Tag: monochrom

It’s not perfect but it is better

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for the environment.  Individual transportation is comfortable but often not the best solution.  In Germany, public transport is called ÖPNV = Öffentlicher Personennahverkehr, and always a topic of conversation.

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A train pulls into a Munich subway station.

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Same train, same station. Stationary but with selective colouring.

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Night time stop for an intercity bus in Germany.

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And finally, shades of things to come: public transport in miserable winter weather.

For Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge with public transport as theme.

Click here for other bloggers’ public transport photos.

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Qahwah Arabiyya

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Coffee – the Sudanese way.  Roasting, cooking, drinking.  All in the middle of a German living room.

For Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: liquid drinks.

More drinkable liquids, hot or cold, can be found here.

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Gain or bain?

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A world without plastic?

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A world without plastic?

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: things made out of plastic.  For more plastic inspired photos, click here.

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Opposites

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Grande Disco von Arnaldo Pomodoro

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nature vs art.  Plant vs metal. Curves vs straight lines.

A rose.

The centre of a sculpture called “Grande Disco”  by Arnaldo Pomodoro  in front of the Staatstheater in Darmstadt, Germany.

For One Word Sunday: monochrome.  More monochromatic photos can be found here.

 

 

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Kalter Herrgott

This wayside shrine is called Kalter Herrgott (Cold Lord).  It is found near the village of Ritschweier in the Odenwald, Germany, on the brow of a hill where cold winds blow.

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The barren looks of the fields after the harvest point towards the autumn

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even though it is still hot.

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With the wind blowing over the stubbles, autumn isn’t far away anymore:

Wenn der Wind über die Stoppelfelder weht, ist der Herbst nicht mehr fern.

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge had an open topic this week.  Mine was After the Harvest.

Click here to see the contributions of other bloggers.

Set in stone and wood

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This eagle sits on top of the Frankfurt station.
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I found this horse in a park in the city of Lüneburg.
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This elephant, too, stands in Lüneburg.
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And I couldn’t leave without sharing this half-submerged hippo from the Heidelberg Zoo.

More monochrome statues and  sculptures can be found on Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge. Click here.