
At least, the driver was honest enough to write it on his number plate.
For One Word Sunday: Pollution.

At least, the driver was honest enough to write it on his number plate.
For One Word Sunday: Pollution.

Somewhere in Swabia I came upon a bump next to the road with this primeval looking monster on top. I suppose it is meant as art although there was no plaque to identify either the artist or the title of the piece. I just accepted it for what it is: a giant ant.


For A Photo a Week: Three of a Kind.
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This somewhat strange structure is found between the lower and upper lake in the city centre of Böblingen, a town near Stuttgart in Germany. I say strange because it seems so barren and stark.

The reflections make a great photographic subject.

And getting close one can play with thin columns and shadows and vanishing points.
Here is a fourth, a bonus picture, which I just had to include:

For A Photo a Week: Three of a Kind.
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“Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such.”
Henry Miller
More photos inspired by the Henry Miller quote can be found on the Travel with Intent site.

When I researched the name of this tower I found it aptly described as “Aussichtsmonstrum” = look-out monstrosity. There is, even with towers, no accounting for taste. It adds 21m to the Stäffelsberg (480m) to afford a view over the Pfälzer Wald in the southern part of Rhineland-Palatium, close to the French border.

This much older tower (by about 700 years) is arguably more beautiful. It stands in Weinheim, on the other side of the Rhine. It has dominated my childhood as my parents’ (and now my sister’s) garden lies directly behind it. Which is why I include this less popular view of the Blauer Hut (the Blue Hat, as it is known):

For One Word Sunday: Tower.
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I tried to find three subjects with a dominant one in the grid position denoting the rule of three.
For A Photo a Week Challenge: The rule of thirds.




“There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.”
— Ansel Adams
More photos inspired by the quote of Ansel Adams can be found on Debbie’s site, click here.