These are a few of the paths of the castle grounds in Schwetzingen, Germany. The gardens are famous for incorporating various styles from various epoches. These cone shaped boxwood bushes are part of the earliest, formal style. In winter they stand out more because they are evergreen next to the bare-branched trees and bushes.
For Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge. More paths, streets, and any kind of ways can be found here.
The walls of the Heidelberg castle have stood in their ruined state for the last 300 years and have become a magnet for romanticists and romantics alike.
This is for Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge. More walls can be found here.
I approached this church, walking up a slight incline. I tried the tree on the right as a frame:
Getting a bit nearer it looked like this:
Even closer, and now in portrait:
And once again, on a different day:
Although the subject lends itself to a portrait format because of the spire I prefer the first and second shot (the second more than the first).
This is for Paula’s Thursday’s Special with the given task once over. Okay, it was a few more than that. More different looks on the same subject can be found here.
The Daily Post asked for variations. I couldn’t help but try out the editing possibilties I found online last week (the site is called LunaPic)
More variations can be found if you click here.
Seen in a multy-storey car park in Stratford-upon-Avon, in the UK.
For Monday Murals. More murals can be seen here.
For One Word Picture Challenge. More mermaids can be found here.
The fourth week of Tourmaline’s colour challenge.
Other people’s colour photographs are linked here.
This is a northern bald ibis – in German a “Waldrapp”, hence the title.
For värikollaasit. Other collages with these colours:
can be found here.
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