A rainy morning in autumn. Got bored while waiting for the train. View in southern direction from a platform of Erfurt main station.
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All hail symmetry!
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Paradise
If you ever wondered why it is called “Jena Paradies”, this photo frames it all. The park, the atmosphere in summer nights, the river running through it, the silence and right there, the place where the magic happens. Sometimes. But always on time (#Derbysieger)
This photo was originally puplished on my Instagram account.
Fishermen
Early morning scene near Luisenpark (or three-springs-park) in Erfurt. Fishermen standing in the flood control channel of the river Gera and trying their best.
This photo was originally puplished on my Instagram account.
City lights
This one was earlier this year. Was cycling home and saw a very nice blue hour light. The shine of my brand new headlight caused me to capture the scene.
This photo was originally puplished on my Instagram account.
Spring 2015, take two
Last week spring has finally arrived! Got a hint on Twitter about a spot with medium high cherry trees in Erfurt. Needed to capture the scene and went there in the later afternoon. When we got there, it seemed we were not the only ones who had that idea. Anyway, we found a spot among the others and took a few pictures.
It looked awesome. Just like a small pink forrest. The perfect location to work with the new Pentacon 29 2.8 lens.
Spring 2015, yeah!
Allthough we can’t complain about this week, which is quite sunny and temperatures up to twenty degrees, I just want to remember about snowy days in early April this year. Your mind is already set on spring and then this sight – yikes!
This photo was originally puplished on my Instagram account.
Urban summer
During my stay at the baltic Sea, I made a short trip to the city of Greifswald. Haven’t been there for ages. I was not even in school when I visited it the last time.
t was a nice surprise. Many young people, a nice and historic city centre and some nice looking bars and restaurants. It seems to have that typical flair of a university city like my hometown Jena.
After having a coffee break on a boat on the nearby river I went back to the town square and I found this guy playing awesome folk music to the audience sitting in the restaurants around the square. On a summer day. In the late afternoon. Loved it!
The photo was originally puplished on my Instagram account.
Griffith Observatory Panorama
This picture is pretty much similar to the previous one and it is not this kind of photographs I usually do. But sometimes you have to look over the fence and try other things. This is a panorama shot taken at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles. I made 7 pictures with a Tamron 11-18mm lens at 18mm and stitched them afterwards.
You can see the whole Los Angeles Basin from Downtown L.A. on the left till Century City and Santa Monica behind on the right as well as the Pacific Ocean. Also note the Hollywood sign on the far right. A city of an unbelievable size (and I thought Mexico City was big).
I did these photographs a few weeks after Apple has released iOS 6 which brought a panorama function to the iPhone 4S and newer and even it was a few weeks out, you could here this remarkable “beep” of the iPhone’s panorama function everywhere around the observatory. Other phones have a similar function, but when I was there it seemed like everyone was using an iPhone.
So what did I do? I just took the iPhone as well and made panorama photo by using the new function. If you want to see the comparision between a panorama of 7 raw shots where an iMac Core Duo needed several minutes to stitch it and a panorama, taken on a mobile device and ready to use immediately after releasing the shutter – then click here…
(iPhone on top)
City of Angels
Finally I managed to continue my work on the pictures I took in Los Angeles in November last year…
Unfortunately I was at the wrong time at Griffith park. Around noon with bad daylight conditions. Just imagine how this photo would look like if I had done it shortly after sunset. Anyway, one more reason to come back one day.
I really like the field of view from this point: Downtown L.A. on the left hand side and a view to Orange County and Santa Ana mountains on the horizon, Long Beach on the horizon in the middle and the Pacific coastline in the haze on the far right side.
It never rains in southern California
Made this one on the way to the office. This was the only rainy day during the week in southern California. I really like the outcome of this snapshot. Taken on Barranca Parkway in Irvine, CA.