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Flowers and missiles

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I came across this mural in München, Germany (Munich).  Intellectually, I understand the juxtaposition between war/war machinery and the beauty found in flowers and traditional ceramics and porcelain.  But overall – I am not really convinced that it works for me.

For Monday Murals.  More murals can be found here.

 

Classy or glassy?

Jacob

Last weekend I was in Neustadt an der Weinstraße and I was literally running through the town (a kind of hares and hound game) with my camera around my neck and I snapped a few pictures whenever we had a short break to catch our breaths.  For all that haste I like the result of the shot above.

This one resulted in an unintentional selfie – although I didn’t try to photograph behind the glass but was interested in the name.

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This last one was taken at the National Glass Centre in Sunderland, UK.  In addition to dealing with photographing through glass there is the problem of lighting in museums to struggle with.

More photographs with subjects under glass here.