Open Seating | Freie Platzwahl
Explored July 20, 2023
Laowa C-Dreamer 7.5mm F/2
A capture taken back in 2020 on a rare photo outing while the pandemic was in full swing. The latter is also the reason why the Olympic Stadium (Olympiastadion) in Berlin had been almost completely empty on that sunny September day. Not that it is ever crowded on a quiet day without any events (apart from sports events like football, or the recent Special Olympics World Games this June, the Olympiastadion also is a popular venue for concerts), but on regular visitor days (in normal times) there are always larger visitor groups or school classes around so there also is a constant level of sound from the voices. But on that day it had been completely quiet – until, just when we were about to wrap it up and leave, we noticed a fairly big group of children and teenagers gathering among a few rows of seats. And after a while, they started to sing – it was an outdoor choir rehearsal ;) Since I have already shared this story with you some time ago, please check the photo in the first comment where you can see the choir; there's also more info about that rehearsal in the description of that photo.
Unlike the (very colourful) photo in the first comment, this version looks best in monochrome. I can only guess that it's the different POV I had used for this image (in which the stadium's roof almost reminds me of an opened oyster shell or an UFO) – not centered but slightly from the side – but it simply didn't work that well in colour, it even looked a little random. However, I still couldn't resist to re-add a little bit of colour to bring back some of the beautiful sunshine we*d had on that day ;) So one might call this a "colorized monochrome" ;)
Wishing you a happy Wednesday (aka Hump Day) and a sunny rest of the week!
Open Seating | Freie Platzwahl
Explored July 20, 2023
Laowa C-Dreamer 7.5mm F/2
A capture taken back in 2020 on a rare photo outing while the pandemic was in full swing. The latter is also the reason why the Olympic Stadium (Olympiastadion) in Berlin had been almost completely empty on that sunny September day. Not that it is ever crowded on a quiet day without any events (apart from sports events like football, or the recent Special Olympics World Games this June, the Olympiastadion also is a popular venue for concerts), but on regular visitor days (in normal times) there are always larger visitor groups or school classes around so there also is a constant level of sound from the voices. But on that day it had been completely quiet – until, just when we were about to wrap it up and leave, we noticed a fairly big group of children and teenagers gathering among a few rows of seats. And after a while, they started to sing – it was an outdoor choir rehearsal ;) Since I have already shared this story with you some time ago, please check the photo in the first comment where you can see the choir; there's also more info about that rehearsal in the description of that photo.
Unlike the (very colourful) photo in the first comment, this version looks best in monochrome. I can only guess that it's the different POV I had used for this image (in which the stadium's roof almost reminds me of an opened oyster shell or an UFO) – not centered but slightly from the side – but it simply didn't work that well in colour, it even looked a little random. However, I still couldn't resist to re-add a little bit of colour to bring back some of the beautiful sunshine we*d had on that day ;) So one might call this a "colorized monochrome" ;)
Wishing you a happy Wednesday (aka Hump Day) and a sunny rest of the week!