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Model T Color

When I was a boy, only taxies and hearses were black. Now it seems that all else cars are black, but hearses are grey and taxies beige. Tempora mutantur.

This image is from four weeks back, when leaves were still rare on the trees. And technically it did astonish me, as the Olympus 9-18mm mFT lens usually doesn’t get high marks for image quality. Yet those filigree twigs are rendered really sharp at 9mm and CA were minor and easy to correct.

PRISM Feeders

Telekom switch panel boxes, which have lost their innocence. As my non-photographic skills are in highest demand at the moment, I don’t know if I manage to visualize my reaction to that eavesdropping on non-US citizens that was only suspected for decades. When I was a toddler in the UNIX world, I was mightily astonished…

Urban Green Take 2

Urban Green

Arabian Days’ Entertainments

Little Big Red

A leftover from the last trip to Harare. Having to spend hours in an airport is not really desirable, but as with train stations, they can offer photographic opportunities.

Over The Tracks

Blue Peek-A-Boo

Glass And Steel At The Train Station

Domestic Flood

Thanks God we are not in danger of being flooded, but there are thousands in a less lucky situation: My wife’s university town, Passau, sees the flood passing a highwater mark that had held for 500 years! My thoughts and best wishes are with those fighting the water there.

Storm Clouds Over Krk

June Wallpapers – Cliché Alert

The June wallpapers are available for download from here as usual. What might easily look as a cliché was taken during a pause in the completely atypical cold and wet supposed-to-be-summer weather. The decision to use that one day with blue sky for a walk on the olive trail from Krk to surrounding villages was…

Good Bye Domboshava

Domboshava Visitor Centre and Rocks

Dry Grass, Bushes

Fall Colours

Domboshava Fall Colours: Bright red leaves on a tree on Domboshava rocks.

Balancing Rock III

No, I did not run out of ideas, but the view of those three rocks under the African sun I found so compelling that I didn’t want to skip this one just for sake of variety.

Another View On Balancing Rock

Balancing Rock

Grass Nest

Dry grass nests on the rocks of Domboshava, Zimbabwe

Back Side Of The Rock

At the time of my visit, dry weather marked the transition from fall into winter in Zimbabwe. The grass consisted mainly of silvery strands on these rocks, but the lichens showed beautiful soft colors.

For Soul And Body