Currently housebound I can hope for a White Christmas (highly unlikely according to the weather firecasts). But I can look at my photos of last January. for the snow Otherwise it’s the smaller motives I was most drawn to this year. Lens-Artists Challenge #329: Last … Continue reading Last not Least
Living in a region in Germany renowned for a mild climate we don’t have snow very often. But that doesn’t mean it can’t get very cold – perceived cold is the one that counts. Piercing as these plant spears. The dried seed heads of various … Continue reading Piercing Cold
Lens-Artists Challenge: 5 Elements
and I’m fast to find a reason to smile. I’ve never seen this friend in a dirndl before and it was worth it! He smiled right back at me. Interesting rain gear. I have no idea why these creatures were standing or sitting where they … Continue reading I’m Easy
A few weeks ago there was a vintage car show in a local park. Lots of details to be admired and photographed. Although I felt intimidated by the amount of people, many of them with cameras – with cameras with huge telephoto lenses looking very … Continue reading Chitty and Bang
Living in what is called a “Metrolpol-region” it is not easy to find complete silence. On the one hand there are rural parts but there is also the urban sprawl housing two and a half million people. I remember how silent everything became during the … Continue reading Noise Muffling
Aristotle already noticed that nature abhors a vacuum. So cracks don’t stay empty for long. Here are my photos of particularly charming fillers. My favourite filler of all: Lens-Artists Challenge: There is a Crack in Everything
Sofia has asked for some nostalgia. Fortuitous timing! A couple of weeks ago I found a folder with CDs with old photos from our time in Saudi Arabia. I had completely forgotten their existence. To look at them was a trip down memory lane. Here … Continue reading It’s Been a While
The interplay of light and shadow creates atmosphere. Last week I was at a small game reserve stocked with bisons, fallow deer, and wild boars. I normally would call it the golden hour but it turned out to be more of a silver hour. The … Continue reading The Flavour of Light
My hometown is known as the Zweiburgenstadt, that is the two castle town. Which in German makes perfect sense but is confusing in English since castle can mean Burg or Schloss in German. The two castles – here shown in winter because they are just … Continue reading Two Castles or Three?
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