assimilation

adaptation of form, not function.

ferry infinity

the last couple of postings were especially water-, lake- or ferry-related, which has to do with a lot of recent travelling across and along the lake. i'll provide further information about the exact reason of my current lake-relations, if the facts are official and definite.

shadowy jetty

i love the feeling to be on the abandoned lake in winter. it's absolutely invigorating.

no smoking

i saw this man sitting in his mercedes on the ferry late in the night. the reading light was highlighting his bald head and inviting me to portray him within the whole context. despite the very tricky conditions - the backlight was much brigther than the inner car - i decided to try to keep as much detail as possible in the important section of the image and set the exposure accordingly onto the person. knowing the capabilities of the nex7's sensor the resulting overexposed high key image was worth keeping and provided the basis for a reasonable post-processing in conclusion.

have a look at the "rauchen verboten" sign in the upper left corner and compare it to the original, not processed image.

pretty bonita

bonita is keeping half an eye on you.

between benches

looking down the lake; an interpretation in high contrast black and white, ooc.

lunar flame

olympia is not far off.

despite having not intensely dealt with the special historical issue of the chosen location sotschi yet, the political and human rights concerning reasons against russia as an appropriate host for an event like the olympic games seem to be strong enough to form a personal view on the current discussion in media...

so for me the usually in front of events like olympia exceedingly burning fire is a bit chilled at the moment; maybe somewhat like the rising moon's vibes, at least compared to an ordinary flame.

occupied base

unfortunately dusk was already falling, when i stumbled upon this wonderful piece of nature,

golden decay

after some days of usage and playing i come to the conclusion, that at least the hefty frame with all the actually distracting information will be banned for the most of the time here on the blog again. probably depending on the subject the sharpening routine might be used every now and then. additionally i decided to go one step further and remove the obligatory watermark to clean the image as much as possible...

sometimes a personal approach is unalterable and necessary to get your view on a thing.