pool position

March 26, 2013 in 35, architecture, b+w, berlin, blur, building, contrast, darkness, facility, germany, grain, historic, light, monument, movement, nex 7, night, people, sel, shadow, sony, street, townscape, trip, urban, wall, window, winter, door, symmetry

this is the kadewe, das kaufhaus des westens. it's one of berlin's symbols of prosperity and wealth. the store, that was firstly opened in 1907, passed through all the different periods of germany's diverse 20th century.

for the moment this will be the last but one posting about berlin: last but not least i'm currently working on a series about berlin's underground stations, that will be published in the near future.

local patriotism

March 25, 2013 in 35, architecture, art, atmosphere, berlin, bridge, building, colour, contrast, corridor, darkness, facility, germany, light, monument, nex 7, railstation, sel, shadow, sony, street, townscape, trip, urban, wall, winter, yellow

regardless whether you wear your club's emblem on your shirt or paint it on a wall below the bridge: local patriotism can be expressed in various ways but it always shows love, pride and dedication for the beloved team.

time leap

March 23, 2013 in 35, action, atmosphere, bar, berlin, blue, bokeh, candid, colour, corridor, diner, dinner, face, germany, indoors, light, nex 7, night, people, portrait, red, restaurant, sel, shadow, sony, townscape, trip, urban

spending time in a metropole at the weekends can be compared to pure quality time. once again i'm able to visit extraordinary restaurants and bars, like the absolutely cheesy sixties diner in the center of berlin.

nocturnal activity

March 22, 2013 in 35, architecture, art, atmosphere, b+w, backlight, berlin, blur, bokeh, bridge, building, contrast, corridor, darkness, facility, germany, grain, light, monument, mood, nex 7, night, pattern, river, sel, shadow, sky, snow, sony, street, townscape, trip, urban, window, winter

betham city - sony nex 7 | sel35 f1.8 | f4.0 | ISO1600 | 1/30 — **betham city** - sony nex 7 | sel35 f1.8 | f4.0 | ISO1600 | 1/30

between nightfall and daybreak, the time when i'm able to spend some hours with all the things that haven't anything to do with any kind of duties, i use the chance to wander about the winterly town and capture these particular moments on sd card.

i can't even begin to tell you how much i love the prospect of the towers at potsdam square in the west of berlin. once again i was reminded of the tremendous gotham city from the batman series.

the museum island of berlin is divided from the rest of the city by the river spree. in the gallery below i like to show you two different views along the river from one of the thirteen bridges across the island. the first one was captured with standard, the second sample with very high iso settings: i tried to obtain a shutter speed that was suitable for freezing the fluttering flakes of white grain.

urban image

March 21, 2013 in 35, action, architecture, art, atmosphere, berlin, building, candid, contrast, colour, corridor, facility, fun, germany, glass, mist, nex 7, orange, people, sel, snow, sony, street, townscape, pattern, trip, urban, wall, window, winter, yellow, red

in berlin nothing is usual. have you ever enjoyed a building site view like the one above?

scratching the (white) surface

March 20, 2013 in 35, architecture, b+w, building, car, contrast, facility, germany, grain, mirror, monument, movement, action, nex 7, pattern, people, reflection, sel, shadow, snow, sony, street, townscape, trip, truck, urban, wall, water, window, winter, stairs, bridge, river, crane, sky, berlin, bundestag

as threatened yesterday i have to torment you mercilessly with images of this white, consolidated mass of water this week again - the forecasts predict nothing but winter. thereby i try to allot not more than a minor role to the still not escaped, meanwhile less strongly loved season and hope to cope with using its peculiarities as a stylistic device.

the german bundestag is the place of our government here in berlin. the shown, very cool and artistic building with a huge glass facade is one of the great many facilities that are occupied by parts of the governing parties and belongs to a vast complex of modern architecture in the middle of historic monuments besides the river spree.

there are a great number of things why i take to this photograph: the multifacetedness, the snow blower or the lonely soul in the middle of the frame, but i especially like the three-dimensionality of the picture - from the front with the blown snow flakes via the building with its diagonal stairs to the bridges and the crane in the reflection that had been located behind my point of view there are a lot of layers superimposed by each other.

fresh of the morning

March 19, 2013 in 35, airport, atmosphere, backlight, bokeh, close up, clouds, colour, contrast, darkness, germany, glass, light, nex 7, orange, plane, rain, red, sel, shadow, sky, sony, sun, trip, urban, water, window, sunrise, blue

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...

downgoing passage

March 18, 2013 in 35, architecture, brown, building, ceiling, church, clouds, corridor, facility, germany, landscape, monument, nex 7, orange, sel, sky, sony, timber-frame, townscape, trip, urban, wall, window, wood, historic, castle, esslingen

judged from a convenient point of view the upside of a castle like the one here in esslingen, stuttgart, is its exposed location on the top of a hill - you still have a great view down on the historic district that had to be protected in former times.

state of flux

March 17, 2013 in 35, art, atmosphere, b+w, backlight, contrast, deeper meaning, germany, grain, lake, lake constance, landscape, light, minimalistic, movement, nature, nex 7, pattern, sel, shadow, sony, spring, wave, water

being almost 30 years present on this planet, nevertheless living a life that is still in a state of flux. that's how it should be. booked my first jump across the pond today, i'm so happy! in may tina and i will stay some days in nyc.

during the coming seven days i'll be away and additionally very busy, so please let me get away with shorter and / or delayed postings.

“stuttgart, berlin, get prepped for me. i’m coming.”

feline football

March 16, 2013 in 35, action, animal, backlight, bermatingen, bokeh, candid, cat, contrast, corridor, fun, germany, green, hair, kitty, light, movement, nex 7, pattern, sel, shadow, sony, street

another street photograph, this day with participation of an animal. saw the flower pot - the abstraction of the net - and the blazing sun light. while looking and focussing through the holes in the bottom of the pot i additionally spotted the red berry, that represents, of course, the ball. finally the crossing kitty as the central figure completed the pretty funny composition.