day of travel: left stuttgart in the fresh of the morning, reached berlin in the depth of pain..., um, well, in the depth of frost. actually unbelievable, but unfortunately true. to be continued...
plane
transparent hub
in 8, fisheye, architecture, glass, reflection, plane, trip, frankfurt, germany, airport, pattern, sony, nex 7, sky, walimex samyang rokinon
at one place concentrated, logistic master pieces like frankfurt airport are extremely rare in germany. even rarer these constructs (of any kind) are transparent enough to give you at least a slight glimpse into their true, tremendous complexity. already during the round about 8 to 10 minutes lasting bus drive from the parking position of the plane from friedrichshafen to terminal 1 where our flight to nice departed the airport of frankfurt gave an impressive insight into its hidden processes: a part of the drive was leading through narrow, branched buildings where a lot of busy people did their work.
1412 - half
| sony nex 7 with sel 50 f1.8 | f2.8 | ISO100 | 1/500 |
taking candid pictures of people in public is about catching the right moment. you already see the scenery but you still have to wait till another object or another boundary condition is completing your image.
in case of the photograph above the third person crossing the bright reflections of the sunlight was the key for an interesting composition. the lady - the person is carrying a handbag - causes exactly the amount of confusion i wanted to have in there.
| sony nex 7 with sel 50 f1.8 | f5.6 | ISO100 | 1/400 |
(almost) perfect symmetry. even simple things can be so beautiful when you arrange them differently.
1312 - reasonable doubt
in 50, air safety, bokeh, deeper meaning, exhibition, germany, jet, light, munich, nex 7, pattern, people, plane, portrait, reflection, sel, sony, symmetry, war, window
| sony nex 7 with sel 50 f1.8 | f1.8 | ISO100 | 1/250 |
till today tina hasn't completely taken to the things i'm concerned with. this stands to reason, since even i by myself don't feel certain with every detailed issue of this complex topic. all the things that are made for killing bring along a very negative connotation, regardless of whether the underlying engineering achievement deserves acknowledgement or not.
| sony nex 7 with sel 50 f1.8 | f1.8 | ISO100 | 1/500 |
how much sorrow had this old jet brought upon the global population before it was retired? this is definitely the wrong question.
the evil itself isn't arising from the existence of weapons. quite the opposite, due to the incredible power, energy and force of tools like jets (today's dangerous, irregular) enemies can be thrown again and again. in the best case it's enough to deploy every weapon only in the context of show of force. i wish this could be the custom.
1509 - spectatorship
setup: sony nex 7 with sel 50 f1.8 | 50mm | f4.0 | ISO100 | 1/1600 | lightroom 4.1
we arrived at half past ten in the morning. the parking areas were already jammed and many people were sitting in traffic on the roads to the berlin expocenter airport. i just waked up a few minutes ago and we had finally reached the berlin air show 2012, the ila 2012, after an eleven hour bus ride overnight.
the night wasn't so bad. of course i waked up a couple of times but luckily i was able to get back to sleep within a few minutes repeatedly. tina had the whole last seat row all to herself and i made myself comfortable beneath it. that way we spent the night and arrived in berlin mostly rested and without huge pain.
fortunately solely the show itself was worth the long journey: both the dynamic and the static display were pretty to watch although the shown was nothing new for me. all the more tina was very enthusiastic about the performance of man and machine. and also among themselves the participants spectated their shows and held their deeds in veneration.
and now into the city!
cu, trshptr