0702 - winter walk

February 07, 2013 in 50, friedrichshafen, germany, house, light, mist, nex 7, night, people, sel, shadow, snow, sony, street lamp, walk, winter

winter walk - sony nex 7 | sel50 f1.8 | f2.0 | ISO1600 | 1/30

why not spending a ten minutes wait in walking in the returning, misty winter? understandably late in the evening even tina's will to cook is rather small, but fortunately there are a few snack stands in friedrichshafen where we can fetch something for dinner.

0301 - ll

January 03, 2013 in 35, architecture, brown, building, colour, facility, germany, home, house, light, nex 7, pattern, sel, shadow, sony, sun, texture, timber-frame, wall, wood

ll - sony nex 7 with sel 35 f1.8 | f4.0 | ISO100 | 1/125

the beams in our more than 300 years old house are raddled. the variations of humidity and temperature, the permanent incidence of light and all the other parameters and boundary conditions have left their marks in the walls. at least a few signs are man-made: the former craftsmen branded the beams according to the construction plan by cutting numbers into the wood. by doing this they could ensure to avoid mistakes, although only in the scope of planning and assignment.

more or less every wall in our home is crooked. who cares? this is just what makes our place so special.

0712 - tree house

December 08, 2012 in 30, b+w, constance, contrast, germany, house, light, nex 7, night, pattern, shadow, sigma, sony, street art, tree, wall, window

sony nex 7 with sigma 30 f2.8 ex dn | 30mm | f2.8 | ISO1600 | 1/40

any child should have played play in a tree house at least once in a lifetime. although this nicely illuminated exterior wall in constance has actually nothing to do with these kind of children playgrounds, the shadow play and in this context the pun 'tree house' reminded me of my early youth again.

0212 - winter is setting in

December 02, 2012 in 50, bermatingen, branch, christmas, colour, countryside, facility, germany, house, mood, nex 7, red, sel, snow, sony, timber-frame, village, window, winter

setup: sony nex 7 with sel 50 f1.8 | 50mm | f1.8 | ISO100 | 1/500 | lightroom 4.2

in the course of the arriving winter the scenery and the rural townscape evolve into perfect advent postcard subjects.

light, soft snowflakes waft through the alleys and dip the landscape in a clear, plain white. the windows are already richly decorated and fir branches make for festive atmosphere. so cosy.

cu, trshptr

3011 - embedded

December 01, 2012 in 8, branch, courtyard, facility, fisheye, germany, home, house, light, long-time exposure, moon, nex 7, night, personal, sky, sony, tree, walimex samyang rokinon, window, winter

setup: sony nex 7 with walimex pro 8 f2.8 fisheye | 8mm | f4.0 | ISO400 | 30s | cornerfix & lightroom 4.2

although the linden tree in the centre of our courtyard might not be as old as the whole farm itself, it has definitely experienced a lot of the things the buildings had to take.

the huge tree sits enthroned in the middle of the yard and the buildings, gives shades in the summer heat, limns the shadows of itself on the ground in the night, is the home for many birds as well as for two or three squirrels and makes a top-class scratching post for all the kitties on the premises.

in the meantime it is really dear to my heart and just as deeply embedded in my mind as in the soil.

cu, trshptr

2211 - closed

November 22, 2012 in 50, architecture, bermatingen, germany, house, light, nex 7, night, sel, sony, street, street lamp, timber-frame, townscape, tree, village, vineyard, window, wine, wine tasting

setup: sony nex 7 with sel 50 f1.8 | 50mm | f2.8 | ISO1600 | 1/13 | lightroom 4.2

whenever i pass the vineyard of bermatingen i remember the nice wine tasting with our neighbours in spring of 2012. considering that we live in a dedicated wine-growing region, tina and i drink really not a lot of the red or white juice of the grape. theoretically i'd enjoy working up a wine appetite at the local shop by nosing and tasting several sorts of wine.

if i'd only come home earlier more often.

cu, trshptr

0811 - sweep of the horizon

November 08, 2012 in 8, blue, cinema, colour, fisheye, germany, house, jena, landscape, light, nex 7, night, planetarium, sky, snow, sony, technics, tree, walimex samyang rokinon, winter

setup: sony nex 7 with walimex pro 8 f2.8 fisheye | 8mm | f2.8 | ISO1600 | 1/15 | cornerfix & lightroom 4.2

next birhday, next journey - today we drove to the carl-zeiss city jena to visit the planetarium with tina's father, who turned 47 this week. it was only the second or third time overall that i went to a planetarium. the appertaining facilities in jena and also the whole technical audio and video equipment was modernised during the last months and the outside of the astrodome is currently rebuilt to the historical, original condition by being painted in the same colours and decorated with the same pictures.

unfortunately today's image had to be underexposed by almost two stops because there was simply not more light emitted by the projector and i did not want to raise the iso value over 1600 to keep as much details as possible in the raw file and the shutter speed was with 1/15 already at the upper limit, too. consequently exposing any longer was also no option because the whole sky was spinning. so i had to push the highlights and whites during post processing, but by now i really don't know if the results wouldn't have been a bit better if i'd used 6400 and as a result exposed almost correctly.

whatever, despite my bleating the overall result is still pleasing. and of course the visit and the whole day were nice, too.

cu, trshptr

2610 - urban food chain

October 26, 2012 in 8, animal, berlin, bokeh, cat, deeper meaning, fisheye, fun, germany, high key, house, mouse, nex 7, sony, street, street art, suburb, texture, urban, walimex samyang rokinon

setup: sony nex 7 with walimex pro 8 f2.8 fisheye | 8mm | f2.8 | ISO320 | 1/60 | lightroom 4.2

the predator.

setup: sony nex 7 with walimex pro 8 f2.8 fisheye | 8mm | f2.8 | ISO250 | 1/60 | lightroom 4.2

the home of the hunted.

cu, trshptr

2210 - gothalona

October 22, 2012 in 30, architecture, barcelona, building, contrast, facility, house, nex 7, pattern, reflection, sigma, sony, spain, street, street lamp, sun, tower, townscape, trip, urban

setup: sony nex 7 with sigma 30 f2.8 ex dn | 30mm | f4.0 | ISO100 | 1/250 | lightroom 4.2

the architecture of the new barcelona remind me of the clear, contrasty and straight environment of gotham city. a lot of new towers were built during the last years mainly directly next to the sea.

setup: sony nex 7 with sigma 30 f2.8 ex dn | 30mm | f4.0 | ISO100 | 1/1600 | lightroom 4.2

the structures and shapes are really stunning whereas i don't like the basic implementation of the townscape design here in barcelona: contrary to for example manchester where all architecture styles are mixed throughout the whole city and this mix of old and new buildings is well-balanced, too, here in barcelona the styles are mainly separated per quarter. that's why as far as i can see the city and especially the new parts appear a bit sterile and misplanned.

nevertheless gothalona is worth the visit if you are a fan of modern shapes and patterns.

cu, trshptr

1110 - dancing towers

October 11, 2012 in 50, abstract, architecture, blue, building, facility, germany, glass, green, hamburg, house, light, nex 7, reflection, sel, sony, tower, townscape, window, yellow

setup: sony nex 7 with sel 50 f1.8 | 50mm | f5.6 | ISO100 | 1/60 | lightroom 4.2

during my visit in hamburg this week i absolutely wanted to take a look at the new highrises that were built at the eastern end of the reeperbahn since i left hamburg in 2009. in 2012 the workings are finally ended now and the buildings are already used by the economy.

the tower project was designed by the architect hadi teherani and includes two buildings that are 75 and 85 meters high and host 24 floors each. the strange naming arises from the supposed similarities between the two different high towers and a couple that is dancing the tango. the reeperbahn is considered as the most sinful mile all over the world and has a long tradition as a party quarter with a certain mess - for that reason its inhabitants slash the clean, sterile and straight towers since the project was initially introduced years ago. now it's over and how shall i put it?

they please me.

cu, trshptr