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Leica M6 / Summarit-M 35mm f2.5 / Fujicolor Superia X-tra 400
Afloat by Hamish Black (1998)
Brighton, East Sussex, UK
Cully by lake Léman in the fall, canton of Vaud, Switzerland.
Shot with compact automatic (shutter priority) Minolta Hi-Matic 7SII & Rokkor 40mm f/1.7 lens at 1/125sec, ~f/13 on CineStill 50D 35mm film.
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As part of bringing back colors to my stream series!
Happy Monday!
A floating sauna in the "marine city" outside Stockholm. A couple of minutes after I got this shot, the rain started pouring down heavily.
A treetop lying in the water of the Little Brombachsee rather close to the village of Absberg, most likely felled by a storm, Franconia (Bavaria)
Some background information:
The Little Brombachsee and its connected lakes Huge Brombachsee and Igelsbachsee make up an artificial reservoir, which belongs to the so called Franconian Lakeland. It serves the water regulation, but because of its great recreation offer it's also a favoured recreational area for the residents of the city of Nuernberg as well as a popular tourist destination for holidaymakers from farer away.
The lakes are located only 37 km south of the city of Nuremberg. The water in the lakes comes via a transition from the river Altmuehl, which is a subsidiary stream of the river Danube, while the lakes’ outlet is the the small river Brombach.
All three lakes together contain about 150 Mio m³ of water. The reservoir has an overall length of about ten km and an overall width of about two km. The maximum water depth is ca. 33 m. The other lakes, which belong to the Franconian Lakeland, are the Rothsee, the Altmuehlsee, the Hahnenkammsee and the Dennenloher See. All in all these seven lakes amount to a water surface of about 20 square kilometres.
Although the three lakes Huge Brombachsee, Little Brombachsee and Igelsbachsee were flooded just about 20 years ago they fit harmoniously in the hilly and forest countryside. Hence visitors get the impression that they have always been there. The lakes offer the guests numerous activities like swimming, other aquatic sports, cycling and hiking.
One of the highlights is the elegant ‘MS Brombachsee’, the largest Trimaran on a lake in Europe, which cruises the lake from spring to autumn. Moreover, the largest lake harbour in Germany with about 600 docking spaces is situated in Ramsberg.
The lakes have changed the scenery a lot, just like the possibilities to earn a living. Hotels, restaurants and campsites have been built and many farmers have also built and furnished holiday apartments. Letting them to tourists is an acceptable additional income for them. Many tourists are German-based, but there are also a lot of visitors from the rest of Europe, in particular from the Netherlands.
The village of Absberg is situated on a promontory between the Igelsbachsee to the north and the Little Brombachsee to the south, about 50 km (31 miles) southwest of the city of Nuremberg. The commune has about 1,400 residents, who mainly make their living from tourism and agriculture.
In 948, Absberg was first mentioned in a document. In 1455, it was granted the right to execute low justice. After the noble house of the Knights of Absberg had died out in 1647, the German Order was awarded its ancestral seat Absberg Castle and all of its estates in 1651. However, today the castle is lost completely. In 1725, a second Absberg Castle was built in the Baroque style on behalf of Karl Heinrich von Hornstein, who was a knight and commander of the German Order.
After Prussia had occupied the area in 1796, it was adjudged to the Kingdom of Bavaria in the Treaty of Paris of 1806, while a different region was allocated to Prussia. At the same time, the German Order had all its rights revoked. Today, the baroque Absberg Castle still exists and is also still in good repair. But as it has become a retirement home, it is not open to the public.
A typical scene in Halong Bay of Vendors selling their wares to junks that have anchored around the bay.
Notes: Lens Blur applied with careful masking to create the pseudo minature effect. Exposure tweaked via curves adjustment.
450D | EF 70-200mm f/4 L IS USM
ISO100 70mm f/4.0 1/80sec