Tag: photography

One whole century

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Living in Germany it would have been indeed easy to find a building that is not only 100 years old but several hundreds.  Close to my hometown, they found the foundations of a Roman estate dating back to the second century AD.  But I decided to show the Wachenburg, one of the two castles overlooking Weinheim an der Bergstraße, in Germany.  It looks like a Romanesque castle (the roof received new tiles a few years ago) but it is little over 100 years old. The main buildings were constructed between 1907 and 1913 by a Corps of former students (more information on these student fraternities can be found here) to serve as a memorial for members who had died during the Franco-Prussian war of 1870/71 and a location for their yearly meetings.  Family lore has it that my grandfather worked on the roof gutters as a young tinsmith.

For the A Photo a Week Challenge: over 100 years old. For more old photos click here.

Golden liquid

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This is one of those accidents that turned out well.  I was photographing a blackbird taking a bath and then it flew away.  The deserted stone well (sic!) looked as if it contained not water but liquid gold.

For The Daily Post: liquid.  More liquid photos can be found here.

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Carl Benz

Who??! —  Better known as Carl Benz, the inventor of the first viable automobile. This portrait of his is in Ladenburg, close to Mannheim, Germany, where he made his invention and located to – privately as well as his factory – in 1904.

This is for One Word Sunday.  More who? photos can be found here.

 

Where Romans no more tread

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Cilurnum was a fort on Hadrian’s Wall, today it is known as Chester’s Roman Fort in Northumberland.  The roads leading through the fort and trading post can still be made out amongst the excavated foundations.

Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge.  For more roads, alleys, paths, and streets can be found here.

 

All five again

Bavaria
Iconic: The statue of Bavaria in Munich
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Propagation: Hosta sprouts
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Cleaved
Ameisenbär?
Zoomorphic: Statue at the Heidelberg Zoo
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Marginal

This is for Thursday Special: Pick a Word.  More marginal, iconic, zoomorphic, cleaved, and propagation photos can be found here.

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Looking out vs. looking in

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Christmas is over (but coming soon).  Looking through my archived files I realised that nighttime windows lend themselves to black and white photography.  And you get the best window decorations during christmas time.

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For Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Looking through a window.  More peeping Tom photos can be found here.