Author: eklastic

Zu alt, um nur zu spielen. Zu jung, um ohne Wunsch zu sein.

The art of driving

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The Citroën 2CV is known in Germany and Austria as Ente ( = duck). It was built between 1948 and 1988 and if you have ever driven one, you will never forget it. The typical pistol grip stick shift baffles modern drivers even if they are familiar with ordinary manual gearshifts.

On the rear window of this one it says:

Ceci n’est pas une voiture – c’est un art de vivre.

This is not a car – it’s a way of life.

Only one thing left to say:

For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Anything to do with cars and trucks.

Is it a flock? Is it a flight? No, it’s a dissimulation!

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The Elwedritsche are mythical creatures believed to live in the Southwest of Germany. Often described as being birdlike but with antlers and scales instead of feathers, there are really very little bounds to the imagination. In Neustadt an der Weinstraße a whole dissimulation of Elwedritsche can be seen frolicking in the waters of a fountain, getting themselves wet and everybody who cares to stand close to them.

I picked the word dissimulation from a collection of collective nouns for birds. It seemed appropriate.

Linked to The Cosmic Photo Challenge: A wet weekend.

Folding lemons

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I often like my collages to be blurred or with soft focus. But then I regret to lose the definition. So here is “have it both ways” collage. Just use the slider.
One photo with all the right colours in it – how could I not try that?

And while I was playing, I played some more.

These were the given colours for this week’s Värikollaasit. The butterfly is a common brimstone, or in Latin a Gonepteryx rhamni. In Finnish as well as in German we call it a lemon butterfly. Unfortunately, I didn’t have any lemon pictures or lemons on hand. Maybe I’ll send Mr Eklastic to the stores later today.

Check out Aino’s blog for more collages.

Forced perspective

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When taking photos in narrow lanes it is often not possible to decide on your perspective. Unless you are going for detail rather than the whole house you can only look up.

My Square Perspective no. 5 is linked to The Life of B.