Tag: Bergstraße

Melibokus

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Not a high mountain but definitely not a hill as it is well over the 1000 foot mark, provided that is really the magical threshold which turns a (mole)hill into a mountain. It is called Melibokus and it is the highest mountain of the Odenwald on the side where it drops off to the Upper Rhine Valley in Central Germany. The climb from the town of Zwingenberg at its foot to its peak of 517 metres plus the elevation of the lookout tower and a US Army radio mast is quite steep and although no alpine feat also not for those faint of heart and sore of foot.

I chose this photo for the Friendly Friday Challenge where Amanda has asked for Mountain tops

because I passed the location today and used the camera of my new phone for the first time. The photos are definitely a lot better than what my previous phone could do but I already know that I won’t take pictures with it often. I use my phone for a lot but it just doesn’t feel right for my hands and fingers when I take snaps.

Anyway, here is a long shot from close to the autobahn looking towards the Melibokus. I even managed to include my shadow – not by design.

Bringing in some colour

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Rathaus Lützelsachsen

It used to be that half timbered meant dark wood and white washed panels in between but in recent years colour has come into play.

  • Barbier in Bensheim
  • Stadttambour Tüncher in Bensheim
  • Lindenfels
  • Michelstadt

At first it took me a bit to get used to it but when it works, it works.

  • Seckenheim
  • Heppenheim

Linked to Monday Window.

Not just what, also how

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This bodes well for the coming month: I had my first square post all set up and decided at the last minute to change it.

For the first square with the theme perspective I thought a juxtaposition of two perspectives would illustrate not just the perspective of the photographer but of her subject as well. Hand-pedalling bicycles are not uncommon these days, it may be a matter of choice but for this cyclist it is a necessity since he is a paraplegic.

I am so looking forward to all the different perspectives I will encounter this month. Yeah! for squares, perspectives, and Becky!

My Square Perspective no. 1 is linked to The Life of B.

Bronze

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Martin Buber

When I think of bronze I imagine it as a polished, smooth metal but often bronze sculptures are anything but smooth.  This statue of the Austrian-Israeli religious philosopher and author Martin Mordechai Buber in Heppenheim an der Bergstraße shows the foliated texture and how this fosters colour.

Linked to A Photo a Week: texture.

A castle, a river and mountains

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Cee’s Compose Yourself – the challenge is: “landscapes”.

Two photos from Weinheim an der Bergstraße in Germany:

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I prefer the second shot. In the first one, the area looks cramped as if it was in a narrow valley when in fact the Wachenburg looks over the wide Rhine plain.  The clouds not only add depth to the sky but the shadows they cast also add texture to the forest.

 

Another German river valley, this time the Moselle.  Vinyards rise on both sides of the river. The barge and the houses, especially the mansion on the left, serve as scale and enhance the steepness of the vinyards.

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Same river, a number of kilometers downstream and at a different time of year:

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The autumn mists casting a haze over the valley in the back, contrasting with the vivid colours of the yellowing leaves.

 

This is the Kleinwalsertal – a small anomaly as it is part of Austria but can only be reached from Germany because of the high mountain ridge towards the Austrian side.

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This is half way up, looking straight out to the mountains of Germany:

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Above Grindelwald in Switzerland, the bare rocks attest the higher altitude in this part of the Alps. The photographer in the foreground is deceiving  the viewer.  The shadow on his side of the mountain almost lets him look like a giant.

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My final photo for this challenge – also from Switzerland with a paraglider high up in the air.  Again this perspective is teasing the viewer because as high as the paraglider is – he is well below the peaks in the background to the right.

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Cee’s Compose Yourself Photo Challenge: #21 Landscapes

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