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Weschnitz Insel

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The small river running through our town and rushing and sometimes trundling towards the big river Rhine is split through canalisation into Old Weschnitz and New Weschnitz and various trenches dug for irrigation of the very fertile soil in the Upper Rhine Valley. Close to the town of Lorsch an island has been formed, called Weschnitz Insel which is kept as a nature reserve.

One both sides of the valley are the hills of the Odenwald in the east, the Pfälzer Wald in the west, creating horizontal borders.

Horizontal lines created by the greener gras where water veins are.

A Photo a Week: Horizontal Lines

Wood & Metal, Sun & Rain, Sweat & Tears

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The statue of the mouse (from The Gruffalo fame) is less than two years old. The wood has weathered well so far, as has the yellow coat of paint but a bit of photographic weathering deepens the cracks and fissures. Photoscape has an antique photo filter to round off the look.

This metal and wood sculpture of a warrior has been weathered by rain and wind and sun and given a dark vignette around the outside to complete the picture.

This sun, again enhanced with an antique photo filter from photoscape and artificial back lighting, looks a lot more weathered now.

Finally, a black panther made of metal and covered in rust, has been contrast heightened and backlit and scratched.

A Photo a Week: Weathered

Wedding Plans

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On an outing this weekend we came upon this charming scene, two decorators preparing a glade for a wedding.

We couldn’t wait for the ceremony to begin but it seemed like an enchanted place to celebrate a wedding – Covid appropriate: in the open.

A Photo a Week: Celebration Covid Style

Living on the hillside

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A look up the street:

A look down:

And since we had recently some snow I thought I include a shot from the same street, about a hundred meter further up:

And a view of the neighbourhood wouldn’t be complete without one the jaywalkers seen on a regular basis:

A Photo a Week: The street where you live

See How They Run

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Nancy at A Photo a Week asked for a photo or two with unexpected point of focus this week.

On Sundays, I sometimes take my camera on a run and take photos along the way. I have to be fast and the autofocus doesn’t always understand that it is about the people I’m with. The results are often unexpected.

And autofocus is usually not thinking like I am thinking when I spot something behind a fence.

Although the effect is not always the worst.

A Photo a Week: Unexpected Focus