1401 - barred

January 15, 2013 in 35, bicycle, blue, car, colour, deeper meaning, germany, immenstaad, light, light track, movement, nex 7, night, scooter, sel, shadow, sony, street, street lamp

barred - sony nex 7 with sel 35 f1.8 | f2.8 | ISO400 | 1/10

why has there always to be at least one maverick in our society? does the majority need the strange guy to feel better? actually we are all birds of a feather, painted with the same, blue colour.

1301 - beefsteak & fungus w/ snow

January 13, 2013 in 35, abstract, b+w, bokeh, contrast, forest, germany, jpg, leaf, markdorf, nex 7, ooc, pattern, plant, sel, snow, sony, texture, winter, wood

beefsteak & fungus w/ snow - sony nex 7 with sel 35 f1.8 | f2.8 | ISO250 | 1/60

although their names might sound eatable, some natural grown items shouldn't be eaten by humans: there were more than enough beefsteak fungus today in the forest to put me into the hospital, decorated with a bit of snow. maybe some forest animals are chuffed about their crispness, i for one delighted in the nice shapes and structures.

1201 - forgotten

January 13, 2013 in 35, brown, carnation, colour, contrast, courtyard, deeper meaning, facility, flower, germany, home, minimalistic, nex 7, pattern, purple, sel, sony, texture, wood

forgotten - sony nex 7 with sel 35 f1.8 | f2.8 | ISO400 | 1/60

unfortunately our great yard community is breaking up currently. a very nice couple has made the beginning with their moving out a few days ago, and highly likely another one will follow in not too distant future.

by the looks of things they left behind one purple carnation... and sadness in our minds that our togetherness has come to an end now. we wish you the best of luck at your new place.

1101 - expectations

January 12, 2013 in 35, art, ballet, city hall, colour, friedrichshafen, germany, gold, light, live, nex 7, night, novel, people, public viewing, scenery, sel, sony, street lamp, theatre

expectations - sony nex 7 with sel 35 f1.8 | f2.0 | ISO1600 | 1/60

a large part of the ballet performance of compañía nacional de danza reminded me of one of the most beautiful videos on vimeo: murmuration.

the dancers were correlating almost as good as the thousands of starlings in the video. nevertheless every once in a while the majority of the players came to rest and only the main actors were performing their part of this modern drama.

1001 - clear-cut

January 10, 2013 in 35, abstract, architecture, colour, contrast, friedrichshafen, germany, glass, grass, landscape, mirror, nature, nex 7, pattern, plant, reflection, sel, sony, urban

clear-cut - sony nex 7 with sel 35 f1.8 | f2.8 | ISO100 | 1/60

if urban structures and natural elements converge on the same place, at times interesting contrasts occur. do you go for curves or rectangles?

0901 - storm

January 09, 2013 in 35, b+w, blur, contrast, deeper meaning, gangplank, germany, grain, immenstaad, lake, lake constance, landscape, minimalistic, mood, nex 7, reflection, sel, sony, spinning, water

storm - sony nex 7 with sel 35 f1.8 | f16.0 | ISO100 | 1/6

i'm rattled. hard wind is battering me from one side to the other. it's warm and silky wind, but nevertheless it causes movement. i wonder what this wind will bring along and how the landscapes will look like afterwards.

0801 - leant

January 08, 2013 in 35, bermatingen, bicycle, colour, countryside, field, germany, landscape, nature, nex 7, orange, portrait, sel, sky, sony, sport, sun, sunset, technics, winter

leant - sony nex 7 with sel 35 f1.8 | f1.8 | ISO800 | 1/60

as often as possible i try to get a breath of fresh air - so why not during a bike ride in sunset? pedalling two hours while being preoccupied in thoughts finally leaves all my cares behind.

0701 - reflection

January 07, 2013 in 35, beard, bokeh, deeper meaning, eyes, germany, home, light, mirror, mood, nex 7, night, people, portrait, reflection, sel, self portrait, sony, texture

reflection - sony nex 7 with sel 35 f1.8 | f2.0 | ISO1600 | 1/13

today was a good day. fairly old, pretty good memories appeared and caused a lot of questions in my mind. self-reflection is a process that i've internalised during my trainings, but this is of course way beyond looking at oneself in the mirror - have i changed for the better or the worse since a certain point? highly likely this question has to be answered by others.

any way, today is a very good day.

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.

0501 - open-air hockey

January 06, 2013 in 8, arena, blue, colour, del winter game 2013, fisheye, germany, ice hockey, light, light beam, nex 7, night, nuremberg, open-air, people, red, sony, sport, stadium, walimex samyang rokinon

open-air hockey - sony nex 7 with walimex pro 8mm f2.8 | f2.8 | ISO1600 | 1/25

the del winter game 2013 in nuremberg made history - it was the biggest league match ever in european ice hockey. at the bottom line almost everything was pretty fine in nuremberg today. besides misty weather and far too little beer stalls there was nothing to worry about, except the tight 4 to 3 loss of the ice bears from berlin against the local ice tigers. but considering the quality of the whole event today this could once be ignored as irrelevant.

50.000 spectators, nevertheless i wondered about the great atmosphere in the stadium: despite the fact that probably a lot of them hadn't been at a hockey game before in their lives and also despite the peculiarity that the distance between the playing surface and the ranks was estimated ten times bigger than in an usual hockey arena, almost all the people were clapping, singing and crying and made for a nice atmosphere.