Tag: photography

Fire and ice

For Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: hot and cold.

Why not go to extremes for a change?

For more boiling and/or freezing photos in monochrome or selective colouring, click here.

 

Wine time

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It may be the first Sunday of Advent but I am not quite ready to let go of autumn.  Lines.  Rows and rows of growing wine – Riesling, Grauburgunder, Gewürztraminer, Merlot, Shiraz … I love them all.   PS: Today’s Oxford Dicitionary’s Word of the Day is bibulous, aka: excessively fond of alcoholic beverages 😉

For One Word Sunday: lines.   More lineage can be found here.

A small step for a child

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A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
– Lao Tzu

Sometimes this step takes courage.  But it’s worth it.

A quote quoted by Travel with Intent.  More photos inspired by this saying are found here.

What else can I cover up?

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This is my contribution to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: cold.  Cee wrote: “Think about what makes you want to put on a jacket or sweater.”  Well, I usually take my cue from other people, in this case our grandson.

For more cold or even colder photos click here.

Krötenwanderung

Krötengasse

This is a groaner in German and I have to explain.  A funny synonym for money is Kröten, or toads.  So I found this sign where to find the next branch of the local bank, which happens to be in Toad Lane, particularly fitting for One Word Sunday: money.

The literal meaning of Krötenwanderung is toad migration but it can be used in the  figurative sense: when a stream of my money wanders from my pockets into the pockets of an unscrupulous organisation or company.

IFOs – identified flying objects

star wars

When we used to live on the highveld in  South Africa bright blue skies without a cloud in sight where the order of the day during winter.  In reference to a Perry Rhodan story (a German scifi series, published in pulp fiction form) we used to call it “das blaue System” (the blue system – a defense shield around planets which manifested by bright blue skies without any colour gradient).  How can I not use the photo of this aircraft with the “Star Wars” logo blazoned across it to illustrate this idea?

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77 blue c

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Contrary to popular belief, we have blue system skies even in Germany.

For A Photo a Week with the theme blue.

More blue or blueish photos are linked here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh, look! A mountain!

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Sometimes you have to take a prompt literally.

This is a photo from Schynege Platte in the Berner Oberland, Switzerland.  The guy in front can actually look down on Lake Brienz, so it is not just mountains.

More viewpoints can be found here, for One Word Sunday.