January 2025, a temperature inversion led to a few foggy days in central Thuringia. Paired with freezing temperatures, the fog created a white crust around everything within its reach.
Pictures 1-3, 5 are taken with a Canon EOS70D + Sigma 17-50 2.8
Picture 4 is taken with an iPhone 12 mini, ultra wide lens
19e Arrondissement, Paris. Rainy day in October.
Marais, Paris. Rainy day in October.
Montmartre, Paris. Sunny morning in October.
Have you ever seen “The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain”? No? You definitely should. This is the metro station, Amélie guides the blind man to.
Paris, sunny day in October.
Jena is everywhere. In this case the Iéna metro station underneath Place d’Iéna, which divides the Avenue d’Iéna, which leads down to Pont d’Iéna at the foot of the Eiffel tower. Paris, exactly.
Why did they name it that way? Napoleon, battle, 1806. Check your history book.
(but the real Jena metro is a restroom underneath the fountain on Jenas market place. 😉)
Early morning street scene in Paris. A group of kids on their way to the Louvre.
Recently I have been on a short trip to Paris. Always such a great city to stay in. As a tech nerd, the first highlight on a trip to Paris is the 320 km/h high speed train ride from Germany. (ICE to Paris, TGV Duplex from Paris. Highspeed travel in the upper deck. Another tick off my bucket list.)
For the Saturday of this years Acropolis Rallye of Greece, I went to an already known spot in the Loutraki area at the Gulf of Corinth. Or as I call it the “Valley of snakes”. Not that I have ever seen a snake there, it is just a running gag within the group of travellers. The stage’S surface is pretty rough. I have seen many punctures, ripped of tyres, broken rims and lost body work of the cars.
Upper three pictures were taken on SS9, the lower three on SS11. Again, the same stage, driven twice.
A set of pictures I took on day 1 of this years Acropolis Rallye of Greece, the Rally of Gods. All photos where taken on stages 1 and 4, which actual is one stage, driven twice.
I wasn’t the best place for taking photos but the scenery was quite nice. Up in the mountains near the village of Pavliani. Usually you won’t think about green mountains, full of forrest when thinking about Greece. At least not in first place.
It was time again, the autumn colour [paradise] had been painted. Like every year, just georgeous.
I did an upgrade of my gear in September last year. This was the first time I went out with my Sigma 17-50 2.8 lens. I always wanted a wide-aperture lens on short focal length and so far, I am happy with it.