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This is the view from the start of my walk yesterday,up alongside Blackden brook and up onto Kinder scout....Its a great route, one of the best.
A week with fast 55mm: Tomioka Auto Chinon 55mm f1.4.
This is a first 55mm f1.4 I acquired and the one closest to the heart. A beautifully gentle and painterly lens with just enough sharpness wide open to separate and iluminate the subject. Just enough for eye to be relaxed (if you get what I mean).
...Die Schwalbeneltern haben richtig zu tun. Die 4 Schwalbenkinder haben einen riesigen Appetit.
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I am using this combo quite a lot (Fuji X-Pro1 and Helios 44M-7). Both are second-hand items. The camera is approaching 'vintage' status and the lens has it already. Prices have recently gone up, but you can still get this or similar combos for comparatively little money. In this case, you would get a very solid piece of equipment - it would not offer the latest technology (and this combo does respond best to manual photography) but in terms of image quality and artistic versatility this combination is able to produce the goods. Shot done with the Fuji X-Pro3 plus Samyang 135/2 at F22.
Burg Gutenfels dominates the skyline of Kaub at 110m in height and provided back up for the Pfalzgrafenstein toll castle to choke off the flow of traffic and extract tolls to fill the coffers of the Holy Roman Empire with their cut of the river merchants purses.
Built in the 13th century by the lords of Falkenstein-Münzenbergit it collected tolls until the 16th century and eventually passed through many hands until it fell into the hands of the Prussian empire in the 19th century.
The castle became private in the early 20th century and is now a guest house hotel which gives you a chance to stay in an 800 year old fairy tale castle with some of the best views of the Mittle Rhine valley.
Excerpted from their website “With the closure of the heavy castle gates, the noise and hectic of the outside world disappear. A new world full of romantic magic surrounds you. Because of this, and because of its age and the many traditions surrounding it, Burg Gutenfels has been made into a stylish guest-house, where guests from all over the world are made more than welcome.”
Disclaimer: Not trying to be realistic in my editing there is enough realism in the world, my style is a mix of painterly and romanticism as well as a work in progress.
I took this with my D750 and Tamron SP 24-70 2.8 G2 Lens processed in LR, PS and DXO Nik
In the more ancient part of Koblenz stand several buildings which have a historical interest. Prominent among these, near the point of confluence of the rivers, is the Basilica of St. Castor or Kastorkirche, dedicated to Castor of Karden, with four towers. The church was founded in 836 by Louis the Pious, but the present Romanesque building was completed in 1208, the Gothic vaulted roof dating from 1498. In front of the church of Saint Castor stands a fountain, erected by the French in 1812, with an inscription to commemorate Napoleon's invasion of Russia. Not long after,
Russian troops occupied Koblenz; and St. Priest, their commander, added in irony these words: "Vu et approuvé par nous, Commandant russe de la Ville de Coblence: Janvier 1er, 1814."
In this quarter of the city, too, is the Liebfrauenkirche, a fine church (nave 1250, choir 1404–1431) with lofty late Romanesque towers; the castle of the electors of Trier, erected in 1280, which now contains the municipal picture gallery; and the family house of the Metternichs, where Prince Metternich, the Austrian statesman, was born in 1773. Also notable is the church of St. Florian, with a two towers façade from c. 1110.
A nice outing with a great photographer, Steven Nokes, around Kinder (hope you don't mind me posting!). The weather was a bit crap on top but there was plenty of water in the clough. Think there were one or two shots that were nice. Probably better when the heather is out or a bit later when the grasses have died back a bit. Will be nice if it freezes.
The last sunrays... Just before the rain starts.
I love to play around with light and capture some interesting light situations.
Happy Fence Friday
Leaving Bacharach and on my way to Oberwessel I stopped on the opposite side of the Rhine from Kaub for a short photo break of the castles that this little town has to offer.
Burg Pfalzgrafenstein shown here began life as all castles on the Mittle Rhine as way for the rich to bilk the hard working river merchants of their hard earned coins as toll payment for their safe passage.
The Castle is strategically located on an island on the right side of the Rhine where once upon a time this was the only clear channel for boats to pass.
Merchants sandwiched between the river castle and the fortified town and the left channel impassable for large ships, had no choice but to submit and pay the toll or face a hard fight from two opposing strongholds.
Disclaimer: Not trying to be realistic in my editing there is enough realism in the world, my style is a mix of painterly and romanticism as well as a work in progress.
I took this with my D750 and Tamron SP 24-70 2.8 G2 Lens processed in LR, PS and DXO Nik
A nice sunrise on Kinder looking to the Great Ridge. Clear sky forecast so nice to get some low cloud.
Perhaps one of Germanys most famous statues stands on guard at the convergence of the mighty Mosel and Rhein rivers the Deutsches Eck (German Corner).
The Statue is a typical Prussian martial style equestrian statue of William I, the first German Emperor it was created in 1897 in gratitude after his death for being the Father of the modern Empire and the unification of Germany.
During WWII it was mistakenly destroyed by artillery when they mistook it for enemy troops and it remained just a plinth until 2 September 1993 when sculptor Raymond Kittl finished producing an improved replica created from bronze plates this time around instead of copper.
I took this with my D750 and Tamron SP 24-70mm 2.8 G2 Lens processed in LR, PS luminosity masks and DXO Nik
Disclaimer: Not trying to be realistic in my editing there is enough realism in the world, my style is a mix of painterly and romanticism as well as a work in progress.
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