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โI feel like spring after winter, and sun on the leaves; and like trumpets and harps and all the songs I have ever heard!โ (Samwise Gamgee in J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Lord of the Rings')
cologne - 21.07.2013
This evening it was extremely hot. Here at this place near the River Rhine there were so many people from which I will show a couple. Two guys were playing the spanish guitar and they really did it well! I was thinking about where I will sit in two weeks, when I'm in San Francisco. I think there are many nice places around this wonderful town, but which one will I find? What will be there? Music? People? What else? Have you been there before or are you even live there? Do you have any ideas for me? Thanks my folks for following my s**t on flickr.
Took a little time yesterday to have some lunch at a new restaurant ALL BY MYSELF while I had a babysitter. :)
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cologne - 27.12.2013
Our cozy little town of cologne has some urban characteristics! For example the new opened underground station near the Heumarkt. The station was opened at the 14th of december to the public but I first came there today. I took some shots of the impressive hall, but I decided to take the cautious shot above. I really much like the way the arcs are giving the picture a kind of deepness and I also like the lights and the clarity of the architecture. The local press is talking about "a touch of London or New York"... And yes, they are right, but you should better not leave the station... Anyway, it pleases me and I was down there for about one hour to take some shots in the underground. Folks, I wish you a nice weekend and thanks for following my s**t on flickr, Facebook or tumblr.
Yeah, it's just sometimes so good to sit back and chill. And still you know you have a hell lot of work to do, but time for yourself has a great value.
Olanning to go and watch "The Rite" tonight in the cinema.
And by the way, "The Last Exorcism" sucked big time.
(Yay, only 300 more days to go!)
cologne - 28.12.2013
The new place of pilgrimage for a modern youth of the modern times: urban outfitters. The stuff is running around with walkie talkies while corresponding their english codes... Great staging! Every single article of clothing is hand selected, cheap and desirable. Every face regardless if it belongs to a customer or a employe is beautiful, young and particular in the everlasting uniformity of the fashion industry. Maybe the octopus represents the narcissism which is grasping everybody's mind piece by piece...
cologne - 10.12.2013
Advice. If you ever try a 365 just cut out december and for example double the january. You can then call it "365 except december" or "365 minus 12 plus 1" or every name you want, but don't try to find the time to get your daily shot with the bunch of obligations in your neck. It really sucks, I can tell you. Ok, the daily story has a reference some days ago, but it gets a new kick from a little sports accident wich happens to Antony and the fact that I was searching for two crutches. I ended up at a friend of mines bicycle shop called "The bicycle doctor". He hasn't got crutches, but he gave me todays motif. Additionally I did my first meaningful hand movement of the day. I lifted the back of the yellow helmet guy, while the bicycle doctor was turning the pedals to find a defective contact. I should think about doing more meaningful hand movements instead what I'm doing now... Folks, have a good night and thanks for following me at this desolate place.
saint-paul de vence - 08.03.2013
Today I did my first cycling tour here in saint-paul. It was not more than 37km and about 500 difference in altitude, but I must admit that I'm totally exhausted. Ok, the first ride of the year after a long winter is always a bit different and so I hope that it will go better tomorrow. What you see here in the picture is the place to get a orangina and cafe creme after the tour. The cafe de la place is one of the famous places at the cote de azure. In the past there were yves montand playing boule with lino venture while chagall was looking at them... Today there are buses of tourists who are hunting for pictures and some 3rd class art at the many small galleries here in town. I like this place in the evenings when you can get a glass of wine and sit around under the trees. It's very contemplative and relaxing, almost in summer. Now it's of season and everything closes earlier. Folks, have a nice sunday and keep on rolling.
cologne - 29.12.2013
The morning was full of rain, but later the sun came through and the weather was great. Now 2013 is coming to it's end. Maybe the best time of the year to walk around a pond with a friend talking about what has happened this year and what 2014 may bring. I took this picture on our way back home, but we passed this spot earlier and the sun was shining. Random fact: I remembered a article I read in a block about the sunny 16 rule. Do you know the rule? It says that if you are shooting on a sunny day you can get perfect results with the following setting: ISO200, exposure time 1/200 sec and aperture 16. I can prove that it works, but the light was a bit boring like the symmetry of the landscape... Maybe I should dedicate the next year to boring motifs, the world is full of those...
cologne - 16.10.2013
Day #2 of my cold. What else can I do than changing my photo position from the one side of the flat to the other?! I'm a little bit satisfied with the result, because in real the view is a bit more depressive than in the picture here. I also like the shack at the upper left side. Someone has build a real little wooden house where they celebrate some nice "garden" parties during summertime. I hope I can get out here tomorrow or before the weekend... See U soon.
I've cracked it at last.
I know that when you get the hang of it, doing this effect in PS isn't that hard at all. But I've been trying to figure it out for ages, and it turns out I wasn't using the right control / command [whatever] key on the mac and D has set me back on course. Am very chuffed to have overcome this Major Photoshop Obstacle although I know there are technical hitches with the shot - next time....!
Thanks to those that replied to my Help thread, I think I will be purchasing one of the books recommended.
cologne - 15.12.2013
Toady we came together to watch some pictures of the summer journey through the USA. Such a great travel with so many nice places and memories. Of course San Francisco is a place which can be traveled for several times. Retrospective I should also go to Moab again to have some unforgettable hikes through arches NP or the canyon lands. But there are no plans for the future at this moment. Back home I created this little trick with Stars and Stripes and a chocolate candy. I hope this images doesn't upset or disturb you... Thanks for all your comments and faves on my stream.
cologne - 25.12.2013
Ok, ok, this is not the best xmas picture I can imagine. But on my way through the quarter I met him in front of the bakery. He's well known in colognes street musician business, but he's also a great enfant terrible of happiness and nutrition research and a book writer. I don't know much about his assumptions, but I like his unrestrained singing and playing in the streets. He book is about "Wealth and health for everyone" and I must lough about the horrible images of bad bakery products in the background. Anyway, he gives the impression that he is happy with what he's doing and therefore I clap my hands together for this lonely and strange guy. Marry christmas folks.
cologne - 07.12.2013
There are several things I don't understand about the others, especially the the X-mas market scene. Today I got another lesson in things I really don't understand. Look at the picture above. Of course you can't understand what you see, because nobody expect a christmas crib designed in the way a whole load of a big kermis truck looks when it fall of the rack in a sharp turn. Overall I guess it is just another whiteness of the heartless and ruthless way the consumer industry is trying to squeeze the money out of our pockets... But not for nothing god is be described as our father while we are also known as the sheep... maybe the christmas market is our barn?
cologne - 28.11.2013
Today we had to visit the music school where Antony learns to play the piano. Of course I made some shots of the piano recital, but the background where the kids played the piano and the whole interior of the room was so awful that I couldn't post the picture here. So I found this nice posters in the lobby. The left asks the questing how it would be if nobody is willing to support other classmates. And the left poster as the question how it would be if nobody is willing to care about light and sound during events... Good questions. Thanks folks for following my s**t on flickr, Facebook and tumblr.
cologne - 22.04.2013
Sometimes I wish I had another job. Just imagine you are an instrument maker! You would have something that you can touch with your hands. You could smell the wood and the paint, and after some day or weeks you can take the instrument and play it... It's not a fuckin IT project with lots of people who are nervous and unfriendly. It's not all about money or the best price... You don't have to bid in a bidding procedure, you just have to manufacture the instrument and if there is someone who likes the sound you can sell what you've done for a real price. It's a nice imagination... Is there an instrument maker out there?
cologne - 24.03.2013
I had left my house with the intention to take a shot of the freight terminal at Eifeltor. It took me a whole hour till I gave up and took the highway home... The area of Eifeltor is closed area where you cant drive or walk trough as a pedestrian. So it isn't that easy to get a picture, especially from a good outlook. There is just one possibility and this is to climb the ridge of the highway which passes the area. But folks this was a real mission impossible. On the one side there is a thick forest and the prostitution area and on the other side there is a road bed with about twenty rail tracks and high fences after you've illegal passed a home for animals... I gave up when I was standing beside the highway and the cars were passing me with great speed. I took the way back home via the same bridge and at least I took a shot through the window of my car... and voila, thats what you see here. A picture of the freight terminal of Eifeltor in a blurry way... Folks, I wish you a nice week.
The time has come for (drumroll)...."ME time". Well, at least a little bit of it. All 4 kids are at school in the mornings this year (4 days a week), which is HUGE for me...just HUGE! For the last 13 years I've had someone under my care 24/7. SO....a little nap, computer time, shooting, editing....shopping?! It all sounds great!!! I've been craving a bit of freedom and it is FINALLLY here...at long last! (But, I'll most likely use it to clean up the house and do laundry, lol!).
cologne - 29.11.2013
Today it was a really bad weather. Rainy, windy and cold. On my way back home from the office I saw this christmas tree in front of a church. Only the lower parts were full of strange decorations the rest of the tree was naked. It looks a bit funny and improvised, but somehow also touching. So I parked the little car at the other side of the street so that the lights illuminated the tree as good as possible. So I got this ugly picture with the flying decorations and the strange tree near the crossroad in the rain... Folks, have a nice weekend.
san francisco - 05.08.2013
Today I did a great cycling tour over the Golden Gate Bridge to Sausalito. Sausalito is a little sunny place at the other side of the bridge. The view was just excellent, especially from the bridge. To come back to SF I took the ferry to the Pot of San Francisco as you can see in the picture. From the port I took a complicated path through South of Market, which was a poor and dangerous quarter, but now the most of the old storehouses are renovated. From there on I made my way to mission again, a quarter I really love. You can imagine how many old and nice wooden houses are standing there. After about 50km of cycling I was back in the hotel. Till now I don't have an idea which way i will take tomorrow...
cologne - 26.11.2013
Sometimes bad weather is simply fine. For example if you have a cold and foggy morning like today you don't need any filters or effects to get a great mysterious result. So this morning I just had to release the shutter and thats it. I was standing there and I thought about the way the landscape is light-roomed and the fact that I like the natural and special result of this transformation. So I guess the winter will bring some nice effects and that makes me happy and curious. Folks, please drive carefully!
cologne - 30.11.2013
Yesterday I went to that Japanese restaurant here in the neighborhood. For me the Tabioka is one of the best Japanese restaurants in Cologne and I have noticed that I should go there more often. It's always like a little vacation to step into this kind of interior and I always reminds me of many nice flickr friends and their exotic shots. Just to have some Japanese signs within a picture is a kind of valorizing for me. Maybe it's because I only see graphics in the lettering? Anyway, I would have the chance to travel to Japan one day to get more of these great impressions. Folks, I wish you a nice evening.
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alphorncity - 14.12.2013
These three hornists were playing in front of the WDR a german broadcasting station in the city center. Even though the german cities are not as rocks like the american ones, nevertheless it was nice to hear the sound of the mountains in the middle of the huge crowds of people. Can you see the little animals sitting in the wide opening of the horns? The nose of the one in the middle was blinking red... funny, isn't it?! After that I walked to a little church and I took some minutes to relax. It's always the same, outside there are masses, inside there is silence... That's what I'm looking for. Thanks for following my s**t on flickr.
cologne - 28.02.2013
Folks, I'm very happy with the shot today. I came home late, and I promise that I had no idea, and not one minute of me-time today. So I decided to give myself one last chance to do my daily shot, while making a walk through the neighborhood to get some fresh air. And then it happened! Just a few steps away, I found the gate to the playground of the primary school open. I saw the orange and the light grey, and I knew that this could be the thing! Normally I won't say it, but I really like this one. I like the shadows, the light grey and the fresh orange indeed. So I can post it and get back to work. Thanks my friends for your kind comments and faves!