funnily enough, my new neighbour is also interested in photography. although he owns an older olympus model, the aged body is used with decent lenes, f.e. the zuiko 45 f1.8. i don't know, if this combination gave him an advantage over me in the shown scene, but i providently decided to compensate my handicap in focal length (which is due to the different crop factors) by cropping my shot in post-processing. apart from that you once again see an ooc high contrast b/w jpg.
unbounded
no borders in space, no ceiling above. who wouldn't change parts with a stork at least temporarily? i for one would really like to float like a bird across the pyrenees down to madrid before the cold season finds its way into europe, even though i don't see me living on a spanish rubbish dump, like the many storks from lake constance do each winter.
explosion
court festival
the sun is just little more than two days constantly shining and the people are already retreating into the shadow: don't have to understand this behaviour. my deck chair is the left one, correctly positioned to collect as many of the evening sun rays as possible.
head-fi
today i advise everyone of you, who loves music, to reconsider your audio equipment as soon as possible. the reason behind my note is simple: since one week i use a completely new, mobile music reproduction chain and there is so a huge difference between the sound quality of my old samsung galaxy nexus in combination with not so bad philips over-ear headphones and my current setup:
htc one ==usb audio out==> fiio e17 dac & hp amp ==> vsonic gr07 be in-ear monitors
alternatively the fiio e17, which is built in china and not least because of that of very good value, can be used solely as a digital analogue converter or headphone amp, even as a sound card on your pc. two more accessories will hopefully arrive within the next week, including an ultra-compact micro- to mini-usb otg cable adapter to link smartphone and dac with minimum space requirements when being on the go.
crop tangle
bother!
the joke "don't worry, there are only two months of rain left, till the snow will return" does not work anymore... germany awaits at least two weeks of sustained prime weather. anyhow we can also reckon on interesting lightings, warm sunsets and great conditions for photographers. and after a lot of watering all the plants will definitely benefit from the growing number of sunshine hours as well.
returning home
... is always a pleasure.
panda going out
speedy tub
these days i test almost all the jpg modes, that come along with the nex system, each step-by-step. as anybody knows, working with jpgs is especially appropriate, if you are on the go and cannot draw on a full, powerful pc or laptop. in return you have more time to stroll along the havel in berlin's suburbs, instead of waisting it while post-processing your holiday snaps in the hotel.
i think, that at least as long as i have to work with my (good) old laptop, i will more often rely on the built-in jpg engine when i'm on the road, sometimes combined with an additional filter effect: with the image above i tried the warm toy camera filter.
remorse
despite being born two generations after the second world war, i still feel remorseful for the atrocities of the (mainly german) nazi regime. recall the past for example at the commonwealth war graves commission cemetery, if you will be in berlin at some point.