0502 - storm

February 05, 2013 in 35, alps, b+w, blur, germany, grain, grass, immenstaad, lake, lake constance, landscape, nature, nex 7, old photo, sel, shore, sony, stone, water, wave

storm - sony nex 7 | sel35 f1.8 | f11.0 | ISO100 | 1/8

i always wanted to compose and process a copper engraving like image of our wonderful lake, the bodensee. today the time had come. there was really strong wind, gusting over 30km/h. so on the one hand all the soft components of an image were supposed to be definitely blurred when captured with a longer exposure time, on the other hand the alps were clearly visible on the horizon because of the consistent west wind. and finally due to the built-in stabiliser of the sel 35 i was able to work without a tripod in the course of a short stop at the lakeside.

2301 - welcome hour

January 23, 2013 in 30, alps, blue, colour, facility, factory, fog, germany, immenstaad, lake, lake constance, light, mist, nex 7, night, sigma, snow, sony, winter

welcome hour - sony nex 7 | sigma 30 f2.8 ex dn | f2.8 | ISO1600 | 1/20

after two annoying days of illness i'm finally back to work. fortunately the company area received me with open arms again: a wonderful view over the lake and the alps during the blue hour motivated me for the whole of the day.

1401 - barred

January 15, 2013 in 35, bicycle, blue, car, colour, deeper meaning, germany, immenstaad, light, light track, movement, nex 7, night, scooter, sel, shadow, sony, street, street lamp

barred - sony nex 7 with sel 35 f1.8 | f2.8 | ISO400 | 1/10

why has there always to be at least one maverick in our society? does the majority need the strange guy to feel better? actually we are all birds of a feather, painted with the same, blue colour.

0901 - storm

January 09, 2013 in 35, b+w, blur, contrast, deeper meaning, gangplank, germany, grain, immenstaad, lake, lake constance, landscape, minimalistic, mood, nex 7, reflection, sel, sony, spinning, water

storm - sony nex 7 with sel 35 f1.8 | f16.0 | ISO100 | 1/6

i'm rattled. hard wind is battering me from one side to the other. it's warm and silky wind, but nevertheless it causes movement. i wonder what this wind will bring along and how the landscapes will look like afterwards.

2012 - alpenglow

December 20, 2012 in 30, alps, cloud, colour, contrast, germany, immenstaad, lake, lake constance, light, mountains, nex 7, reflection, sigma, sky, sony, sun, sunrise, tree, water

sony nex 7 with sigma 30 f2.8 ex dn | f2.8 | ISO500 | 1/60

in the language of the currently extremely bashed instagram today's image could be definitely tagged with the string #nofilterneeded. today in the morning when i walked from the parking to the company area, on the horizon the alps were shaded in a strong, intense orange and the dark clouds above beautifully illuminated in purple and magenta.

anytime i'm going to watch this spectacle from a summit in the middle of the mountains.

1112 - luff

December 11, 2012 in 50, branch, germany, immenstaad, lake, lake constance, landscape, nature, nex 7, sel, snow, sony, texture, tree, water, winter

sony nex 7 with sel 50 f1.8 | f2.8 | ISO200 | 1/1600

today strong winds were blowing from westerly direction. on the crust of the trees close to the lakeside little snow ridges were banking up.

with today's icy cold the lakeside wasn't a comfortable ambiance.

1012 - out

December 10, 2012 in 30, b+w, ceiling, contrast, corridor, germany, grain, immenstaad, movement, nex 7, pattern, people, rain, sigma, snow, sony, stairs, street, wall, winter

sony nex 7 with sigma 30 f2.8 ex dn | f2.8 | ISO160 | 1/60

principally you can escape from wet and cold only temporarily. anytime everybody has to clench his teeth and stand his ground.

both wet and cold are tolerable if they don't appear together at the same moment. currently temperatures are rising a bit so that the pleasant cold with crystal-like snow is turning into a nasty mishmash of medium low temperatures and additionally wet snowfall. hopefully this is only a temporary condition, too.

0512 - bursting bubbles

December 05, 2012 in 30, blur, bokeh, colour, germany, green, immenstaad, light, macro, nex 7, night, pattern, rain, reflection, retrofocus, sigma, sony, water, window, yellow

sony nex 7 with sigma 30 f2.8 ex dn | 30mm | f2.8 | ISO1600 | 1/15

it's fair to say that when you overdo things, everything might become blurred. the crucial point in life is to risk making the necessary break just in time. otherwise the things will become more than blurred.

cu, trshptr

0412 - shady side

December 04, 2012 in 30, b+w, contrast, gangplank, germany, immenstaad, lake, lake constance, landscape, nature, nex 7, shore, sigma, snow, sony, stone, sun, tree, water, winter

sony nex 7 with sigma 30 f2.8 ex dn | 30mm | f4.0 | ISO100 | 1/640

in times of passages from one season to the other the forces of both usually fight very hard against each other. thereby the opponents conduct war by every trick in the book - providing cover is only one of the applied methods.

cu, trshptr

2911 - illuminated maintenance

November 29, 2012 in 50, candid, corridor, door, facility, germany, handicraft, immenstaad, light, maintenance, nex 7, night, partial coloured, people, portrait, sel, sony, yellow

setup: sony nex 7 with sel 50 f1.8 | 50mm | f1.8 | ISO250 | 1/80 | lightroom 4.2

there are images that suggest thinking about different kinds of stories. with today's pic i could tell stories about seeing light at the end of the tunnel and so on. but i actually don't want to talk about such negative things although the dark clouds that are currently gathering here at work state something different.

i for one know that no matter what happens, if everything should collapse anytime there will be a fall back position at home at my girl's shoulder. so let's look ahead instead and marvel at the craftsman who was working in a sun-like, warm light all the afternoon. he was the only one who got out of the grey today and deservedly so because he is one of the men who get our corridors in pretty and neat order again.

cu, trshptr