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The history of the town has been intimately linked to the highly-active Tungurahua volcano. In October 1999, all 17,000+ residents were forced to evacuate the city for weeks.
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In 1999 the Tungurahua volcano was activated and the population of Baños was completely evacuated. Since that year, the Tungurahua remains active presenting major eruptions in 1999, 2000 and 2006.
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I climbed this volcano (summit) in two days. One of the days (the last day), from 2 am to 7 am.
A huge sense of physical and mental achievement.
...especially if you're a field mouse or other small critter.
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Kensington Metropark, Michigan
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Cartier New Bond Street Boutique - London, UK
“There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar:
I love not man the less, but Nature more”
― Lord Byron
apologies to my friends for i haven't been
around much this week,
been weathering a nasty stomach virus,
i promise to catch-up today!
happy sliderssunday!
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La ronde des flamants
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Désert Sud Lipez - Bolivie / Southern Lipez desert - Bolivia
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Reflect - Piccadilly Circus, London, UK
Alligator snapping turtles (Macrochelys temminckii)
are the largest freshwater turtles in the world. Their heavy heads, strong jaws and hooked beaks give them a prehistoric appearance, and their carapace, or shell, is spiked.
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The vineyard had put on its beautiful autumn dress. A trail in front of the Roche de Solutré was waiting for my steps for a charming walk.
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Un chemin sympathique
Les vignes avaient revêtu leur belle parure d'automne. Un chemin en face de la Roche de Solutré n'attendait que mes pas pour une balade charmante.
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Solutré - Bourgogne du sud - France / Solutré - Southern Burgundy - France
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Carnaby Street - London, UK
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Traffic - Piccadilly Circus, London, UK
With his litlle pompon, he crosses the road quietly, without worrying about the traffic, the air of nothing, as if to say to us: "I'm just passing by, do not pay attention to me"!
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Le lama fier
Avec son petit pompon, Il traverse tranquilement la route, sans se soucier de la circulation, l'air de rien, comme pour nous dire : "je ne fais que passer , ne faites pas attention à moi" !
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Route de La Paz à Ununi - Bolivie / La Paz to Uyuni road - Bolivia
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Andalusia is located in southern Spain and covers an area of 8 provinces. Andalusia is the second largest autonomous region in Spain. Beautiful Andalucía, the land of olives, oranges, sunflowers, beautiful mountain ranges and valleys, nice white mountain villages with beautiful squares, is a bridge between two continents, Africa and Europe, and is the point where the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea meet. There is something for everyone in Andalusia, from culture to beautiful terraces, sights, long beaches, beautiful inland areas with beautiful reservoirs, mountains and nice villages to visit. Málaga is second-most populous city of Andalusia. Known to many as the capital of the Costa del Sol, Málaga is more than a seaside city. Málaga's history spans about 2,800 years, making it one of the oldest cities in Europe. It was founded about 770 BC by the Phoenicians as Malaka. The archaeological remains and monuments from the Phoenician, Roman, Arabic and Christian eras make the historic center of the city an "open museum", displaying its history of nearly 3,000 years. With powerful walls visible from almost anywhere in the city, Málaga’s Alcazaba is a Moorish fortress palace and valuable monument from the Islamic era. Just down the hill, beyond the outer walls of the Alcazaba is a Roman Theatre the best ancient monument in the city.
Málaga is one of the oldest cities in Spain and hallmarks of its rich past are scattered across Malaga: the cobbled streets of the old quarter, its mountainside Roman Amphitheatre, the Moorish citadels of the Alcazaba and Gilfarbaro. And even once the sight-seeing is done, there’s still a city full of rooftop bars, gleaming boutique stores and nearby beaches to explore. At our first roundabout of Málaga we have such a nice vista all around town. The fountain of the Three Graces in the centre of the roundabout and the Moorish fortress Alcazaba and Jardines de Pedro Luis Alonso on the background. The roundabout constitutes an important axis where the Park promenade, port of Malaga meet the Alcazaba tunnel.
Andalusië ligt in zuid Spanje en beslaat een gebied van 8 provincies. Andalusië de op één na grootste autonome regio in Spanje en meer dan twee keer zo groot als Nederland. Het mooie Andalusië, het land van de olijven, sinaasappels, zonnebloemen, mooie bergketens en valleien, leuke witte bergdorpen met mooie pleintjes, is een brug tussen twee continenten, Afrika en Europa, en is het punt waar de Atlantische Oceaan en de Middellandse Zee elkaar ontmoeten. Er is voor elk wat wils in Andalusië, van cultuur tot mooie terrasjes, bezienswaardigheden, lange stranden, prachtige binnenlanden met mooie stuwmeren, bergen en leuke dorpen om te bezoeken. Málaga is de tweede meest bevolkte stad van Andalusië. Málaga is bij velen bekend als de hoofdstad van de Costa del Sol en is meer dan een stad aan zee. De geschiedenis van Málaga beslaat ongeveer 2.800 jaar en is daarmee een van de oudste steden van Europa. Het werd gesticht rond 770 voor Christus door de Feniciërs als Malaka. De archeologische overblijfselen en monumenten uit de Fenicische, Romeinse, Arabische en christelijke tijdperken maken van het historische centrum van de stad een "open museum", met een geschiedenis van bijna 3000 jaar. Met dikke muren zichtbaar vanuit bijna overal in de stad, is Alcazaba Alcazaba een Moors vestingpaleis en een waardevol monument uit de islamitische tijd. Net de heuvel af, voorbij de buitenmuren van het Alcazaba, is een Romeins theater het beste oude monument in de stad. Bij de eerste rotonde in Málaga hebben we zo'n mooi uitzicht over de hele stad. De fontein van de drie nimfen in het midden van de rotonde en het Moorse fort Alcazaba op de achtergrond.
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City Hall, London, UK
At the gates of La Paz, the Valley of the Moon is a sort of desert of rocks sculpted by the elements, with lots of fairy chimneys.
The site is well laid out with trails on which we can discover this geological curiosity.
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La Vallée de la Lune
Aux portes de la Paz, la Vallée de la Lune constitue une sorte de désert de rochers sculpté par les éléments, avec plein de cheminée de fées.
Le site est bien aménagé avec des sentiers sur lesquels on peut découvrir cette curiosité géologique.
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La Paz - Bolivie / La Paz - Bolivia
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Into The Blue - Canary Wharf, London, UK
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20 Fenchurch Street - London, UK
Tonight, we sleep in an Indian community on Lake Titicaca, we are at 3812 m (12507 ft) altitude .
A change of scenery guaranteed !
The comfort was rustic, and there was no heating to overcome the cold of the night at this altitude. But fortunately, big wool blankets locally made kept us warm.
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Village indien au bord du lac Titicaca
Ce soir , nous dormons dans une communauté indienne au bord du lac Titicaca, on est à 3812 m d'altitude. Un dépaysement garanti !
Le confort était rustique, et il n'y avait pas de chauffage pour pallier au froid vif de la nuit à cette altitude.
Mais heureusement, de grosses couverture en laine faites sur place nous ont tenu bien chaud.
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Lac Titicaca - Pérou / Lake Titicaca - Peru
Carte postale matinale du Machu Picchu
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Machu Picchu - Pérou / Machu Picchu - Peru
An incredible light bathed Machu Picchu as we went down to the site. It illuminated and enhanced the unbelievable architecture of this outstanding Inca city, like a huge stone vessel on the mountain.
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Lumière sur le Machu Picchu
Une lumière incroyable baignait le Machu Picchu alors que nous descendions sur le site. Elle illuminait et mettait en valeur l'invraisemblable architecture de cette cité Inca hors du commun, comme un immense vaisseau de pierre posé sur la montagne.
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Machu Picchu - Chemin de l'Inca - Pérou / Machu Picchu - Inca trail - Peru
The Wiñay Wayna site is in an extraordinary setting.
The terraces of the city are gorgeous and form a huge amphitheater in front of a breathtaking view.
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Un amphithéatre au coeur des montagnes
Le site de Wiñay Wayna est dans un décor extraordinaire.
Les terrasses de la cité sont de toute beauté et forment un immense amphithéatre devant une vue à couper le souffle.
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Wiñay Wayna - Chemin de l'Inca - Pérou / Wiñay Wayna - Inca trail - Peru
SteelStacks - Bethlehem, PA
Blast furnaces are used to convert iron ore into pigs iron. An elevator loads the furnace with alternating layers of limestone and a mixture of iron ore and coke. The basic chemistry is the reaction of CO (carbon monoxide) and Fe2O3 (iron oxide) to create Fe (iron) and CO2 (carbon dioxide). Although the process generates large quantities of CO2, there is currently no economically reasonable substitute. Pigs iron is further processed to reduce it's carbon content, producing various grades of steel.
Bethlehem Iron was originally established as the Saucona Iron Company in 1857. In order to increase profitability, Bethlehem Steel Company was formed in 1899 under shared ownership (Bethlehem Iron) . After the sale of the Bethlehem Steel, to Charles M. Schwab, they became one company - Bethlehem Steel.
By the mid-1980's, foreign competition, failure to modernize and rising pension costs resulted in lost profitability - and site closure in 1995.
Currently, the site is a ten-acre campus dedicated to arts and culture know as SteelStacks. Over 1000 concerts and many festivals are held there every year.
iPhone, HDR mode - clouds appear clipped.
Affinity photo - image processing and removal of trapezoidal distortion.
50% resolution - cropped
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Skyline (II)- Canary Wharf, London, UK
Looking down from the summit of Ben MacDui into Glen Dee, with Carn a' Mhaim on the left of the Glen and The Devils' Point to the right. The river Dee flows down the Glen eventually reaching the North Sea through Aberdeen harbour. We now have to drop down to the end of the ridge, using the boulder strewn slope appearing left of picture, to start the climb to Carn a' Mhaim. It's a long drop!!
Ben Macdui is the UK's 2nd highest peak (second only to Ben Nevis) and stands at 1309m (4294ft). After descending from this Munro we make a climb to the 2nd Munro of the day, Carn a' Mhaim (pronounced Carn-ah-Vame) at 1037m (3402ft).
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Reflect - Painted Hall, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, UK
We see bottom right of the photo :
Rock House
Built in the 1750s, Rock House is reputed to be one of the oldest houses in Edinburgh’s new town. It came to worldwide fame as the home of David Octavius Hill, the artist and pioneering photographer who in 1843 together with Robert Adamson developed the calotype process at Rock House.
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In my previous photo I was face to face with this herd of cattle, and really after our curiosity they went away, rest after a long day.
I have been an absentee for personal reasons, but I love being here sharing my works and admiring, also, the works of my friends.
* I'm grateful for the visit, faves and comments of my photo.
It was a long time ago that i desired to see Machu Picchu. This
dream was realized in 2018.
This incredible Inca city perched in the mountains appeared to my amazed eyes after one day of fantastic hiking on the Inca trail.
It was late afternoon and an exceptional light bathed the entire site.
Finally, the sunset behind the mountains gave us a breathtaking view of the city.
How not to think about Pablo Neruda's poem "The Heights of Machu Picchu" and what he wrote elsewhere on Machu Picchu:
"Machu Picchu is a trip to the serenity of the soul, to the eternal fusion with the cosmos, where we feel our fragility.
It is one of the greatest marvels of South America. A resting place of butterflies in the epicentre of the great circle of life. One more miracle."
Machu Picchu - Peru
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Les Hauteurs de Machu Picchu
Il y a longtemps que je voulais voir le Machu Picchu. Ce rêve s'est réalisé en 2018.
Cette incroyable cité inca perchée dans les montagnes s'est découverte à mes yeux émerveillés à l'issue d'une journée de randonnée fantastique sur le Chemin de l'Inca.
On était en fin de journée et une lumière exceptionnelle baignait tout le site.
Pour finir, le coucher du soleil derrière les montagnes nous offrit une vue époustouflante sur la cité.
Comment ne pas penser au poème de Pablo Néruda "Les Hauteurs de Machu Picchu" et à ce qu'il a écrit par ailleurs sur le Machu Picchu :
« Machu Picchu est un voyage à la sérénité de l’âme, à la fusion éternelle avec le cosmos, là-bas nous sentons notre propre fragilité.
C’est une des plus grandes merveilles d’Amérique du Sud. Un havre de papillons à l’épicentre du grand cercle de la vie.
Un miracle de plus. »
Machu Picchu - Pérou
The most beautiful illuminations are those of nature. The beautiful Romanesque vessel of the 12th century stands out at sunset in its green setting.
Saint Magdalene church - 12th century - Charnay les Macon - South Burgundy - France
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Dans un concert de lumière
Les plus belles illuminations sont celles de la nature. Le beau vaisseau roman du 12ème siècle se détache au soleil couchant dans son écrin de verdure.
Eglise Sainte Madeleine - 12ème siècle - Charnay-Lès-Mâcon - Bourgogne du sud
Light painting with Sabine.R as the "grand finale" of a photowalk at the Zitadelle Spandau / Spandau Citadel. As before, Sabine painted the orb while I was operating our cameras. This time I managed to capture the whole orb (the one before taken at a previous photowalk had been only half an orb, because I had made a mistake with the exposure on my camera; please see first comment). This orb still isn't perfectly captured, because I was a little too late with stopping the long exposure on my camera, but I actually like the colourful, rhythmic "afterglow" of Sabine's multicolour light painting flashlight, because it reminds me of a heartbeat as seen on a medical monitor. The vital signs look good, don't you agree?
Light Painting mit Sabine.R als krönender Abschluss eines Besuchs der (ansonsten fotografisch nicht so ergiebigen) Spandauer Zitadelle. Wie schon zuvor hatte hier wieder Sabine das Zepter bzw. die Taschenlampe geschwungen, während ich unsere Kameras bedient hatte. Hier habe ich den Orb aber erstmalig ganz auf's Bild bekommen (beim ersten Orb im Dezember '18 hatte ich bei mir die Belichtung ja versehentlich zu früh abgebrochen und so nur einen halben Orb aufs Bild bekommen; siehe ersten Kommentar). Zwar war ich hier dieses Mal sogar ein Tickchen zu spät mit dem Beenden meiner Belichtung, aber das "Nachleuchten" von Sabines Taschenlampe mit Farbwechsel, als sie diese schon wegpackte, erinnert mich an eine Herzlinie wie auf dem Monitor - und die Vitalparameter sehen doch gut aus, oder?
Fins a la propera, Tromso (ha det, en noruec,). Foto feta des del vol rumb a Copenhague, i d'allà cap a Barcelona.
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Good bye, Tromso (ha det in norwegian); picture taken from our Tromso-Copenhague SAS flight.
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Stair Maze (II) - Dorset Estate - George Loveless House, Bethnal Green, London, UK
I think it's about time that I start to post some of the photos I took way back in July '18 at the Tierpark Berlin during a very nice photowalk with Sabine.R and marionrosengarten.
The gibbon has been voted "Zootier des Jahres 2019" (zoo animal of the year 2019) in Germany. Unknown to most of us, gibbons, who are hominids / family Hylobatidae (I didn't know that), are the most threatened species of smaller apes in the world. Especially significant habitat loss, excessive trade with gibbons as extravagant "articles of food" or "medicine" pose huge problems to the "singing climbers", plus the fact that baby gibbons are often sold as pets (after their mothers have been killed). The species protection campaign "Zootier des Jahres" supports two important gibbon protection programmes, one in Laos ("Project Anoulak"), and one in Vietnam.
For more info on gibbons, please check the Tierpark website (English):
www.tierpark-berlin.de/en/animals/details/white-handed-gi...
And Wikipedia:
Light conditions on that day weren't good, it was a cloudy day with very diffuse and scattered "light", so the three of us struggled to get sharp and crisp captures, and this, while "OK sharp", though not sharp all over, was also rather grainy, especially the background, which is why I applied a soft glow effect to it, but masked the gibbon and his climbing frame out for better details.
Happy (Sliders) Sunday, Everyone, and have a relaxed new week ahead :-)
Einfach mal abhängen :-)
Es wird Zeit, dass ich Euch mal ein paar Fotos vom Berliner Tierpark zeige. Im Juli des vergangenen Jahres war ich dort zusammen mit Sabine.R und marionrosengarten. Für mich der erste Besuch des Tierparks. Im Bild seht Ihr einen Weißhandgibbon. Gibbons sind zum "Zootier des Jahres 2019" gewählt worden (den Link findet Ihr am Ende der Beschreibung). Die kleinen, in Asien beheimateten Menschenaffen, die ihr Revier durch Gesang markieren, sind insbesondere durch Verlust des Lebensraums und Jagd (sie werden als exotische "Delikatessen" oder "Medizin" verkauft, Baby-Gibbons werden auch als Haustiere verkauft, nachdem man ihre Mütter getötet hat) stark bedroht. Die (Spenden-)Kampagne Zootier des Jahres unterstützt zwei Projekte zum Schutz (nicht nur) der Gibbons, eines in Laos (Projekt "Anoulak") und eines in Vietnam.
Bei all den sonnigen, heißen Tagen des vergangenen Sommers hatten wir just den bewölkten Regentag für unseren Tierpark-Besuch erwischt; wegen des sehr diffusen "Lichts" (nennen wir es mal so) war es unglaublich schwierig, überhaupt richtig scharfe Fotos zu bekommen. Dieses ist "OK scharf", gerade so ;-) ; da insbesondere der Hintergrund auch recht körnig war, habe ich dafür per Maskierung einen "Glow"-Effekt angewendet.
Hier die Links:
www.tierpark-berlin.de/de/tiere/details/weisshand-gibbon
Ich wünsche Euch einen schönen (Rest-)Sonntag und eine entspannte neue Woche, liebe Flickr-Freunde!
Here is the promised "non-Christmassy" version of the Berlin TV Tower framed by the Ferris wheel (please see first comment). Taken with the m.zuiko 25mm F/1.8. Another weird format, neither 1:1, nor any of the usual formats. I wanted to crop it to 1:1, but that took away too much of the night sky (which I think is needed as a balance) or would have left the TV Tower in an odd position. In the original 4:3 format the tower was sort of centered, but not quite, and there was a big metal strut of the Ferris wheel's construction in the left corner of the frame which I found distracting. Photoshop's content-based healing tool produced surprisingly good results when I tried to remove the strut, but it still looked unnatural, the motion-blurred circled light trails looked kind of topsy-turvy where precision work would have been necessary, and I couldn't get it right with the cloning brush, either, so all I could do was to crop it. I decided to go strictly for the rule of thirds as far as the TV tower is concerned which yielded this weird format :-)
Soundtrack, if you like:
Rush, The Big Wheel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtjLMQFTnhI
The Who, Circles: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FeVTBLvPv8
Photowalk with Sabine.R, who has a similar capture in her stream.
Hier nun die versprochene "Weihnachts-freie" Version des Berliner Fernsehturms eingerahmt vom Riesenrad (siehe 1. Kommentar). Aufgenommen mit dem m.zuiko 25mm F/1.8. Wieder mal ein unübliches Format, nicht ganz 1:1 und auch sonst keins der gängigen Formate. Im 4:3-Original war der Fernsehturm fast in der Bildmitte, aber nur fast, und am linken Bildrand war eine der dicken Metallstreben der Riesenrad-Konstruktion zu sehen, die ich als störend empfand. Photoshops inhaltsbasiertes Korrekturwerkzeug (das Pflastersymbol) hat zwar erstaunlich gute Arbeit geleistet beim Versuch, das Metallteil wegzuretuschieren, aber die sehr exakten Rundungen der Lichtspuren waren einfach nicht hinzubekommen, auch nicht mit dem Klonstempel, also blieb mir nur, das Bild zu beschneiden. Ich habe mich hier, was die Position des Fernsehturms angeht, strikt an die Drittel-Regel gehalten; 1:1 hat mir, bei exakt platziertem Turm, zu viel vom Nachthimmel weggenommen, mit Nachthimmel wäre der Turm wieder seltsam platziert gewesen. Da blieb mir nur der Beschnitt auf dieses seltsame Format :-)
Begleitmusik, wenn Ihr mögt:
Rush, The Big Wheel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtjLMQFTnhI
The Who, Circles: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FeVTBLvPv8
Fotowalk mit Sabine.R, die ein ganz ähnliches Foto in ihrem Stream hat :-)
Crazy Tuesday: #NEW
Laowa C-Dreamer 7.5 F/2 | Photowalk with Sabine.R
Not taken this week, but I didn't get around to go out on a photowalk (ghastly weather, grey days, too) with my brand NEW ultra wide-angle lens, the Laowa C-Dreamer 7,5mm F/2. However, this one was taken with that new lens, so I hope it qualifies; I promise that I will take the capture in the week after a new theme will be announced the next time I participate :-)
Now for the title: You might wonder why I chose "Topless" as a title. Well, if you take a look at my capture of the Berliner Fernsehturm (Berlin TV Tower) taken from the platform of the Park Inn Hotel (please see first comment), and you take a closer look at the TV Tower's base in that capture, you will get an idea what this building is - yes, right: it's the TV Tower's base building complex which is used as an exhibition center ("Body Worlds", "Little BIG City"), it also houses restaurants and shops; the building on the right is the city hall of Berlin, known as Rotes Rathaus (Red City Hall). But where is the TV Tower? I seriously debated with myself whether I could actually dare to remove it from the capture or not. In the end I decided to upload the retouched version, as it gives the building a lighter, aerier look, almost that of a spaceship that has just landed. With the TV Tower (which you would normally see on the left upper corner behind the base building) it looked like a building on a stick from this point of view, and you wouldn't have seen much of the tower anyway. Please forgive my little Photoshop shenanigan :-) After all, photos don't lie, do they ;-) ?
And because two are always better than one, I would like to wish you all a very Happy 2019 once again, and a relaxed first week of January as well :-)
Oben ohne
Laowa C-Dreamer 7.5 F/2 | Fotowalk mit Sabine.R
Die Nicht-Berliner unter Euch werden sich vielleicht fragen, warum ich dieses Foto "Oben ohne" betitelt habe. Wenn Ihr Euch noch einmal mein Foto vom Berliner Fernsehturm anschaut, das ich von der Aussichtsplattform des Park Inns aufgenommen habe (im ersten Kommentar zu finden) und Euch dort einmal den Sockelbereich des Fernsehturms anschaut, könnt Ihr sehen, was dieses Gebäude ist - richtig: der Sockelkomplex des Berliner Fernsehturms. Der Komplex wird für Ausstellungen genutzt (u. a. "Körperwelten" und "Little BIG City"), er beherbergt außerdem Gastronomie und Läden; rechts vom Sockel ist das Berliner Rote Rathaus zu sehen. Aber wo ist der Turm? Eigentlich würdet Ihr ihn links hinter dem Sockelkomplex sehen. Ich habe lange darüber nachgedacht, ob ich ihn tatsächlich wegretouschieren soll oder nicht. Am Ende habe ich mich dafür entschieden. Aus dieser Perspektive sieht das Gebäude mit (ein ganz klein wenig) Turm wie ein Gebäude an einem Stock aus. Ohne den Turm wirkt es leichter, luftiger, fast wie ein Raumschiff, das gerade gelandet ist. Verzeiht mir meine kleine Photoshop-Schummelei. Fotos lügen doch nicht, oder ;-) ?
Und weil doppelt besser hält, möchte ich Euch an dieser Stelle auch noch einmal ein schönes neues Jahr und eine entspannte erste Januarwoche wünschen :-)