St. Peter Monastery, Salzburg
The March wallpapers are available as usual from here. This month’s image was made in the monastery of St. Peter in Salzburg, where I had the occasion to enjoy a special guided tour for the photographers group of my hometown.
Bayerisch Gmain, Bavaria
![Elegant Posture [f/1.7, 1/80 sec, 40mm-e, ISO 320, DMC-G3]](http://markus-spring.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/20120225-170617mws.jpg "Click to enlarge: Elegant Posture [f/1.7, 1/80 sec, 40mm-e, ISO 320, DMC-G3]")
Getreidegasse, Salzburg
![Click to enlarge: Stoup [f/2.5, 1/20 sec, 28mm-e, ISO 1600, DMC-G3]](http://markus-spring.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/20120225-151856mws.jpg "Click to enlarge: Stoup [f/2.5, 1/20 sec, 28mm-e, ISO 1600, DMC-G3]")
St. Peter Monastery, Salzburg
![Click to enlarge: Thawing Ice [f/4.5, 1/200 sec, 90mm-e, ISO 160, DMC-G3]](http://markus-spring.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/20120224-151430mws.jpg "Click to enlarge: Thawing Ice [f/4.5, 1/200 sec, 90mm-e, ISO 160, DMC-G3]")
Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria
Wherever the ice is melting on the surface, puddles or even small ponds spring into existence, as the soil most often is still frozen and the water can’t trickle down.
![Click to enlarge: Chestnut Booth [f/5, 1/60 sec, 28mm-e, ISO 500, DMC-G3]](http://markus-spring.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/20120214-172612mws.jpg "Click to enlarge: Chestnut Booth [f/5, 1/60 sec, 28mm-e, ISO 500, DMC-G3]")
Munich, Bavaria
The snowfall that decorated the booth in this picture happened already last week. Together with the following frost it substantially slowed down street life in the center of Munich, to the extent that the street vendors closed some of their outlets because only smallest numbers of visitors wanted to stop and buy some food in that excessive cold.
![Click to enlarge: Underpass Colors [f/1.8, 1/60 sec, 40mm-e, ISO 640, DMC-G3]](http://markus-spring.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/20120222-173144mws.jpg "Click to enlarge: Underpass Colors [f/1.8, 1/60 sec, 40mm-e, ISO 640, DMC-G3]")
Munich, Bavaria
Shameless plug: The Public Eye Blog features my image “Peace At School” today. Have a look!
![Click to enlarge: Snow In The Corner [f/2, 1/100 sec, 40mm-e, ISO 160, DMC-G3]](http://markus-spring.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/20120222-172928mws.jpg "Click to enlarge: Snow In The Corner [f/2, 1/100 sec, 40mm-e, ISO 160, DMC-G3]")
Munich, Bavaria
![Click to enlarge: Carnival, Not Dry [f/5.6, 1/500 sec, 90mm-e, ISO 160, DMC-G3]](http://markus-spring.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/20120221-143619mws.jpg "Click to enlarge: Carnival, Not Dry [f/5.6, 1/500 sec, 90mm-e, ISO 160, DMC-G3]")
Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria
![Click to enlarge: Birds [f/5, 1/100 sec, 90mm-e, ISO 250, DMC-G3]](http://markus-spring.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/20120203-165532mws.jpg "Click to enlarge: Birds [f/5, 1/100 sec, 90mm-e, ISO 250, DMC-G3]")
Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria
![Click to enlarge: Mountain, Cloud, Squares [f/9, 1/1000 sec, 90mm-e, ISO 160, DMC-G3]](http://markus-spring.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/20120218-135904mws.jpg "Click to enlarge: Mountain, Cloud, Squares [f/9, 1/1000 sec, 90mm-e, ISO 160, DMC-G3]")
Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria
![Click to enlarge: Urban Shrub [f/4.5, 1/250 sec, 40mm-e, ISO 160, DMC-G3]](http://markus-spring.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/20120128-124219mws_v2.jpg "Click to enlarge: Urban Shrub [f/4.5, 1/250 sec, 40mm-e, ISO 160, DMC-G3]")
Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria
![Click to enlarge: Heavy Tool, Deep Tracks [f/8, 1/400 sec, 28mm-e, ISO 160, DMC-G3]](http://markus-spring.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/20120211-124019mws.jpg "Click to enlarge: Heavy Tool, Deep Tracks [f/8, 1/400 sec, 28mm-e, ISO 160, DMC-G3]")
Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria
Worth seeing: Through the Nanny’s Eyes.
Update: Thomas added this link to a Vivian Maier fotostream in the German newspaper “Die Zeit”. Worth following.
Her images and her life give certainly enough matter for contemplation, namely the artistic part. The recent discussions I have followed over the last years in my little corner of the blogosphere sound immensely self-centered, while her work and life had a completely different balance.
![Click to enlarge: Segafredo [f/3.2, 1/500 sec, 40mm-e, ISO 160, DMC-G3]](http://markus-spring.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/20120205-090847mws.jpg "Click to enlarge: Segafredo [f/3.2, 1/500 sec, 40mm-e, ISO 160, DMC-G3]")
Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria
Many shops are closed here, probably due to a certain imbalance between rent prices and profit, especially in the colder half of the year, when there are no tourists. This small cafe was open for 5 years, but couldn’t go on longer.
Even if you would be a non-carnivalist (like me), you should have a look at my friend Bernd’s take on carnival here: Kölle Alaaf.
![Click to enlarge: Parking [f/4.5, 1/320 sec, 40mm-e, ISO 160, DMC-G3]](http://markus-spring.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/20120207-121920mws.jpg "Click to enlarge: Parking [f/4.5, 1/320 sec, 40mm-e, ISO 160, DMC-G3]")
Munich, Bavaria
![Click to enlarge: Apotheke - Pharmacy [f/10, 1/60 sec, 28mm-e, ISO 200, DMC-G3]](http://markus-spring.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/20120214-163246mws.jpg "Click to enlarge: Apotheke - Pharmacy [f/10, 1/60 sec, 28mm-e, ISO 200, DMC-G3]")
Munich, Bavaria
The red “A” in that old lettering is the symbol for a pharmacy here in Germany. Inside the letter there is also visible an „Äskulapnatter“, a particular snake which is part of the symbol of medical healing.
![Click to enlarge: Moon From The Office Window [f/1.7, 1/15 sec, 40mm-e, ISO 800, DMC-G3]](http://markus-spring.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/20120118-071533mws.jpg "Click to enlarge: Moon From The Office Window [f/1.7, 1/15 sec, 40mm-e, ISO 800, DMC-G3]")
Munich, Bavaria
Thanks to the winter and the so-called daylight saving time – more honestly to be called expenditure enticing time – it is still night when I arrive in the office, and sometimes the moon shows up over the vis-à-vis blocks. Nota bene: The sky was that incredibly blue in spite of my lowering the saturation value.
Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria
Munich, Bavaria
Munich, Bavaria
Munich, Bavaria
![Click to enlarge: Bike In The Pipe [f/2, 1/25 sec, 40mm-e, ISO 1600, DMC-G3]](http://markus-spring.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/20120131-181055mws_v3.jpg "Click to enlarge: Bike In The Pipe [f/2, 1/25 sec, 40mm-e, ISO 1600, DMC-G3]")
Munich, Bavaria
![Click to enlarge: Wasserbar [f/7.1, 1/40 sec, 28mm-e, ISO 1600, DMC-G3]](http://markus-spring.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/20120126-102812mws.jpg "Click to enlarge: Wasserbar [f/7.1, 1/40 sec, 28mm-e, ISO 1600, DMC-G3]")
Munich, Bavaria
The city of Munich has all reasons to be proud of their drinking water. Tested thoroughly by highly renowned institutes, it is proven that the quality of the pipe-born water exceeds that of quite a number of bottled mineral water brands. Consequently this water is offered in many places, being it from machinery like this one or from taps in staff canteens.
Sometimes the way of distribution even shines with aesthetic qualities.
![Click to enlarge: Demidiotic Underwear [f/1.8, 1/125 sec, 90mm-e, ISO 160, DMC-G3]](http://markus-spring.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/20120204-204133mws.jpg "Click to enlarge: Demidiotic Underwear [f/1.8, 1/125 sec, 90mm-e, ISO 160, DMC-G3]")
Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria
Not without reason, Bavarians are seen as the German variety of the common redneck. But living here, I can testify that their renommee by far exceeds reality. It’s only for the visitors from inside Germany – especially the northern part – and from abroad, that some try to live up to the clichée. And that’s why undergarments like the depicted ones are sold, almost exclusively however in cities, and to non-Bavarians (Update: I hope).
![Click to enlarge: Lexus Confession [f/1.8, 1/25 sec, 90mm-e, ISO 1600, DMC-G3]](http://markus-spring.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/20120204-204428mws1.jpg "Click to enlarge: Lexus Confession [f/1.8, 1/25 sec, 90mm-e, ISO 1600, DMC-G3]")
Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria
Needless to say that I don’t know the perpetrator…
Update: I replaced the image with a not-tinted version. It was late yesterday and I uploaded the wrong version. Sorry.
Bayerisch Gmain, Bavaria
Hopefully not too late as February Wallpapers, you find here a pastoral scene from Bayerisch Gmain, the neighbouring village of my hometown.
Piding, Bavaria
Piding, Bavaria
Piding, Bavaria
Rural squareness can be really consequent.
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![Click to enlarge: Bavarian Hydrant [f/3.5, 1/800 sec, 28mm-e, ISO 160, DMC-G3]](http://markus-spring.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/20120115-154323mws_v2.jpg "Click to enlarge: Bavarian Hydrant [f/3.5, 1/800 sec, 28mm-e, ISO 160, DMC-G3]")