osloer straße I - sony nex 7 | walimex 8 f2.8 | f4.0 | ISO200 | 1/20 — **osloer straße I** - sony nex 7 | walimex 8 f2.8 | f4.0 | ISO200 | 1/20

fisheye stations

March 27, 2013 in 8, architecture, art, atmosphere, berlin, building, ceiling, contrast, colour, corridor, darkness, facility, fisheye, germany, historic, indoors, light, nex 7, railstation, shadow, sony, stairs, street, symmetry, townscape, trip, urban, walimex samyang rokinon, wall

what should someone do with half a holiday in a metropole like berlin? of course, go touring by metro to all the wonderful underground stations.

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.

0402 - oversized

February 04, 2013 in 8, b+w, branch, brown, fisheye, forest, germany, landscape, markdorf, nature, nex 7, old photo, sepia, sony, symmetry, tree, walimex samyang rokinon, wood

oversized - sony nex 7 | walimex pro 8mm f2.8 | f5.6 | ISO200 | 1/125

on some days everything seems to be too large. although i really don't know if the reason for that is my littleness or the tremendous size of my surroundings, the impact is always the same - regardless of where i'd been before, these days bring me back down to earth.

2401 - lake venice

January 24, 2013 in 30, alps, architecture, blue, boat, bridge, colour, contrast, friedrichshafen, germany, lake, lake constance, nex 7, sigma, sky, sony, sunset, symmetry, yellow

lake venice - sony nex 7 | sigma 30 f2.8 ex dn | f5.6 | ISO160 | 1/60

eh? venice, here at lake constance? not exactly. basically i discover the most beautiful places during aimless walks. although today's image shows just a part of friedrichshafen abbey and not a canal in the world-famous town in italy, in my opinion the scene is pleasing to the eye and worth the image.

1801 - minor

January 19, 2013 in 35, architecture, b+w, boardwalk, deeper meaning, friedrichshafen, germany, lake, lake constance, minimalistic, monument, nex 7, people, sel, snow, sony, symmetry, water, winter

minor - sony nex 7 with sel 35 f1.8 | f4.0 | ISO100 | 1/400

currently we are chilled through by the returned winter's cold again. related to the vastness of our lake constance or an unwavering monument at the lakeside humans appear only unimportant and tiny again. additionally the constrained perception of our monochromatic, white surrounding amplifies this effect. that's the way i often look on our world and that hasn't hurt me yet.

0401 - light cage

January 04, 2013 in 8, architecture, colour, contrast, deeper meaning, fisheye, germany, indoor, light, light beam, meersburg, nex 7, night, pattern, red, shadow, sony, symmetry, walimex samyang rokinon

light cage - sony nex 7 with walimex pro 8mm f2.8 | f2.8 | ISO1600 | 1/25

the interior decorator of my fitness studio should be definitely dismissed. he designed a conversion pit that is enclosed by three walls. and above the table there hangs a lamp that conveys the sense of being in a prison or a bird cage. cosy, isn't it?

0101 - too much

January 02, 2013 in 35, architecture, art, b+w, contrast, dinner, eating, germany, indoor, nex 7, pattern, people, restaurant, sel, shadow, sony, symmetry, texture, ueberlingen, vietnamese

too much (for an european) - sony nex 7 with sel 35 f1.8 | f2.8 | ISO1600 | 1/60

although the vietnamese don't celebrate on our new year's day, having a dinner at a great foreign restaurant seems the thing to do. it's not just that you still receive little christmas presents by the vietnamese on the 1st of january: besides the wonderful asian food also the interior and especially the decoration is worth the visit.

i wonder how they may have furnished their living rooms? even if it seems to be a bit too much, at least for a central european: enjoying a delicious dinner in an authentic surrounding - therefore i love the cultural diversity in our new world.

2712 - cross braces

December 27, 2012 in 35, animal, b+w, bird, blur, cloud, fujian, germany, grain, grey, markdorf, minimalistic, nex 7, pattern, sky, sony, symmetry, texture

sony nex 7 with fujian 35 f1.7 | f1.8 | ISO100 | 1/200

usually i use grey days as an opportunity to do indoor or low lights shoots. pattern and their accentuation by working out the structures with a black and white conversion are an alternative, of course.

sony nex 7 with fujian 35 f1.7 | f1.8 | ISO100 | 1/500

i observed these two birds a few minutes before they sat together down on the power line. at this very moment i wished to be able to take off like they do and also did a few seconds later.

tomorrow or the day after the new sony sel 35 f1.8 will arrive at my home. i'm looking forward to attaching this new gadget to my nex7.

1412 - half

December 15, 2012 in 50, architecture, ceiling, contrast, exhibition, germany, glass, jet, munich, nex 7, pattern, people, plane, reflection, sel, sony, street, symmetry, texture, window

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

December 14, 2012 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.