Archive for May 2011
![Click to enlarge: DB Coach [f/2.8, 1/250 sec, 6mm-e, ISO 100, DMC-LX3]](http://markus-spring.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/p1010084.jpg "Click to enlarge: DB Coach [f/2.8, 1/250 sec, 6mm-e, ISO 100, DMC-LX3]")
Frontyard Roses
Monday, May 30th, 2011
![Click to enlarge: Frontyard Roses [f/7.1, 1/80 sec, 28mm-e, ISO 200, Sony A700]](http://markus-spring.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dsc46905b1.jpg "Click to enlarge: Frontyard Roses [f/7.1, 1/80 sec, 28mm-e, ISO 200, Sony A700]")
Forstamtsstrasse, Bad Reichenhall
Urban Acacias
Monday, May 30th, 2011
Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria
Esprit
Sunday, May 29th, 2011
Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria
Gott – God
Sunday, May 29th, 2011
Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria
The appropriate image for a sunday. When looking at it, I am pondering the question how they paid the royalities for using this intellectual property. I mean, in times of those anti-democratic ACTA negotiations and treaties, you become quite vulnerable if you get caught with a brand you don’t own.
Doors
Saturday, May 28th, 2011
Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria
Before The Rain Set In
Saturday, May 28th, 2011
Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria
I almost killed my DSLR yesterday. I had left it on the table under the office window when an evening thunderstorm brought so much rain that the lightwell outside the window filled with dammed up rainwater that the sewerage system could not drain any more. So the water pressed through the window sealings and – I discovered it only minutes before it would have reached the camera. Narrow escape…
In Lockstep
Friday, May 27th, 2011
![Click to enlarge: In Lockstep [f/5, 1/800 sec, 5mm-e, ISO 100, DMC-LX3]](http://markus-spring.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/p1010055b.jpg "Click to enlarge: In Lockstep [f/5, 1/800 sec, 5mm-e, ISO 100, DMC-LX3]")
Promenadenplatz, Munich
Me thinks, the LX3 is just the right camera for this kind of photography. Behave like a tourist, and nobody cares.
Excursion: Nes****, What Else
Thursday, May 26th, 2011
Published by Nestlé on flickr under a Creative Commons License
I am just thinking who will replace George Clooney as media vehicle – what else – here, or is he pregnant maybe? Anyhow, Nestlé for sure has calculated the numbers of the high income yet intellectually challenged, that will form the hip-chiq customer basis for this thingie.
Stripes
Thursday, May 26th, 2011
Train Station, Munich
Department of Health and Environment, Munich
The Bankers’ Castle
Thursday, May 26th, 2011
Salvatorstrasse, Munich
The ‘Urban Trees’ seem to give this castle an even more brusque semblance. What I do enjoy very much is that early summer’s sunshine that lights up the slot canyons of the streets here.
Shades Of Red
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011
Trappentreustrasse, Munich
City Atrium
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011
Administrative Court, Munich
Upcoming Storm
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria
All my sympathy is with the people of Joplin, Missouri.
Commuting Dynamics
Monday, May 23rd, 2011
Train Station, Munich
Long Shadows
Monday, May 23rd, 2011
Town Hall Square, Bad Reichenhall
Staircase Downwards
Saturday, May 21st, 2011
Spa Center, Bad Reichenhall
Just Out Of The Office
Friday, May 20th, 2011
Bayerstrasse, Munich
Another Urban Tree
Thursday, May 19th, 2011
Thierschstrasse, Munich
Think While You Shoot
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
Maximilianstrasse, Munich
“Think while you shoot” is an advice, that Martin Munkacsi gave when asked for a recipe to create good photographs. The exhibition in the hall of a great Bavarian insurance company was curated by F. C. Gundlach, himself not only a famous photographer in the middle of last century, but also a collector of photographs, Munkacsi’s among them. For me it was utmost amazing to see how lively his images were, especially when taking into account the technical difficulties of photography let’s say in 1930. I guess I should never complain about the performance of my own equipment…
Also interesting for me was that the great H.C-B named Munkacsi’s image, ‘Boys Running Into the Surf at Lake Tanganyika’, as his sole and most important “spark that ignited my enthusiasm.” This image is also among the images that I remember from my early encounters with photography, and do recall it was in the back of my mind when I framed the image to the right in 2006.
Penseuse Plongée – Submerged Thinkerin
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
Maximilianstrasse, Munich
It’s not the perfect Rodin pose, I know, but it was my first association. That aside, I am still at a loss for explanations about a diver’s helmet W.A.F. Maybe somebody can help?
Neither Odd Nor Molly
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
Maximilianstrasse, Munich
I can only speculate about the motives why a young lady would label herself ‘Odd Molly’, but most probably the keyword is ‘Label’. Even considerate, above-average intelligent people sometimes can mutate to voluntary advertising pillars, if the label is in or hot or both. I admit, I prefer to stick with Naomi Klein’s “no logo” motto. But probably some mollies are odd.
Passive Mobility
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
Train Station, Munich
Fashion I Admire
Monday, May 16th, 2011
Salzburg, Austria
Maybe this can be explained by the fact that Austria has lost all their Imperial and Royal coasts in WWI. Other attempts might result in speculations if air pollution is so high, or it is necessary to hide something… or there might be nothing to hide given you buy this outfit, or or or… Most probably I am truly, completely and forever lost for the world of fashion. But I don’t repent!
Update:
It’s not the Salzburg girls (or boys?). That much I can confirm.
After The Last Train
Sunday, May 15th, 2011
Wasteland Idyll
Saturday, May 14th, 2011
White On White
Saturday, May 14th, 2011
Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria
Utilities Corner
Friday, May 13th, 2011
![Click to enlarge: Utilities Corner [f/5.6, 1/30 sec, 5mm-e, ISO 100, DMC-LX3]](http://markus-spring.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/p1000050b1.jpg "Click to enlarge: Utilities Corner [f/5.6, 1/30 sec, 5mm-e, ISO 100, DMC-LX3]")
Old Saline, Bad Reichenhall
Update: I replaced the image with a newer version that I prepared for printing: keystoned horizontals, some vignetting to take emphasis from the corners. In my eyes it works even better.
Red Ball
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
![Click to enlarge: Red Ball [f/5, 1/60 sec, 22mm-e, ISO 200, Sony A700]](http://markus-spring.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/DSC04412b.jpg "Click to enlarge: Red Ball [f/5, 1/60 sec, 22mm-e, ISO 200, Sony A700]")
Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria
Green Staircase
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
![Click to enlarge: Green Staircase [f/4.5, 1/6 sec, 7mm-e, ISO 100, DMC-LX3]](http://markus-spring.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/p1000392.jpg "Click to enlarge: Green Staircase [f/4.5, 1/6 sec, 7mm-e, ISO 100, DMC-LX3]")
Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria
Green Backyard
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
![Click to enlarge: Green Backyard [f/4.5, 1/80 sec, 6mm-e, ISO 100, DMC-LX3]](http://markus-spring.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/p1000391b.jpg "Click to enlarge: Green Backyard [f/4.5, 1/80 sec, 6mm-e, ISO 100, DMC-LX3]")
Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria
Kingdom Of Heaven
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
![Click to enlarge: Kingdom Of Heaven [f/5, 1/2000 sec, 5mm-e, ISO 100, DMC-LX3]](http://markus-spring.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/p1000474bb.jpg "Click to enlarge: Kingdom Of Heaven [f/5, 1/2000 sec, 5mm-e, ISO 100, DMC-LX3]")
Himmelreich, Austria
The name of this village right outside of Salzburg is indeed “Himmelreich”, not to be translated other than “Kingdom Of Heaven”. And a true kingdom of consumer’s lust it is, with probably more square meters of shopping area than for housing!
The Lake Smiles, It Invites To Bathe
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
![Click to enlarge: The Lake Smiles, It Invites To Bathe [f/5, 1/800 sec, 5mm-e, ISO 80, DMC-LX3]](http://markus-spring.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/p1000496g1.jpg "Click to enlarge: The Lake Smiles, It Invites To Bathe [f/5, 1/800 sec, 5mm-e, ISO 80, DMC-LX3]")
Thumsee, Bad Reichenhall
This is the first line of a poet of Friedrich von Schiller, one of Germany’s greatest poets, living from 1759 to 1805. Unfortunately I could not find a complete translation of the poem in the web, but I am sure it must be somewhere.
Too Late
Monday, May 9th, 2011
![Click to enlarge: Too Late [f/5.6, 1/20 sec, 5mm-e, ISO 100, DMC-LX3]](http://markus-spring.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/p1000518g1.jpg "Click to enlarge: Too Late [f/5.6, 1/20 sec, 5mm-e, ISO 100, DMC-LX3]")
Thumseebad, Bad Reichenhall
As Cold As It Looks
Monday, May 9th, 2011
Thumsee, Bavaria
The weather was friendly, however with gusts of cold, continental winds, the water magic blue-green, almost inviting. Yes. One person dared to swim, but only one. No wonder, the water was 13° C/55.6 °F
The Reasoning Of Mortals Is Worthless And Our Designs Are Likely To Fail
Sunday, May 8th, 2011
Salzburg Cathedral, Austria
The Salzburg cathedral greets all the visitors with this banner, showing a sentence from the Holy Bible’s book of wisdom (9:14). I follow the anti-nuclear movement since 25+ years, but I can’t remember a bishop’s church publicly giving such a firm statement.
A worthy cause – albeit not the strongest image – for my blog post No. 1000, given wordpress’ calculations are correct.
Rose Mural
Saturday, May 7th, 2011
Downtown Salzburg, Austria
Update: Replaced the image with a new jpg version from raw, where a tad Noise Ninja USM adds sharpness. I am still in the experimenting phase with the raw conversion from the LX3.
And please remember that most of the images in this blog open in a larger version when you click on them.
Red Pillars
Saturday, May 7th, 2011
Wals/Salzburg, Austria
Backdoor Stairs
Friday, May 6th, 2011
Old Spa Hall, Bad Reichenhall
Urban Beach, Empty
Friday, May 6th, 2011
Spa Gardens, Bad Reichenhall
Round And Square
Thursday, May 5th, 2011
Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria
More Square Architecture
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
Sparkasse, Bad Reichenhall
Just opposite the New Spa Center is the Municipal Savings Bank, which throughout Bavaria, maybe even Germany, has a renommée for not always lucky architectonic choices.
Square Architecture II
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
New Spa Center, Bad Reichenhall
Square Architecture
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
New Spa Center, Bad Reichenhall
Water Brings Life
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
![Click to enlarge: Water Brings Life [f/5, 1/100 sec, 5mm-e, ISO 100, DMC-LX3]](http://markus-spring.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/p1000383bb.jpg "Click to enlarge: Water Brings Life [f/5, 1/100 sec, 5mm-e, ISO 100, DMC-LX3]")
Poststrasse, Bad Reichenhall
Royal Administration Building, vulgo “Beamtenstock”
Monday, May 2nd, 2011
![Click to enlarge: Royal Administration Building, vulgo "Beamtenstock" [f/5, 1/1000 sec, 5mm-e, ISO 100, DMC-LX3]](http://markus-spring.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/p1000379b_1b.jpg "Click to enlarge: Royal Administration Building, vulgo \"Beamtenstock\" [f/5, 1/1000 sec, 5mm-e, ISO 100, DMC-LX3]")
Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria
Men At Maypole Work
Sunday, May 1st, 2011
![Click to enlarge: Men At Maypole Work I [f/5, 1/640 sec, 5mm-e, ISO 100, DMC-LX3]](http://markus-spring.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/p1000316bb.jpg "Click to enlarge: Men At Maypole Work I [f/5, 1/640 sec, 5mm-e, ISO 100, DMC-LX3]")
![Click to enlarge: Men At Maypole Work II [f/5, 1/400 sec, 5mm-e, ISO 100, DMC-LX3]](http://markus-spring.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/p1000323bb.jpg "Click to enlarge: Men At Maypole Work II [f/5, 1/400 sec, 5mm-e, ISO 100, DMC-LX3]")
![Click to enlarge: Men At Maypole Work III [f/5, 1/250 sec, 5mm-e, ISO 100, DMC-LX3]](http://markus-spring.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/p1000364bb.jpg "Click to enlarge: Men At Maypole Work III [f/5, 1/250 sec, 5mm-e, ISO 100, DMC-LX3]")
Grossgmain, Austria
While static subject matter is no challenge for a tiny camera, moving subject is. In order to avoid exceeding stress, I worked the camera at the set-up festival for the maypole in Grossgmain, an Austrian village in the neighborhood. Unless I’ve learned some more tricks, sceneries like that are challenging the photographer (aka me) more than the camera. The good thing with that short maximum focal length is, that I had to foot-zoom right into the scenery to fill the frame, always remembering Capa: “”If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough”.