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endless

Thu, 3 Jul 2008 08:53:29 -0800

I'm not done with the Sardinia series. Still have a lot of photos to process. But don't know when ...

This is a 25 sec. long exposure taken with ND filter.

now and then

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:24:51 -0800

I come back to visit this wonderful place.

Have a nice Sunday!

humid

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:33:15 -0800

Another one from the recent Black Forest tour with flickr buddy rajue.

on a warm summer evening

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:13:50 -0800

I took a walk yesterday evening with my good friend kwerfeldein. We talked a lot about photography and some other less important things. It's always such a joy to meet him.
Thanks for the nice evening my friend! :)

I took this a few minutes before sunset. Didn't do much post processing here.

Schwarzwaldsprudel

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:28:05 -0800

Still the best thirst quencher when hiking ....

Does anyone use PicLens? Really cool to view photoblogs or your flickr contact's photos or flickr explore or something else including photos.

haze

Mon, 9 Jun 2008 05:57:39 -0800

Last weekend flickr fellow Rajue visited me for some hours. Though the weather was really bad we decided to drive up to the Black Forest to take some misty/mystic photos in the forest. We got really wet and dirty, but hey: we didn't care. :)

Hope you're all doing fine.

shelter

Sun, 1 Jun 2008 05:34:34 -0800

Another one from Sardinia. Sorry for my long absence, I'm pretty busy at the moment.

Capo Pécora

Wed, 14 May 2008 00:32:42 -0800

Have not much time for processing and uploading pictures. Too busy (that's great!).
This is another shot of the beautiful Capo Pécora, West Sardinia.
10 sec. exposure time with ND filter to smooth the water in the foreground.

Bosa

Mon, 5 May 2008 21:29:47 -0800

Bosa, the most colorful village of Sardinia. We had a lot of fun walking through the small narrow streets and photographing all the colorful houses.

poppy

Mon, 5 May 2008 09:00:53 -0800

w/o words. :-)

on a violet day ...

Sun, 4 May 2008 08:41:44 -0800

Another long exposure from our Sardinia travel; taken on the island Sant' Antíoco. Kind of arty but really love how it came out. I think I'm going to get a print of this. :)

Masua

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:07:54 -0800

The large rock in the distance is called "Pan di Zúcchero" (sugar loaf) according to the one in Rio. Taken from the village Masua, West Sardinia.
(with ND-Filter, 4. sec.)

feel the power

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 08:02:52 -0800

Water is so powerful. I love it to see and hear the waves crashing into the rocks.

As you can see, we're back from Sardinia (italian island in the Mediterranean Sea). We spent 2 wonderful weeks in the south of the island, driving around with a sweet little car and visiting a lot of beautiful places. More to come within the next days/weeks.
Btw, this is a 10 sec. long exposure with ND400 at ISO50.

Goodbye winter

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:39:53 -0800

Last snow for this winter, I guess. Took this photo a few days ago in the Black Forest.
Interesting, how different this scene looks in summer and winter. Here's the summer version from last year (also taken wit ND filter): coming down to earth

I'll be offline from Saturday evening on. We'll spend 2 weeks on a beautiful island. Be surprised. :)

water & rocks

Wed, 9 Apr 2008 18:19:23 -0800

Another one from last week. I visited the waterfalls of Triberg in the Southern Black Forest. Like my last post, this is a long exposure taken with a ND-filter. Exposure time was 32 sec.

Also I'd like to announce that over 30 of my pictures are now available as large prints. For more details and questions, please visit my website at pabst-photo.de. Thanks!

speed

Tue, 8 Apr 2008 19:17:35 -0800

Had no internet connection for 8 days now cause my ISP cares a sh** about its customers. Anyway, I'm back. Faster than ever ...

Took this picture last week on a trip through the Black Forest. It's a long exposure taken with the famous NDx400. :)

Hope you're all OK.

it's been a while

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:02:59 -0800

... that I took a dramatic boat picture. A few days ago I found a little time to visit one of my favorite spots. And I was lucky. Love that sky! :)

Thanks for all your positive and motivating comments on my previous post. I really appreciate these.

the journey is the reward

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:43:20 -0800

Hello my friends!

As I mentioned the other day I have some exciting news. Where do I start? Well, let's try it like this: As you might know, I studied business administration some years ago and since then I'm working as a controller / financial accountant for industry companies. Pretty boring job, you might say. Well, actually it is. But, that was the one life. You might also have noticed that I'm very passionated about photography since a few years. I spend almost every free minute in taking, processing, sharing and selling photos and learning everything about photography. Often I even sleep too less. That is my other life. During the last months I got really unhappy with my regular job (in general, this had nothing to do with the company I was working for) and I realized that business administration isn't the thing I want to do for life and for a living. The wish to live out my passion for photography and for beeing a better photographer and maybe for beeing a professional photographer grew stronger every day.

A few weeks ago I resigned my job and yesterday I had my last day as a controller. From April on I will only live one life. Horray!! :) Maybe I get more sleep then. Or less than ever! :o

I know that hard times will come and that it will take some time to gain a foothold in the photography business. But I want it. And I will make it. For a start I'm going to work as a self-employed photographer. In summer I'll start working in a studio for advertising photography and will do a photographer internship. That's it.

More news? OK. I'm in negotiation with a local art gallery that wants to print and sell my photos online and offline. I'll give you more infos when I made the deal.

Even more news? My personal website http://pabst-photo.de is back online with a new layout (wordpress).

Well, that will do. Thank you for your attention. Have a nice day. :)

the house on piles

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:46:52 -0800

Sorry! I don't have time for taking new photos at the moment but I'll be back with some great news in a few days.
Meanwhile, please enjoy this one from last year. It's a long exposure with ND-filter taken at the beach of St. Peter Ording, North Sea.

it's magic

Sat, 8 Mar 2008 11:18:59 -0800

Just me having fun with a magic 8 ball. :)
If you have a close look you can see my tossing hand in the reflection of the ball.

sad tulip

Fri, 7 Mar 2008 23:12:58 -0800

Living in an ugly vase must be very depressing.

Inspired by Andrè Kertèsz, Melancholic Tulip, 1939.

Ammersee

Sun, 2 Mar 2008 16:37:08 -0800

Lake Ammersee in Bavaria, Germany. Look at the crystal clear water! And in the distance you can see the bavarian alps. :)

the courtyard

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:17:37 -0800

Just a courtyard at night at the home of our friends in Munich. We've been snowboarding/skiing in the Axamer Lizum (Austria) on Saturday. Thank god I wore a helmet cause a skier hit me really hard with his ski pole when we almost crashed. And on Sunday we had a lot of delicious beer, Leberkäs, Obatzda and pretzels at the monastery of Andechs. :-D The weather felt like summer, we had 21°C in the afternoon!! Along this photo of the courtyard I didn't take many more photos. Just enjoyed the time with our friends. Thanks for the nice weekend! :)

the sunday afternoon boat splash

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:33:17 -0800

Sorry for my long absence. I'm too busy a the moment. But this afternoon I found a little time to relax at a lake and to drop some rocks. :)

fire

Tue, 5 Feb 2008 16:35:59 -0800

"Täschhorn" (4.490 m / 14.731 ft) and "Dom" (4.545m / 14.911 ft) in early morning sun. Saas Fee, Switzerland.

the night of the owls

Fri, 1 Feb 2008 22:40:19 -0800

This is a night shot! 130 sec. exposure time. I took during the recent full-moon night at 11 p.m. Though it was somewhat bright, it was kinda scary to stand there all alone on the field. There was a dead silence except some little owls screeching in the distance. Goosebumps and wide opened eyes guaranteed!!! Hehe! :)
But somehow I love that feeling ... alone in the dark, blind, helpless, being at the mercy of nature. It shows me how small and weak we are ... I just remember last year when I spend a whole night all alone on a mountain in the Black Forest. All alone with the owls circling above my head ....

fishin' in the waters of light

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:52:45 -0800

Taken last weekend on a photo-trip with some members of the Flickr Klub Karlsruhe. This is a lake close to the Rhine south of Karlsruhe.

I took this photo with the Canon EF 15mm 2.8 Fisheye lens I rented fo the weekend. Funny to look through and to take some silly ultra distorted and bended shots at the first moment. But I realized very quickly that it's pretty difficult to use this lens in a sensible manner. But I loved it. I think I'll rent it again very soon (too expensive to buy). It's challening, somehow .... OK, I better shut up ...

Just enjoy this colorful picture! :)

blue silence

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:15:40 -0800

I took this on a photo-tour with u.linder on the top of the Allalin (Saas Fee, Switzerland, 3.500m / 11.483ft). As we reached this rock the sun just disappeared behind the 4.027m high Allalinhorn behind us. This was the first and last picture I took with a little light left on the rock. We waited a while to see if the sun would wander around the Allalinhorn but it went down behind it. Bad luck! Anyhoo, I like the picture. It reminds me of that wonderful silence up there (except Uli's cough. LOL).

Btw, behind the rock it goes down a few hundred meters. Must be thrilling to cut a nice "first track" into that hillside on a snowboard ... (w/o triggering an avalanche, of course).

blue white world

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:09:14 -0800

This is a part of the mountain Allalin (3.500 m / 11.483 ft), Switzerland. There's a fixed rope route leading to a monument. Maybe we'll climb to this peak next summer. Must be a fantastic view from there.
In the distance you can see the Stellihorn (left) and the Joderhorn (right).

above the clouds

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:22:55 -0800

Beside snowboarding I spent some time taking photos on the top of the mountain Allalin (3.500 m / 11.483 ft). To the right side the mountain arises to the Allalinhorn (4.027 m / 13.212 ft). I'll upload a picture of the Allalinhorn later.
The air is pretty thin up there. Moving fast isn't recommended. :)

a velvia morning

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:12:59 -0800

This is the view from our house in Saas Fee (Switzerland) we lived in for one week. Really nice view, isn't it? :)

You can see the following mountains (from left to right):

Sonnighorn: 3.487m / 11.440 ft
Stellihorn: 3.436m / 11.273 ft
Plattjen: 2.570m / 8.432 ft

just a sunset

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:12:22 -0800

Today's sunset.

B - smiling

Mon, 7 Jan 2008 22:29:05 -0800

Another one from the recent studio shooting with B. She's such a patient model. :)

the red pallet

Sat, 5 Jan 2008 16:58:21 -0800

I found this abandoned place in Karlsruhe. It's the former location of an OPEL car dealer. Don't know what it will be used for in the future. Of course I went inside the building! Believe me, that was so disgusting! I think a few hundred doves live in there which all took off went I entered the buidling. I could stay inside because of the dust they raised. And the ground was covered with crap and dead doves. Uaaargh!!!

This is a HDR image from 3 exposures.

Have a nice wekend all ya!

Goodbye 2007

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:47:43 -0800

Last one from the beech tree series .... (maybe). :)

Well, 2007 is almost over and I would like to thank everyone I was in contact with last year. Thank you for all your comments, thoughts, discussions, criticism, wishes, views, hugs, smilies and last but not least: Thank you for sharing your photos on your photoblog. I really enjoyed viewing your photos and reading your thoughts. I wish you all a good start into 2008!

Cheers,
Matthias

a cold winter morning

Sun, 30 Dec 2007 00:27:06 -0800

Taken on a walk with B and my parents a few days ago. This is only frost, no snow.

strength

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:33:26 -0800

I took this picture back in May somewhere in the Black Forest. Since then I reviewed it a hundred times trying to decide whether it is a good photo and worth to show or whether I should better delete it. The item I wasn't sure about is the huge rock in the center of the picture which dominates the whole composition. Positioning such a huge object in the center of a picture is far away from all classic composing rules. But, I'm now sure that this is acceptable in this case because the photo tells a story. For me it's about transitoriness. Think about all the elements surrounding the rock: the stairs (symbolizing human beings), the water, the plants. Everything exists just a short moment compared to the life-time of the rock. Maybe the people forget this path one day, maybe the small creek dries out and the plants die off (because of global warming?). Maybe some day the rock will be naked and bleak and all life around it will be gone. But, the huge rock will always be there. It will always dominate this scene.
Maybe this is a little bit too philosophic but that's just me ...

I wish you some joyous X-mas days with your family and your friends. I'll be away for some days from Saturday on.

Take care, see ya!!

the snowy beech tree sunset

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 19:30:54 -0800

Well, I think one more winter impression photo is OK. Hope you like it, too.

Have a great weekend all ya!! :)

leafless but not lifeless

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:12:57 -0800

Today I followed one of my favorite pleasures: taking some shots of my favorite lake at sunset. Haven't been there for a while, nothing changed. Only the trees look a bit sad now but all in all it was a nice scene though. Have a nice evening!

soon it's X-mas ...

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:49:19 -0800

Outtake from the recent studio shooting with B. :)

B

Sun, 9 Dec 2007 17:12:53 -0800

We've been in the studio this morning. We had a lot of fun trying different clothing, accesoires and light settings. I love this one very much. :)

violet snow

Sun, 2 Dec 2007 17:34:08 -0800

OK, one more from the Schauinsland, Southern Black Forest. Can't get enough to view these photos and I thought I should share my pleasure.

step by step ...

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:35:03 -0800

Another one from the beautiful place called "Schauinsland", Black Forest.

kitty in boots

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:40:55 -0800

Another photo from the recent shooting with Mari and Tobi. We loved that chair. :)

Thanks Tobi for supporting me, especially with the lighting. You rock!!

Mari, Mari!

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:20:42 -0800

This is Mari, my first Model. We spent almost 6 hours in the studio on Sunday evening. Thank you for your time and your patience, Mari! Furthermore I have to thank Tobi for supporting us during my first studio shooting.

Seeing that this was my first serious portrait shooting in a studio I'm pretty happy with the results. Maybe I'll upload more photos soon. I'm sure you find some details that can be done better in both taking and processing these photos. But I think a first attmept hasn't to be 100% perfect.

Thanks again, Mari and Tobi!

And thank YOU for leaving some critical words.

Model: Mari - http://www.model-kartei.de/sedcard/modell/31469/

welcome to the real world

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:28:28 -0800

I hope one more image of these beautiful beech trees is OK for you. Also found a little time to write down some thoughts in my humble English. Please excuse this.

First of all: this is not taken with an IR filter (infrared). The white parts are snow.

Well, I really love the two previous images "reloaded" and "the beech tree" because they are very very close to what I had seen through the viewfinder. The colors and the dynamic ranges are very close to reality and I only did some basic processing. Which is good. I'm very proud of it because it shows me that a heavy treatment isn't absolutely necessary to create a good image. I'm pretty sure these pictures wouldn't look very different when taken on film.

Nevertheless I have to admit that I like this 3rd image the most. The b&w conversion and a few steps of processing give it a surreal look and separate it from the "normal" images (in my eyes). And this is one of the most important intentions why I'm into photography since two years: I try to show other people how the world looks like through my eyes, in my fantasy, in my mind. And I really love this world.

But wait! What if this "processed world" is the real world and what we all see every day through our blinded eyes isn't real?? Which world would you prefer? Real or unreal? Blue or red pill? ;-)

Thank you for your attention. The floor is now open for discussion. :)

the beech tree

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:50:25 -0800

One of the most beautiful trees I've seen up there.

reloaded

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 18:00:16 -0800

I took a short break from taking and uploading photos. I've been a bit exhausted. Now I'm feeling better. :)

I took this yesterday on the Schauinsland which is a plateau in the South Black Forest. It was pretty cold but the sunset was worth it.

the mysterious box

Tue, 6 Nov 2007 19:07:29 -0800

Guess what's inside ....

From my North Frisia archive. :)

the way to the light

Sun, 4 Nov 2007 18:59:27 -0800

Taken during a walk a few days ago.
Basic processing.

Mystic Black Forest

Fri, 2 Nov 2007 22:38:00 -0800

w/o words. :)

dew world

Thu, 1 Nov 2007 20:04:59 -0800

At the moment I have a lot of fun to take photos of all the small things. But don't be alarmed, the wide angle lens is just having a break. Promised! :)

This is taken with the 24-105mm lens. Love the bokeh here.

concrete

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:18:20 -0800

Well, the weather is still pretty crappy and bars me from taking some nice landscape photos with my new camera. But hey: I'm flexible! :) I met some photo buddies yesterday to hang around in the city and to take some architecture pics. I'm really happy with the results though these are all concrete pics which differ strongly from my recent works. But, these pictures show the quality the camera and the lenses provide and now I'm looking forward to having better weather, maybe at the weekend. Wish me luck! :)

and the sky turned violet

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:12:09 -0800

... or purple?
Anyway, it's just a test. The weather wasn't so nice yesterday though I wanted to test the wide angle lens (Canon 17-40mm 1:4L USM) and the ND-filter on the new camera (Canon EOS 5D). Not bad, I think ...

the lonesome fisherman's house

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:12:17 -0800

... at the Tümlauer Koog, North Frisia. We had really nice weather. :)

Processed from a single RAW file. It was definitely too windy for handheld bracket exposures.

the small one with the red cap

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 12:28:55 -0800

The cross light of Norddorf, Amrum. Height: 8m / 26ft. A pretty windy place up there with a wonderful view over the North Sea (which you don't see cause it's behind me. :)).

empty beach

Tue, 9 Oct 2007 17:58:21 -0800

... at St. Peter-Ording, North Frisia. Looks like summer has gone.

splash!

Mon, 8 Oct 2007 15:32:47 -0800

One day, when I'm as famous and successful as Rebekka Guðleifsdóttir, I'll re-do this shot, only with tossing myself in, instead of a rock. :p

hydrophytic sunset

Thu, 4 Oct 2007 18:03:49 -0800

Another one from the "green stuff" series. Just had a look into the archive and realized that I like this one even more.

flood swing

Wed, 3 Oct 2007 10:34:20 -0800

Another one from the North Sea.

I've been away for some days. Visited some friends in Munich who took us to the Oktoberfest. And I met Tobias Lang (http://photo-punk.com/) in the studio. We had a real good time. Thanks for the shooting!

green stuff

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:06:22 -0800

Just a matter of time until I take my first lake photo from underneath the surface. :)

stay

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 22:29:30 -0800

w/o words.

red cliff

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:13:28 -0800

View from the red cliff at Sylt, North Frisia. One of my favorite pictures of that day.

crack of dawn

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 12:22:27 -0800

Another old habit of mine: getting up very early in the morning to catch the first light of the day. It's just a perfect start of a day to take a walk in the morning, breathing the fresh air, listening to the birds and watching the sun rise.

This is not a HDR image, as you might suppose. I blended this manually from 3 different exposures.

old habit

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:20:26 -0800

I visited my favorite lake last evening. It's been a while since I took my last picture there.

the wooden path to halo beach

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:22:56 -0800

We had the luck to see a full halo the other day. It was so beautiful ...

You can read something about halos here:
german: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_%28Lichteffekt%29
english: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_%28optical_phenomenon%29

Attention: strong breeze!

Sun, 16 Sep 2007 09:58:42 -0800

Taking this photo was an exciting challenge because the wind was blowing with a force of about 6 (40-50 km/h or 25-31 mph). I used a ND filter here to achieve an exposure time of a few seconds to capture the movement of the flag. When I set up the tripod I realized that it was vibrating a little bit because of the strong breeze. I wasn't sure if the photos would get really sharp. But, it seems like it worked quite well. Thanks to Manfrotto! Great stuff!

Btw, the sand was moving very fast as well. After this shot my shoes were completely covered with sand. :)

when the tide is out ....

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 05:32:38 -0800

Seen at the North Sea, Germany.

and the waves came crashing in ...

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:05:12 -0800

A long exposure taken at the beach of .... hmm .... somewhere on the island called Sylt. Close to Westerland if I remember correctly.

the restaurant at the end of the universe

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:04:00 -0800

Have you ever read Douglas Adams' "Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy" (or heard the BBC radio show)? This restaurant at the beach of St. Peter-Ording reminded me of "Milliways", the "restaurant at the end of the universe" on the Frogstar World B. The story says that viewing through the windows of this restaurant you can watch the break-up of the universe every evening, made possible due to time warps. A really fascinating idea .... :)

(Now I also remember this passage: When leaving the restaurant, Zaphod and Ford steal a spaceship, which turns out to be a stuntship belonging to Disaster Area, programmed to dive into a star to provide backing effects for a rock concert. LOL So funny, have to read the books again.)

Moin, Moin!

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:20:36 -0800

Hello out there! I'm back from Northern Germany. B and me really enjoyed our one week vacation in Hamburg and in North Frisia though it was really short for German proportions. Actually the German average citizen (like me?) is used to spend his vacation for 2 or 3 weeks. :) Anyway, we had a good time, especially at the North Sea. We traveled around a lot, visited 2 islands (Amrum and Sylt) by ship, walked over the tideland to a holm ("Hallig Suedfall", will tell something about that later) and enjoyed the northern flair. What I liked the most was the low (human) population density. When you walk along the coast or drive through the back-country you meet just a handful of people (but therefor thousands of sheeps and cows. LOL). It's all so quiet and peaceful up there. No stress, no noise (except the wind), no hectic urban life ... I love it. I can image this for a new home one day.

As you might guess I took "a few" photos and I'm going to show you some within the next days/weeks. I'll also have a look at your blogs to see what I've missed.

Some lingusitics: The Frisian greeting "Moin, Moin!" means something like "Good day" and you can say it all day.

close to heaven

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:34:32 -0800

Another view from the mountain "Nebelhorn". Up there you can only hear the wind blowing and the cows ringing with their bells in the distance.

flying high

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:15:13 -0800

On Sunday, we have been in the alps with some good friends for tandem paragliding. I enjoyed two wonderful flights with one of my best friends as my pilot.
In the picture you can see the mountain "Schattenberg" over which we flew several times (sometimes very close). The picture is taken from the station "Höfatsblick" on the mountain "Nebelhorn". I also took a few shots with my point-and-shoot camera during the flights but these are only snapshots. Maybe I find a good one to upload later.

Thanks for all the kind comments on my recent pictures.

mossy

Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:00:41 -0800

Same waterfall as in this shot but this one is taken with a 100mm telephoto lens from a totally different position. When I took the wide angle version I stood on the green mossy rock on the right hand side.

Can't decide which one I like more, the wide angle or the telephoto ...

space junk?

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:12:26 -0800

Please don't ask me what that is. I really don't know. Looks like it fell off the sky ... it's about 6 ft. tall. Whatever, I found it quite interesting to photograph. :)

umbrella

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:17:33 -0800

I don't post my portaits very often because they are very personal for me. But I think now and then it's ok to show one. This is my girl-friend Bianca. I took this with the Canon 100mm f2 prime lens. Really love it.

St. Gallus

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:24:12 -0800

A view of the central aisle and altar of the St. Gallus church in Ladenburg, Germany. The crypt, which is the oldest part of the church, is over 1.000 years old. You can see the church from outside in on of my recent pics.

rusty

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:15:55 -0800

This evening I've been out with a photo buddy and we found an abandoned platform at a lake. I guess it had been used to dig up gravel. I find it always very interesting to see such old and decayed stuff and to imagine how it has been used. Additionally these objects give a good contrast to the surrounding where they are placed.

Ladenburg

Sun, 19 Aug 2007 10:30:58 -0800

Market place of Ladenburg, Germany. Ladenburg has one of the most beautiful old cities of Germany.

Bovbjerg Fyr

Sat, 18 Aug 2007 09:37:42 -0800

Another one from my Denmark archive. I really love this little lighthouse.

I wish you all a wonderful weekend!

resistance is futile

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:19:08 -0800

Can't resist to upload another shot of that lake. I think I'm seriously addicted to that scene. :)
I tried to blend the 3 exposures manually but it didn't work. So, this is a HDR image again.

the creeping green

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:37:51 -0800

This is a chapel in Karlsruhe called "Grabkapelle" (grave chapel) which is the last home of 17 family members of the House of Zähringen. It was built from 1889-1896, the last funeral was in 1952. It has never been a church.

I guess in 100 years it's totally green. :)

final blue

Sun, 12 Aug 2007 18:56:13 -0800

A few seconds later it started to rain. What a luck!

Taken at the same day as this one.

harvest

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:58:38 -0800

Hay bales.

Schloga sunset

Thu, 9 Aug 2007 20:26:14 -0800

From the archive. It's a 43 sec. long exposure of Karlsruhes castle. The lake is part of a park called "Schlossgarten" (which means "castle garden"). Karlsruhers just say "Schloga".

deep silence

Wed, 8 Aug 2007 21:32:40 -0800

One more photo of boats. I really like this one.

The waterfall of Geroldsau

Tue, 7 Aug 2007 20:51:31 -0800

70 sec. long exposure with Nd filter.

french hay

Mon, 6 Aug 2007 22:27:58 -0800

Taken in France last weekend.

never-ending story

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:05:40 -0800

Observatory House - Edinburgh

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 22:33:43 -0800

Some things get better over the years, some don't.

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:06:29 -0800

A small old cottage up in the vineyards.

when time flies

Sun, 8 Jul 2007 21:43:59 -0800

the last boat

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:15:11 -0800

anxiety

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 21:43:33 -0800

green

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:18:55 -0800

Green is healthy.

glaring & flaring

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:30:07 -0800

Actually I'm not a friend of lens flare but here I like it somehow ...

This is the Baggersee in Grötzingen.

the colors of København

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:36:42 -0800

København / Copenhagen, Denmark. From the 2006 archive.

tied

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:00:10 -0800

Lake. Boats. Sunset.

the end of the journey ...

Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:32:35 -0800

A lake, some old boats and a sunset.

This picture will decorate my living room soon. I ordered a large print on canvas last friday at a local photo shop. I'm really curious what it will look like.

the pool

Tue, 5 Jun 2007 17:39:51 -0800

.... if only the water wasn't so cold.

Took this some days ago in the Black Forest. Had to take 5 single shots and process them with Photomatix. The dynamic range was just to high here for a single (well exposed) shot. The difficult parts were the left dark side, the flowing water and the white clouds in the sky. In a single shot either the left side in the shadow is to dark and the sky and the water well exposed or the shadow parts are well exposed and the sky and the water overexposed. So it's a classic situation for a HDR image. I'm pretty satisfied with the result. What do you think?

... and I sit and watch the clouds as they go by

Sun, 3 Jun 2007 18:55:28 -0800

125 sec. long exposure.

solitary

Mon, 28 May 2007 16:14:34 -0800

for the small prayers ...

Tue, 22 May 2007 20:48:49 -0800

... a small chapel.

a place to relax

Sun, 20 May 2007 18:33:11 -0800

I found a nice place yesterday. It's a small valley which is surrounded by huge rocks and where two creeks flow into each other. I climbed down there, put my shoes off, sat down on the warm rocks, hung my feet into the (damn cold) water and relaxed. Such a nice place ... I' m sure I'll visit it again soon.

Hope you had a nice weekend, too. :)

coming down to earth

Sat, 19 May 2007 07:15:55 -0800

This is a part of the Gertelbach waterfalls located in the northern Black Forest. This is taken with a ND filter to extend the exposure time to 50 seconds.

going nowhere

Tue, 15 May 2007 21:47:38 -0800

Tracks. Black & White. Nothing else.

the pot of gold

Fri, 11 May 2007 17:04:34 -0800

My favorite lake.

a good wine

Tue, 8 May 2007 19:32:52 -0800

This is my submission for the 24 hours of flickr project.

Actually I wanted to take a completely different photo for this project but after taking this one (sort of warm-up) it started to rain and I couldn't take many more photos. So I hope this one's good enough to make it. :)
Some details: It's a daylight long exposure (43 sec) taken with a ND filter. This small decayed house stands in the middle of a vineyard in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany). This is where the good wine comes from. :)

good morning

Sun, 6 May 2007 20:34:36 -0800

Taken on a Sunday morning photo walk.

when I was arrested I was dressed in black ...

Fri, 4 May 2007 23:17:20 -0800

I promised some friends the other day to pay homage to Johnny Cash by taking a self-portrait. So, here it is. :) I know my hairs are too short ... but it was quite funny to take this.

hope

Sun, 29 Apr 2007 22:39:53 -0800

Shinkansen

Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:40:36 -0800

During a photo-trip I realized I have no photo of my trusty friend which takes me from one spot to another (and sometimes home). As the sky looked really cool I decided to take a neat picture of my beloved vehicle. It's a Toyota Yaris TS. :)