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Location: Highlight Towers, München
Architekt: Helmut Jahn
Die beiden ungleich großen Türme aus Glas und Stahl wurden vom Architekten Helmut Jahn entworfen, 2004 fertiggestellt und haben die Form von Parallelogrammen.
Mit 126 und 113 Metern zählen sie zu den höchsten Gebäuden in München. Verbunden werden die Hochhäuser durch eine Zweier-Brückengruppe aus Glas und Stahl. Sie werden als Bürofläche genutzt.
Bearbeitung: Jürgen Krall Photography
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Am 31.03.2019 war der AKE-Rheingold zu Gast auf der Marschbahn.
Auch für mich ein Grund meinen Hintern von Mittelholstein an die Westküste zu bewegen.
Beim Warten zwischen Burg und St. Michel kam mir 212 267-9 Lz vor die Linse gefahren. "Was macht die hier ?" Lokale Whats App-Gruppen hatten schnell die Antwort parat. Sie war auf dem Weg nach Husum um Wagen zu holen.
Da ich die Leerüberführung des Rheingolds eh noch ablichten wollte, hatte ich die Hoffnung auch diese Fuhre zu erwischen.
Und so war es denn auch, nicht mal 10 Minuten nach der Durchfahrt des AKE-Lr senkten sich die Schranken in Hemmingstedt erneut. Besagte 212 hatte aus Husum je einen Wagen von Flix und BTE am Haken.
SU42-518 was a must-see for everyone visiting the railway line to Hel for trainspotting, as it had been repainted into the retro scheme of SU42 locomotives from the early 2000s just after the start of the summer season.
The locomotive was originally marked as SP42-195 and "modernised" to the SU42 standard in the year 2000. The modernisation being an exchange of the traditional water boiler to electric heating.
After the modernisation it had been stationed throughout many different depots of PKP, then PKP Przewozy Regionalne and now Polregio, before settling on the Pomeranian section of Polregio in 2022. After its repair in 2023 it started running summer seasonal trains between Chojnice, Gdynia and Hel.
Here the loco can be seen fighting the heavy grade leading from the passenger stop in Swarzewo to a local summit as it hauls a regio train to Hel.
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus
Taken on: Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. (1972)
The original image was shot on Kodachrome ll colour slide film (ASA 25), with Nikon F camera, Nikkor 50mm f2.0 lens. The 50 year old slide had collected a lot of dust and dirt as you can see. The note that I wrote on the slide mount is barely readable: 11.30pm, June 21, 1972. Yes, it was the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year.
It was during the summer break back in 1972 in my first year of university. I took a train across Canada (Montreal to Vancouver), travelled north to the Northwest Territories, and got a summer labourer job in the capital city.
Yellowknife is situated on the northern shore of the Great Slave Lake, about 400km (250 mi) south of the Arctic Circle.
The sunset picture was taken from the shore of Frame Lake, just behind the City's Hockey Arena and Community Hall. Even after the sun had set, the sky never got dark, and the sun would come back up three hours later. On this day, the City was like no other. It was a time to come out to celebrate. You could go shopping all day. Imagine going fishing at midnight, and hearing the birds chirp and loons call! The highlight of the day, of course, was the midnight Golf Tournament, which teed off at 11.59 pm! Yes, you read it right: 11.59pm.
This image is a 2nd generation copy. I converted the original slide image to digital image using an old 10 megapixel Nikon D200 DSLR, and a 55mm f2.8 manual focus Micro-Nikkor lens mounted on a Nikon bellows and a slide holder.
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Corsewall Lighthouse is a lighthouse at Corsewall Point, Kirkcolm near Stranraer in the region of Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland. First lit in 1817, it overlooks the North Channel of the Irish Sea. The definition of the name Corsewall is the place or well of the Cross.
In 1814, a Kirkman Finley applied to the Trade of Clyde for a lighthouse on Corsill Point. Robert Stevenson, inspected in December of that year and soon the 30 ft tower and house were in the first stages of construction.
Corsewall Lighthouse was exhibited in 1817 but that year, the Principal Keeper at Corsewall was reported for incompetence after falling asleep on duty as the revolving apparatus of the light had stopped for a certain period. They suspended him and he was to never chiefly monitor a lighthouse again and was demoted as an assistant at Bell Rock.
In November 1970, Concorde reportedly flew over the lighthouse on a trial flight and shattered panes of glass on the lighthouse. Later flights did not affect it.
Although the light is still operated by the Northern Lighthouse Board, since automation in 1994 the rest of Corsewall Lighthouse has been converted into the Corsewall Lighthouse Hotel.
Early morning sunlight highlighting a window found in Tucson's historic Adobe Row district.
For a glimpse inside, go here: www.flickr.com/photos/12143104@N07/2376526090/
I got this candid shot of a worker at the Renaissance Festival in the Castle of Muskogee. I had watched her for a while with the sunlight highlighting you hair I wanted to catch that. As I clicked the shutter her eyes followed the crowd in front of her to the point of making lens contact but not focusing on me. This candid shot is why I picked it for the shot of 2019.
Trying something a little different, colour and composition wise. Wasn't really sure what to photograph today, so stumbled into this one. I actually gave up on this shot and tried some others, but I came back to this and it has grown on me.
Lensbaby Composer, Sweet 35 Optic, 12mm + 20mm Extension Tubes, probably f/4
The highlight of the day this past Sunday was seeing the Eagles in West Virginia. We saw a total of four, two mature and two juveniles. This of course would be a juvenile. I was wishing I had left my Tamron 18-400 on the camera!
I’ve noticed before that if you find some specular highlights and point a camera at them then wiggle you get some interesting script-like marks on the exposure. I first found them with sunlight on droplets.
It turned out the sea was even better, partly because of the profusion of highlights but also because they were a lot further away and so easier to keep a lot of them in focus.
This one was part of a series taken on the South coast here recently. It occurred to me later that being South-facing was helpful too as it places the light in the right place for this sort of thing. I seem rarely to get to the coast so much fun was had with the camera…
There are two troupes of dancers here - the sea and the surf. The camera was wobbled with jiggle and a little bit of twist.
Thanks for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the image. Happy 100x :)
Es ist so weit, ich zeige euch eines meiner Favoritenfotos von meinem, für mich zu mindest, unglaublichen Tag mit einer Hermelinmutter auf einer Alp in 1350 müM.
Sie schenkte mir unvergessliche Momente in der Natur, zu welcher wir unbedingt mehr Sorge tragen sollten !!!!
Still going through some old stuff during the lockdown.
The opposite shore of Derwent water taken from Victoria Bay
Another shot from Saturday morning. Again at Lake Ogwen looking back towards the west. The dark clouds created some very dark shadows and the gaps in the clouds allowed the sun to shine down on the mountains to create a dramatic contrast change. Combine that with a 51 second exposure with the 10 stopper again and you have this pic :-).
Still adding to my "People" highlights over on Instagram... maybe adding 10 or so a day to fill it up with my favorite people shots. Instagram highlights are great, but you don't get to hear any of the stories about these people... that's one of the multitude things I don't like about Insta... it's a bit OVERLY visual. Anyway, as for this dude, he was a Berber gentleman I met in Chefchaoen. Before I went there, I mistakenly assumed they were a sect of Islam. Well, I was totally wrong about that! Anyway, we spent the day together while he told me all about the Berbers... and he even gave me a knife and showed me how to get water out of a camel without hurting it (too much). I mean, I don't know how a camel feels pain, but he patted me on the shoulder and said, don't worry, don't worry. The water was pretty good, but it tasted a bit... hmmm, how do you say it... camelly?
Memorable Highlight.
I've always been fascinated by the big cats, and when the opportunity presented itself, I captured as many frames as possible. The leopard was quite calm and relaxed, before he vanished into the bush.
Many thanks to everyone who chooses to leave a comment or add this image to their favorites, it is much appreciated.
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Ich bin zurück aus Hannover und die Herrenhäuser Gärten haben mir am besten gefallen.
Galeriegebäude
Die Galerie wurde zwischen 1694 und 1698 von Brand Westermann erbaut.
Ursprünglich sah der Plan ein lang gestrecktes Gebäude mit zwei pavillonartigen Flügeln vor. Den Mittelbau sollte ein 200 Fuß langer Orangeriesaal zur Überwinterung der Pflanzen einnehmen. Noch während der Bauarbeiten regte Kurfürstin Sophie an, den Zweck des Gebäudes so zu erweitern, dass der große Saal zugleich als Festsaal und die Flügelbauten auch zum Wohnen genutzt werden können.
I am back from Hanover and these Herrenhausen Gardens impressed me most.
Gallery building
The gallery was built in 1694-1698 by Brand Westermann.
Originally, the plan was a long building with two pavilion-like wings. The central block should take a 200 feet long Orangerie room for overwintering plants. Even during construction suggested Princess Sophie to broaden the purpose of the building so that the large hall can be used as a banquet hall and the wings also to live at the same time.