I know that easter is over, but it took me until yesterday to find my way to the easter fountain on Bad Reichenhall’s Florianiplatz. those eggs, more than 3000, are not plastic! the fresh colours, the old buildings, the afternoon light and the absence of billboards make up for a beautiful scenery (ok – you…
strolled through the city and found it jammed. ok, that’s pretty normal. but yesterday even the sky was jammed! At least it made up for a pretty picture
again from the open-air farm museum of Ballenberg, switzerland. these old rakes and scythes were inside an old farmhouse in very dim light, but I decided against the usage of my flash to capture the mood as it was, including the bright light from outside that came through the chinks in the timber wall.
visited the open-air farm museum of Ballenberg, switzerland. the weather was not to fine and the kids quite demanding, so from a photographical point of view the yield was lower than anticipated. but this cross and the mistletoe struck me as quite adequate for Good Friday.
so this title might attract some traffic (makes me grin, as I will go to great efforts in order to avoid having to use this), but it’s just the correct translation for the german “durchblick”. i found this view in the bavarian chamber of industry and commerce in munich. their building has a really nice…
even before the last snowfall, anemonae and primroses came into blossom on the slope behind our house. so winter is gone now. definitely. we hope. processed with bibble. both lightzone and bibble have their strengths, so it’s good that I am not forced to decide, at least not for now. processing of this pictures makes…
nobody wanted it anymore, but now it came: snow down to 300m above sealevel. so the hazel in our garden had her flowers suddenly covered in snow. it will not last long, but it was sufficient to wet us thoroughly on our way to kindergarden. photographically it brought a nice occasion to see colorful things…
taken at a get-together of a german-russian friendship association. I was really astonished how some of the pictures developed due to the long shutter speeds. processed with lightzone.
I found this behind my house on a steep slope. I love the cool colors of the shadow and the play of the sunlight that came through still the bleak trees again processed with lightzone.
over the roofs of my hometown, Bad Reichenhall. the clocktower of St. Ägidius, and in the background mt. Hochstaufen. just discovered the linux version of lightzone. amazing user interface, excellent sharpness. the tone curve tool is just extraordinary, and the possibility to work on regions is great. however, speed and memory requirements are an issue.…
found on a stroll round lake Höglwörth
my daughter on a swing just reaching out over mt. Hochkalter towards the sun.
maybe my secret affinity to abstracts, but for sure my love for harmonious compositions took me away – I simply liked this picture from the very first moment. Up to now not much postprocessing, just simple cropping was applied.
new year’s excursion to Hintersee was prolific. the kids went skating and I found some time to stroll around. It is obviously correct to call the landscape at the east bank of this lake “Zauberwald” – magic forest. the xmas test version of bibblepro gave me opportunity to play with my raw files, and this…
this year’s winter is almost non-existing here in Berchtesgadener Land. Only in shadowy valleys in the mountains it is cold enough for skateable ice. there I found these beautiful frost flowers on some rocks in a landscape from a fairy tale.
in Munich’s glyptothek they have an exhibition “the myth of troy”. in contradiction to the saga my ulysses enters troy in the evening.
forgot the best picture in the series… fishermen at the beach of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. the men in the boat have laid out the net in an almost perfect semi-circle. now the men on the shore prepare to tow the net in. where this photo was taken? have a look at flickr.yuan.cc/maps/springm
fishermen at the beach of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. removing the bycatch, including sea snakes, and sorting the fish is the last task. everything went by in quiet mutual understanding, only rarely a command was heard. last of series. where this photo was taken? have a look at flickr.yuan.cc/maps/springm
fishermen at the beach of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. nice catch, safely brought in. due to the civil war situation, market opportunities however are little. The road trip from Batticaloa to Colombo takes 8h plus, even if there are no road blocks. where this photo was taken? have a look at google maps.
fishermen at the beach of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. Now the net is almost ashore and the tension eases up. Slowly they are heaving the load in, and some of them secure the lower rim of the net in order not to loose any fish.
fishermen at the beach of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. Silently they were watching the surface of the sea, but suddenly the started gesticulating and shouting, then discussing the best strategy for a catch with their muscular driven boats.
sudden high waves splashing into the pool gave an additional thrill to the kids bathing in there.
cloudy skies, sometimes the waves came through. off season the place was not crowded and gave enough opportunities to enjoy the play of the waves.
I love the overwhelming impression that the interior of this church imposes on the visitor through its narrowness and height.
