a whole list of favorite photo ops? These pictures are about halfway down the length of Am Plansee where there is a broad gravel area with no trees.
Perfect - you got lucky with the short grass and the flowers. The grass was about 2 feet tall when I was there, but they had just mowed a small patch of it so it didn't get in the way of my picture.
I am impressed with all of the interesting pictures here. What a photo spot. I am tempted to comment on the creativity of the people here! What a group.
For instance, I thought this was a great and unique angle. Needs a little fill in flash and then it would really look sharp – something like this:
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