2805 - air corridor

May 28, 2012 in 50, abandoned, architecture, b+w, building, contrast, corridor, friedrichshafen, germany, hospital, lake, lake constance, landscape, light, light beam, nex 7, reflection, sel, sony

setup: sony nex 7 with sel 50 f1.8 | 50mm | f8.0 | ISO100 | 1/500 | lightroom 4

these days i make heavy weather of narrowing down the choice of pics for my daily posting, there are simply too many options. it's not that they all were of best quality, but they are on a similar (medium and aspirant) level and all of them tell a certain little story.

subsequent to a challenging 90km bicycle tour with andi, a friend and workmate of mine, i have chilled for round about an hour in our courtyard when tina called me for a dinner delivery service - she is on duty at the moment. so i bought us some kebab at the turk in markdorf and drove to the hospital by car. i always feel like a very important person when i see tina at her work because in that case i'm exceptionally allowed to park at the farmyard of the hospital on the parking space of the call-out service.

at the hospital we usually eat our meals at the helicopter landing site behind the main building. for that reason we had to walk along the dark and obscure corridors. the last corridor ended in the open country - the helipad area. from there we obtained the best view over the (foggy) lake. the contrast between the dark floors and workrooms of the hospital and the bright landscape was a bit surreal. and when there is nothing to do for tina, no emergencies or something like that are occurring, there are really worse places to spend your working hours.

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

0305 - admiration

May 03, 2012 in 18-55, 400d, b+w, canon, car, contrast, eos, friedrichshafen, germany, mood, oldtimer, people, rally, sport, street

setup: canon eos 400d with efs 18-55mm | 49mm | f5.6 | ISO100 | 1/500 | aperture priority | raw files cropped, aligned and processed in lightroom 4

today the first lake constance classic motor rally has started. the first stage ended at the wonderful dornier museum in friedrichshafen that you can see in the background of my today's image. at the destination there have been 140 wonderful cars and crews to marvel at.

unexceptionally the stylish old- and youngtimers commanded admiration from the visitors. maybe i'll calmly shoot some detailed photographs of the cars on saturday.

cu, trshptr

1004 - open air auditorium

April 10, 2012 in 18-55, 400d, architecture, b+w, building, canon, contrast, eos, friedrichshafen, germany, people, reflection, street, urban, water

setup: canon eos 400d with efs 18-55mm | 53mm | f5.6 | ISO400 | 1/250 | aperture priority | raw files cropped, aligned and processed in lightroom 4

an auditorium is a room built to enable an audience to hear and watch performances at venues such as theatres [source]. once i had arrived at the hospital today in the afternoon to pick up tina, before my very eyes such an theatre-like auditorium appeared.

a grizzled old, wheelchair-bound woman was giving a lecture on something. towards her four partial grizzled women that were resting on a wooden bench listened more or less carefully to the contributor. while i observed this scene i proposed myself a couple of questions:
is the woman on the left really listening to the contributor's pleading or is she watching the fountains dreamfully? what is the discussion about? do they realize my observation? is the dog owner feeling bored? or is he sitting too far away to hear the conversations of the grandmothers? at least the dog seems to be hungry. questions upon questions and no answers. create your own story.

cu, trshptr