Author: eklastic

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

Not just what, also how

Jul 1, 2020Jul 1, 2020 · 3 Comments ·

This bodes well for the coming month: I had my first square post all set up and decided at the last minute to change it.

For the first square with the theme perspective I thought a juxtaposition of two perspectives would illustrate not just the perspective of the photographer but of her subject as well. Hand-pedalling bicycles are not uncommon these days, it may be a matter of choice but for this cyclist it is a necessity since he is a paraplegic.

I am so looking forward to all the different perspectives I will encounter this month. Yeah! for squares, perspectives, and Becky!

My Square Perspective no. 1 is linked to The Life of B.

Midnight blue – waves

Jun 30, 2020Jul 15, 2020 · 1 Comment ·

Linked to Color your World. For more photos with the shade midnight blue, click here.

… to the sublime

Jun 30, 2020 · 2 Comments ·

Something painted … why not a tie-in with Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge from last week: store signs.

And a little less refined (but all the more charming):

A sign at a pick & pay flower field. It reads: “We are the family Eichenauer. Please pay correctly!” And no, I don’t know why Claudia is allowed to sit.

A detail from a (well used) painted tray.

Some of my favourite painted “items” hang in museums. These are from the Scottish National Gallery:

Jules Bastien-Lepage: *Pas mèche* *(There is nothing doing)*

I like these two paintings because they are very lifelike, particularly the faces could be photographs – before there were real good photographs. The next painting I like is because … well, it isn’t like a photograph at all:

Vincent van Gogh – *Les oliviers (The olive trees)*

If you have the time, you can check out one of my favourite scenes from Dr. Who here. Vincent van Gogh, the deeply troubled and sad artist, is taken to a modern day exhibition of his works.

Linked to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Anything painted.

Letting him have a look

Jun 29, 2020Jun 29, 2020 · 3 Comments ·

I was intrigued by the cross standing in the window with the crucified Jesus looking out, an inversion of the normal tradition.

Linked to Monday Window.

Vortices

Jun 29, 2020 · 2 Comments ·

A vortex can be a dangerous thing out in nature. On a playground it can be created and observed in a controlled environement.

Linked to The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Forces of Nature.

Mice and flossis

Jun 28, 2020Jun 28, 2020 · 11 Comments ·

A colour collage based on these colours:

Looking through my files I found photos of the “Flossis” – an art installation on the banks of the river Rhine at the “Medienhafen” in Düsseldorf, where a remarkable collection of architectural showcases are assembled. Unfortunately, these climbing sculptures (24 of them, their popular name derives from the German word for fins or colloquially large hands) were never meant for outdoor life and after 30 years they had to be dismantled in 2018 for safety reasons. But I took a few pictures of them (literally while running past) and their colours are so suitable for this weeks Värikollaasit scheme that I had to add a second collage: