0912 - christmas spirit

December 09, 2012 in 50, animal, bokeh, cat, colour, germany, home, indoor, kitchen, light, nex 7, night, people, personal, portrait, red, sel, snow, sony, window

sony nex 7 with sel 50 f1.8 | f1.8 | ISO1600 | 1/80

to tell the truth, i've never felt such an intense christmas spirit before. we have consistent snowfall since almost two weeks now and tina decorated the whole flat already at the end of november with all the lovely stuff that makes for a comfortable surrounding.

on that matter i can understand that even the neighbour cats try to escape the cold and warm up on our heated floor.

0312 - rebellion

December 03, 2012 in 50, autumn, b+w, bermatingen, bokeh, candid, germany, high key, leaf, minimalistic, nature, nex 7, pattern, portrait, sel, snow, sony, texture, winter

setup: sony nex 7 with sel 50 f1.8 | 50mm | f1.8 | ISO100 | 1/100 | lightroom 4.2

a few parts of autumn haven't understood yet that winter is taking over command currently. they still rebel against snow, ice and cold but either they will be frozen by the relentless winter or buried deeply under the temporary white surface real soon now.

cu, trshptr

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

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

2611 - sport of destiny

November 26, 2012 in 50, action, blur, deeper meaning, earth, fun, home, long-time exposure, minimalistic, movement, nex 7, night, panning, planet, planetarium, sel, soil, sony, water

setup: sony nex 7 with sel 50 f1.8 | 50mm | f8.0 | ISO100 | 5s | lightroom 4.2

have you ever thought about where we will be and how we will do in a couple of centuries? it's a crying shame how bad the humanity treats the wonderful blue planet. i don't know if i should be glad not to be in at the end of the earth or sad that probably any of my offspring has to face the music.

currently the earth is our plaything of life, anytime we will be the game balls of the last match at all for a long time.

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

2111 - disenchanted world

November 21, 2012 in 50, abstract, agriculture, autumn, contrast, decay, field, fog, germany, grain, landscape, markdorf, mist, mood, nature, nex 7, partial chromatic, sel, sony

setup: sony nex 7 with sel 50 f1.8 | 50mm | f4.0 | ISO100 | 1/100 | lightroom 4.2

it's incredible how fast the nature changes its appearance in november. two days ago the landscape was barely shining brightly, and several hours after this photograph was taken the mist had already cleared away again. these days our environment often seems to be part of a strange, alien planet's landscape. only a few signs point to the presence of the human race.

setup: sony nex 7 with sel 50 f1.8 | 50mm | f5.6 | ISO320 | 1/80 | silver efex pro for lightroom

besides the wonderful coloured, falling leaves the late autumn always implicates the decay of the other, non-hardy plants. all the small bushes, tall grasses and flowers die, at least the parts of these plants that were growing and shining at the surface for the whole spring and summer period. anyhow you can cherish a hope that they will appear next spring again.

cu, trshptr

2011 - sting of remorse

November 20, 2012 in 50, blur, brown, colour, deeper meaning, germany, home, light, long-time exposure, multilayer, nex 7, night, personal, portrait, sel, self portrait, shadow, sony, texture, wood

setup: sony nex 7 with sel 50 f1.8 | 50mm | f11.0 | ISO100 | 30s | lightroom 4.2

i really don't want to be narcissistic or blow my own trumpet but i would actually count myself among the medium to high performer. despite that i sometimes think about closing my eyes, taking a longer time out and a breather, if only rarely in life. relaxation, muse, inaction. for many a long year.

no, not now and not here! later! you are young and especially during the next years you will be able to sop up everything easily. show iron will, studiousness and endurance and you will benefit from these years in not too distant future. bear in mind that time is sustainably measured only on a long term scale: everything consists of nature and will be merged in nature again.

cu, trshptr

1911 - light saw

November 19, 2012 in 50, autumn, branch, fog, forest, germany, immenstaad, landscape, leaf, light, light beam, mist, nature, nex 7, sel, sony, sun, sunrise, tree, wood

setup: sony nex 7 with sel 50 f1.8 | 50mm | f5.6 | ISO100 | 1/125 | lightroom 4.2

today i captured the best photograph so far. on my way to work with the mountain bike i drove along a track that leads to a small t-crossroad in the middle of nowhere. heavy fog narrowed the sight distance to not more than 30 metres. the air was cold, humid and fresh and dew lay on meadows and fields.

just when i headed for the crossroad the fog tore partly open and let a few sun beams pass through the grey curtain. this circumstance made for a three-dimensional stagger of the background and additionally the foreground was gleaming what was due to the illuminated dew. so only fore- and background would have been a great scenery for a dramatic photo but, believe it or not, things got even better: suddenly a throng of round about fifty chattering geese appeared with a farmer in tow. the farmer seemed to herd them onto a new meadow. the whole scenery was completely surreal and i really thought that i'm in the wrong film.

today i captured the best photograph so far, but i captured it only in my mind. i arrived a few seconds too late, so that the animals and the farmer had already passed the perfect spot for a great, candid picture. only a few minutes later all the magic was over and the sun prevailed, at least temporarily. fortunately i decided to stop my bike in the forest some minutes after i'd met the farmer and, anyhow, i took an also nice, if not necessarily extraordinary image.

cu, trshptr

1811 - temporary dormancy

November 18, 2012 in 50, bedroom, bicycle, germany, home, light, nex 7, night, portrait, racer, reflection, sel, shadow, sony, sport, technics, texture, timber-frame, wall, wood

setup: sony nex 7 with sel 50 f1.8 | 50mm | f4.0 | ISO100 | 4s | lightroom 4.2

during the cold season my racer is mostly parked in the bedroom. already in hamburg i'd convinced tina of the necessity to accommodate the gracile bike in a delightful surrounding - in this way one of my bicycles found its way into our bed chambers.

i've no clue why it struck my eye just today - i hadn't mind it since several weeks now. but when i entered the bedroom without switching the lamps on, it looked at me in the dark, only by the corridor lights illuminated environment as if it wants to claim more attention from me.

no fear, my darling, you are reserved for prime weather conditions. hopefully you are satisfiable with the starring of today's posting for now.

cu, trshptr