The photoshopped versions are all cropped. A I changed the shot to monochrome but applied selective colouring to the orange of the beak and the area around the eye. B No change to shot A except the selective colour has been changed from orange to blue. C The focus around the head of the goose in the centre has been kept but the rest of the photo is taken out of focus. D I used lunapic.com to change the photo into a picture in the style of Rembrandt.
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When we drive up to Frankfurt we are on the autobahn A5 which passes directly under the flight corridor of one of the runways of Frankfurt Airport. Since it is a very busy airport we usually see at least one plane either taking off or landing or sometimes being directly under so we have no idea whether we are coming or going let alone whether it is coming or going. If the weather is favourable I have my camera ready and hope for a clean windscreen.
This is not taken from a car but from a small hill about 5 km away from the airport and a bit more than 15 km from the Frankfurt skyline.
Monday Portrait
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If he uses his weapons, the marks he leaves are a bit different to this one.
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Feet or Paws
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xMacro Monday
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This painted house, called the Hornbacher Steinhäusel, features children and dwarves and little animals searching for and then greeting St. Nicolas. The dwarves (or possibly gnomes or brownies) carry lanterns for the children to find their way in the dark woods.
In February this year we had some strange weather in the Upper Rhine Valley. Strong winds blew sands from the Sahara, from as far away Morocco, Algeria, Mauretania and Mali all the way to Switzerland, France and the south of Germany. It happens every few years.
As interesting as the effect was, I prefer not to breathe in my sand.
How about drinking it?
A few days ago somebody posted a photo of sand in a bottle and I commented on it and now I cant find anymore. Anyway – this is the bottle that I have, a lot less artistic. I filled this bottle myself 50 years ago with sands from Le sentier des ocres de Roussilon in the Luberon. It’s an old ocher pigment quarry in the South of France which was then open to anybody and one could just collect sand. Nowadays, there are fixed walkways and taking sands is strictly forbidden (and quite rightly so).
