1206 - rebellion of the kids

June 12, 2012 in 18-55, 400d, action, alley, b+w, canon, contrast, corridor, decay, eos, fun, italy, movement, people, personal, sardinia, street, suburb, trip, urban

setup: canon eos 400d with efs 18-55mm | 28mm | f4.0 | ISO400 | 1/160 | lightroom 4

it's not what you say but how you say it. the tone of a few rebellious kids we observed in santa maria navarrese was questionable. but i want to let them get away with their rebellion - growing up and all that goes with it need strength and the ability to assert oneself.

cu, trshptr

1106 - filler house

June 11, 2012 in 18-55, 400d, abandoned, alley, architecture, b+w, building, canon, contrast, corridor, eos, house, italy, sardinia, shadow, street, townscape, tree, trip, urban

setup: canon eos 400d with efs 18-55mm | 48mm | f5.6 | ISO100 | 1/320 | lightroom 4

it should not be forgotten that some facts differ from country to country. therby in sardinia a wrong assumption played into our hands.

wednesday seems to be a day of rest in italy, we had to learn this fact. all the shops were closed. that's why besides us almost nobody else was walking through the narrow alleys of bosa, a mountain village at the east coast of sardinia. so we could enjoy the special architecture of bosa without interruption.

cu, trshptr

0906 - mugging

June 09, 2012 in 18-55, 400d, action, b+w, canon, contrast, eos, face, italy, light, people, poor man, sardinia, shadow, street, suburb, summer, trip, urban

setup: canon eos 400d with efs 18-55mm | 27mm | f4.0 | ISO200 | 1/1000 | lightroom 4

really admirable that this hampered old couple had shouldered burden and stress of a bus or an air trip - they seemed to be dutch - only for some days of sightseeing. they were walking around alghero within the context of a guided tour group. although i haven't seen any smiles playing on their lips they for sure enjoyed the experiences they had gained in this historic city.

really pesky that this beggar-woman bothered the two of them. i indeed appreciate poverty and starvation of the immigrants but i'm not willing to accept a mafia-like rip-off - we met the lady later in the bus: her supposed baby was a doll.

fortunately the tourists had summed up the situation - they gave the beggar the cold shoulder.

cu, trshptr

0406 - x-shaped

June 04, 2012 in 30, architecture, art, b+w, building, cloud, germany, glass, house, markdorf, nex 7, pattern, reflection, sigma, sky, sony, street, townscape, urban, wall

setup: sony nex 7 with sigma 30 f2.8 ex dn | 30mm | f5.6 | ISO800 | 1/60 | lightroom 4.1

i could just cry! today i own the nex 7 no more than for 14 days and the first big hw failure already occurred: the display detent in the tilt frame is broken. f***! more than 1000 bucks and the item is broken yet. now i have to keep struggling with the (maybe unqualified) first level support and waive several weeks without my nex. i could cry.

nevertheless the show must go on (as long as possible). as may be imagined today i didn't really fancy conceiving an innovative idea after these bad news although i had a pleasant evening with tina at the cinema watching snow white and the huntsman in the original english version. so i ended up with an architectural pattern image of a company building that is located in markdorf. tomorrow i'll be in a better mood again.

cu, trshptr

0206 - tally

June 03, 2012 in 30, constance, decay, eyes, face, germany, mood, nex 7, partial chromatic, pattern, people, poor man, portrait, shadow, sigma, sony, street, suburb, tramp, urban

setup: sony nex 7 with sigma 30 f2.8 ex dn | 30mm | f3.2 | ISO100 | 1/200 | lightroom 4.1

there are people who have much to answer for. somehow facetiously that i've shot this pic only one day after preaching the prosperity of the region around lake constance.

you can choose different approaches to handle scenes like a confrontation with a social poor situated guy: first and common one is to ignore the fact that there are people that have to live in these circumstances. this is the path of least resistance and completely stressless. most of the people would go and go this way. second one is to take notice of and maybe to pay a minimum of attention to him. i appeal to your common sense - you don't have to talk to him or donate food or money, a inviting smile should not be too much to ask for.

unfortunately there are also people who had quit their lives in spirit already well before. i rather think that the guy in my pic comes under this ones.

cu, trshptr

2605 - bride

May 27, 2012 in 30, action, bokeh, bride, eyes, face, fashion, fun, germany, hair, mood, nex 7, night, people, pink, portrait, ravensburg, shadow, sigma, street

setup: sony nex 7 with sigma 30 f2.8 ex dn | 30mm | f2.8 | ISO1600 | 1/30 | lightroom 4

in europe there are a couple of regular customs that appear odd and curious to me. the rituals of stag and hen night may create funny stories in some cases but i can't see any sense in the foolery of selling useless items to pedestrians. however yesterday i was one of the pedestrians whom was being offered a bunch of clutter and ...

funnily yesterday's offers contained above all very useful articles for a party night - shorts. in fact shorts of different sorts! after a short conversation with the leader of the party gang - a hen night party - we bought a silver crown for tina and three shorts, jeagermeister, feigling and another one. in this way we got deeply into conversation with the bride who is a really very cute person. buck the trend and make the best of your upcoming marriage!

fortunately she had nothing against me snapshotting her, so i was allowed to keep this authentic pic.

cu, trshptr

2505 - confusion

May 26, 2012 in 50, boardwalk, bokeh, friedrichshafen, germany, grey, light, minimalistic, mood, nex 7, pattern, people, sel, shadow, sony, stairs, still life, street, sunset, urban

setup: sony nex 7 with sel 50 f1.8 | 50mm | f1.8 | ISO200 | 1/4000 | lightroom 4

in terms of any issue yesterday was a very beautiful day. although i had to work until the late afternoon what in my case is unusual for a friday the tide turned at the latest after having a picnic together with tina on the stairs in the middle of friedrichshafen. couscous salad, baguette, burgers, herbal curd and a few beers - this made my day. along with it we had prime weather, at 8pm the thermometer showed still 22 degrees.

yesterday even the crowd of tourists kept within reasonable limits. exceptionally the locals were in control of the situation at the boardwalk. this state maybe concerns with the forthcoming long weekend, it was so to say the silence before the storm. as i said before i simply love the spring with its awful lot of feast days.

one or two tourists showed up yet again. one of them was especially confused, he stood next to us and gazed into space. instead of helping him i took my nex and captured the scene. evil local!

cu, trshptr

1405 - architectural ulcer

May 14, 2012 in 18-55, 400d, architecture, art, b+w, bench, building, canon, cloud, contrast, eos, friedrichshafen, germany, glass, lake, lake constance, reflection, street, tree, urban

setup: canon eos 400d with efs 18-55mm | 25mm | f5.6 | ISO200 | 1/320 | lightroom 4

in my opinion symbiosis can not only come into being between biological species, but also between different other types of things. architecture or perhaps feelings are imaginable.

in my concrete case of today's posting an architectural masterpiece - the house of media in friedrichshafen - shows a symbiosis between clear and straight glass facades and a rough and structured cement ulcer. these two pieces match perfectly.

today in the afternoon - after hard work - we really enjoyed the mood of the area around this building.

cu, trshptr

0605 - cool down

May 06, 2012 in 18-55, 400d, action, beans, canon, coffee, drink, eos, eyes, face, food, germany, markdorf, mirror, movement, people, red, reflection, refreshment, street

setup: canon eos 400d with efs 18-55mm | 27mm | f4.0 | ISO200 | 1/125 | lightroom 4

after our weekend rituals like having a lie-in, a great breakfast and the soccer match at the afternoon tina and i went to a village fair in markdorf, called dixiefest. it is a yearly trade festival, all shops have opened till 6pm although the day of the event is always sunday.

we had a get-together with nice people, above all the coffee specialist who explained us everything about coffee roasting won our hearts. after the roasting process in the cylinder the beans have to cool down in the catch tank. at that the beans are stirred vigorously. it's too bad that pics don't smell.

cu, trshptr

0505 - rain shelter

May 05, 2012 in 18-55, 400d, b+w, bad schussenried, canon, car, contrast, eos, germany, oldtimer, people, porsche, rain, rally, shadow, sport, street, umbrella

setup: canon eos 400d with efs 18-55mm | 18mm | f4.0 | ISO200 | 1/800 | aperture priority | raw files cropped, aligned and processed in lightroom 4

at heavy rain we visited the destination of the last but one stage of the lake constance classic motor rally. in the small town bad schussenried the 140 oldtimer arrived at noontide. contrary to the destination of the first stage in friedrichshafen on thursday where prime weather and physical distance had provoked a more impersonal feeling today we had the chance to smell the oil, fuel and interior.

a scene that is more appealing to me. the spectators were really cute: many of them were wondering if the cars don't have issues with the rain... the pic above expresses this thought very well - it seems that the guys like to protect the wonderful porsche 356 a gt, 1957 model, against the rain.

cu, trshptr