I used to live at the bottom of the little street seen in the middle of the photo. This is not as close to home as it used to be. Nowadays I have to walk close to 25 minutes to get there! Monochrome Madness
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Bulcolic Nostalgia
I used a filter called bandicoot on photoscape, it’s a softer, slightly greenish monochrome filter that lends itself to old-fashioned views without using outright brown sepia. Monochrome Madness: Out in the Country
Flora in Disguise
An originally dark red member of the mallow family, enhanced by editing the background in negative mode. A yellow calliopsis with a pale green crab spiders as bonus. The calliopsis edited in the same way as the mallow. The negative effect used above didn’t work … Continue reading Flora in Disguise
Fences without the Colour
Leanne mentioned in her weekly Monochrome Madness that she didn’t like a particular fence so I took my cue from there.
It’s an ugly fence but it serves its purpose to keep pedestrians away from the highway.
The fence Leanne didn’t like was near a railway track so here is a different take of “fence & track”.
And because she is Australian I had to add this fence and sign with an Australian flavour. I don’t know what the poor roo did to deserve its place on a sign that warns of “landmines” (a name for doggy poo that can only be considered funny in a land where actual landmines haven’t been seen in a long time).
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The Black Bird in the Family
Midweek Monochrome
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Does Chlodwig’s Ghost Still Dwell Here?
Not many ghost towns in densely populated central Europe but lots of old ruined castles for ghosts to haunt. This particular one is Burg Königstein to the west of Frankfurt am Main.
I’m not sure if I prefer the monochrome treatment (this particular shade is called bandicoot in photoscape, probably better described as a kind of olive grey, which I like for old buildings and ruins) to the colour version. I like the contrast of the ancient stones to the green of the plants and the blue of the skies.
Monochrome Madness: Walking through a Ghost Town
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Ten Years in the Making
The central building of Leuphana, the university in Lüneburg, was finally inaugurated in 2017. The plans are from Daniel Libeskind, an American architect.
Monochrome Madness: Architecture in Monochrome
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This Time in Black and White
I’m a bit short on lighthouses in the middle of Europe, so I’m using some photos from 2015.
The Roker lighthouse in Sunderland as seen through the C2C (coast to coast) giant shutter.
Approaching the lighthouse from the south and approaching it from the north.
Having approached I stood directly underneath and had nowhere to go.
I’ve decided that it looks best from the shore, showing off its beautifully curved pier.
Monochrome Madness: Lighthouse in Different Compositions
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