power slide

March 29, 2013 in 50, atmosphere, bermatingen, colour, countryside, darkness, field, germany, landscape, light, minimalistic, nature, nex 7, orange, sel, shadow, sky, sony, spring, sun, sunset, wire

while searching for a way to transfer its energy into the grid, today the sun made a first attempt with sliding down the power line over the horizon.

under observation

February 26, 2013 in 50, blue, colour, germany, landscape, nature, nex 7, orange, sel, sky, sony, winter, sunset, sun, wire, bokeh, razor, deeper meaning

germany is still under observation, mostly by itself. its charged younger history, especially with the atrocities of ww2, constitutes an incubus that is still present in the public opinion.

in yesterday evening's tv chat show 'hard but fair' which is broadcasted on germany's first channel the subject for discussion was the current bestseller book 'he's back again' that is on first place of the bestseller list in germany since already ten weeks now. hitler sells very well. the author tells a satirical story about hitler who wakes up again in last year's berlin: so the führer has to understand all the things that have changed since his dead in 1945 with its own sense. added to this almost every person in the story is laughing at him. the central question of yesterday's tv show was if germany is ready to laughing at hitler, too? especially in consideration of the millions of dead people of ww2...

i for one can only say that i'm able to bring all the told things and jokes into line with the real history. although i'm no contemporary witness i'll never forget this hideous period of our history. despite that i've already listened to three quarters of the audio book: it's really clever and smart.

2001 - helping stake

January 20, 2013 in 35, bermatingen, bokeh, colour, forest, germany, green, high key, nature, nex 7, sel, snow, sony, tree, winter, wire, wood, yellow

helping stake - sony nex 7 with sel 35 f1.8 | f4.0 | ISO100 | 1/125

out of the white these small trees are growing supported by the helping stakes in the middle of the forest. in some places nature needs our affirming devotion, as well as we are sometimes dependent on a refreshment by the pure and clear mother nature.

0601 - glowing wire

January 06, 2013 in 35, abstract, art, bar, bokeh, furniture, germany, glass, indoor, light, light bulb, nex 7, night, nuremberg, reflection, restaurant, sel, sony, wire

glowing wire - sony nex 7 with sel 35 f1.8 | f2.8 | ISO640 | 1/60

staying in a luxury hotel is usually not included in our daily business. however every now and then you have to treat yourself for a good performance.

it might well be that there are bigger and more splendid bars here in nuremberg. but i'm not sure, if there are more interesting illuminated ones, too.

0607 - pulling the strings

July 06, 2012 in 50, architecture, art, b+w, contrast, lisbon, nex 7, pattern, portugal, public transport, sel, sky, sony, spider, street, townscape, tram, urban, web, wire

setup: sony nex 7 with sel 50 f1.8 | 50mm | f2.0 | ISO100 | 1/4000 | lightroom 4.1

the tram of lisbon is world-famous. the "carros eléctricos de lisboa" are operated by electricity already since 1901. due to the partially historic transport fleet and the interesting routing across the hilly townscape of lisbon the tram is very popular with the tourists.

besides the obvious points of the tram as a wonderful infrastructural feature of lisbon it attracted my attention with its spiderweb of contact wires that is pulled across the whole city centre and in that way indirectly influences the townscape. in spots only one ring sticks a lot of wires together. amazing thing!

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