Frogs? Aliens? Flossis?

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These figures are apparently leftovers from an art installation and have been put up on this building in Düsseldorf in the harbour area next to the Rhine river.  They are called “Flossis” which refers to their fins which in German are called “Flossen”.  I wish I’d been on the other side of the river, closer to the building for a better photo.  But they definitely qualify for Cee’s Oddball Challenge.

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https://ceenphotography.com/cees-odd-ball-photo-challenge/

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City surfing

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Another summer collage in response to värikollaasit:

http://uudetvarikollaasit.blogspot.de/

The river Isar runs through Munich.  In the middle of the city a permanent wave is formed and it is said that this is where river surfing was first practiced.  Now during summer there is always a crowd watching as the surfers display their skills.

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Step up – or down

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Cee’s Black and White challenge asks for steps and stairs.  Most of my choices are outdoor steps.

Nature versus city, the dunes near Bamburgh Castle in the Northeast of England versus steps in Mainz, Germany.

 

Steps as seats – both in Birmingham.  Thomas Attwood on the steps of Chamberlain square who fought for full employment and better democractic representation and city workers on their break (of which Thomas Attwood would have approved).

These rather spidery steps lead over an area which is left untouched to show how nature is recovering after the devastation left behind by the hurricane Lothar which swept through the area in 1999 . The steps on the left are from Edinburgh, Scotland.

 

The New Steps

The New Steps is a street (with steps) in Edingburgh.

 

And these are new steps in metal, rather than stone.  Going up the spiral stairs near the Biosphärenhaus in the Pfälzer Wald, and going down to the subway in Munich.

https://ceenphotography.com/2016/06/09/cees-black-white-photo-challenge-steps-indoors-or-outdoors/

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