I’ve been waiting to use that word!
Linked to Color your World. For more photos with the shade mountain meadow, click here.
Tag: Germany
A toothy perspective
And while I was remembering Munich yesterday, here is the statue of Bavaria – the lady and her lion who each year (except for this one) overlook the Oktoberfest at the Theresienwiese.
My Square Perspective no. 9 is linked to The Life of B.
Walking Man
The Walking Man walks in Munich alongside the Leopoldstraße. I have to add non-square photos of the sculpture by Jonathan Borofsky to do it justice, though.
The photos were taken on the same day but taken from different sides excluding or including the greenery which makes for a completely different perspective.
My Square Perspective no. 8 is linked to The life of B.
Is it a flock? Is it a flight? No, it’s a dissimulation!
The Elwedritsche are mythical creatures believed to live in the Southwest of Germany. Often described as being birdlike but with antlers and scales instead of feathers, there are really very little bounds to the imagination. In Neustadt an der Weinstraße a whole dissimulation of Elwedritsche can be seen frolicking in the waters of a fountain, getting themselves wet and everybody who cares to stand close to them.
I picked the word dissimulation from a collection of collective nouns for birds. It seemed appropriate.
Linked to The Cosmic Photo Challenge: A wet weekend.
Narrow streets, surprising perspectives
Walking through the old part of Heppenheim, a turn around a corner can offer a new and surprising perspective.
My Square Perspective no. 6 is linked to The Life of B.
Forced perspective
When taking photos in narrow lanes it is often not possible to decide on your perspective. Unless you are going for detail rather than the whole house you can only look up.
My Square Perspective no. 5 is linked to The Life of B.
A devil’s point-of-view
Yesterday I was looking up, today I am looking down.
Our group was on a hike and we had a break at the Teufelsfels (devil’s peak) which is crowned by a tower called Langer Heinrich (long Henry). The mayor who was influential in having the tower built in 1985 was called Heinrich Heimfahrt – I wonder why they didn’t use his last name for the tower, it means literally “the drive home”. Which is what we did soon after.
But not before changing the perspective completely and looking out over the Hunsrück, the low mountain range stretching towards Luxembourg.
My Square Perspective no. 4 is linked to The Life of B.
Bowing gracefully
The most graceful arch I could come up with.
It’s not the most impressive monument or building but the bridge dates back to the Romans and it had some strategic value to them as even small rivers and rivulets have to be crossed if an army is on the move.
Linked to Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Half Circles (Creative cropping), Arches, Domes
Not just what, also how
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.
Fading light
A couple of days ago, I went for a walk late in the day. I took my camera but more out of habit and the photos I took were mere snaps.
I passed this lamp and just when I took a rather fuzzy picture of it, it was switched on.
Linked to A Photo a Week: Dusk.
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