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icycle

another pre-written post. should give me some time to go shooting and enjoy myself 😉 and the contrast of the hoarfrost and the 30°+ in colombo is just too nice to think of. this icycle was well locked to the handrail of a culvert, but obviously not in use for quite some time, as there…

footed icicles

post-dated publishing is nice-to-have. when you get to see this icicle from frozen bavaria, i am supposed to be in abu dhabi, bound for sri lanka. there should be internet connection in the hotel, so there hopefully will be no break in posting.

the old saline of bad reichenhall

this building was re-built after the 1834’s blaze of bad reichenhall, that destroyed most of the city, by an architect of one of the kings of bavaria. the reason for this royal care was simple: over times the saline of bad reichenhall had earned up to 30% of the bavarian state’s total income. nowadays its…

bad reichenhall in moonlight

two days after full moon i finally managed to go out together with a handful of photographer friends to try some night shots of our hometown. the intensity of the moonlight was so high (and my lens protection filter probably not clean enough) that i got lens reflections – i never thought this could happen…

happy end of a sleigh riding accident

thanks god the eeg showed that everything is ok now. our youngest daughter suffered from a concussion after a sleigh riding collision on new years eve. today we went for the 2nd eeg as the first one was not to the full contentment of the neurologist, and now there are no signs of an adverse…

as cold as blue

it was today. -12°c make you very grateful for your gloves and very ungrateful towards camera ‘engineers’ creating itsy-bitsy-teenie-weenie rubber knobs on the remote control of your camera, which refuse to be operated with gloves. i had found a small streambed just below a seamill, which sported besides the usual icicles also this wonderful transparent…

instead of eating burgers

my daughters were invited by a classmate for a birthday party in salzburg airport center’s burger king, and i did prefer not to stay. hence the title (which is an adaption of moscow art trio’s “instead of making children”, a worthy recommendation for you jazz fans out there), and my mood then was comparable to…

iron aristolochia

done with the china series, carl weese’s blog example as well as paul butzi’s current statement motivated me (again) to record what i see. in this fire ladder a crafted blacksmith commissioned by an art-inclined houseowner have created a functional item with aesthetic value. in winter time, the iron leaves are there alone, whereas in…

having read the newspaper

probably. reason enough he would have with all those headlines on war, injustice, hunger, epidemies. you haven’t noticed? ah, they are not soo big today, nothing special, just the normal daily dose. this is a wooden statue in my hometown’s spa garden. often i’ve tried to make a picture out of it, and now again…

buddhist temple, beijing

that christmas hiatus was not planned (not to self: better write holiday posts in advance…), so ex post my best christmas wishes, alternatively seasons greetings to you all. there is a small number of china pictures left which i would like to share, starting with this view of the buddhist temple in the summer residence…

imperial patterns in nature

there are many aspects on which to judge a government ruling 100 years ago. the cultural revolution in china found resonance among the millions who suffered under a violent regime that in many ways abused human workforce just for the aggrandissement and luxury of the ruling class (and just a flash of thought: what will…