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Das Schloss Moritzburg liegt in der gleichnamigen Gemeinde Moritzburg nahe Dresden. Das auf ein Jagdhaus des 16. Jahrhunderts zurückgehende Jagdschloss erhielt seine heutige Gestalt im 18. Jahrhundert unter August dem Starken.
Das Schloss, dessen Hauptachse von Süd nach Nord verläuft, erhebt sich auf einer künstlichen Insel im Schlossteich. Der barocke Vierflügelbau mit seinen vier direkt mit dem Hauptbau verbundenen Türmen ruht auf einem podestartigen Sockelgeschoss. Acht ehemalige Wachhäuschen sind auf der Insel rings um das Schloss gruppiert.
Die harmonische Landschaftsintegration des Schlosses wird vervollständigt durch die sich nördlich anschließende Gartenanlage, das etwa zwei Kilometer östlich liegende und durch eine direkte Sichtachse verbundene Fasanenschlösschen mit kleiner Hafenanlage und dem Venusbrunnen, die Dardanellen sowie ein Hellhaus im Zentrum des Schneisensterns im nördlichen Friedewald.
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...An Angel :)
#MacroMonday
#Bells
I guess it must be Macro Monday. And as it happens, it's also Earworm Monday once again :) But first things first (the earworm will be playing nonstop in your heads now anyway), there really is an angel in this image.
Have you ever heard of those people who never put away their Christmas decoration, because they love all the lights and decorations so much that they celebrate the entire year? I'm not one of them, but in order to participate in the "Bells" theme, I had to get the ladder and climb up to the subceiling to get one of those carefully wrapped-up Christmas Bells. Because these are the only bells I have at home: porcelain (and one made of glass) bells as Christmas tree decoration. German porcelain manufacturer Hutschenreuther (which now belongs to Rosenthal) makes, among other things, seasonal collector's editions for Christmas and Easter, and through the years we've collected quite many Christmas baubles and bells. The bell in my image, however, is the above mentioned single glass bell (manufactured by Rosenthal); it was designed by Danish artist Bjørn Wiinblad (1918-2006) who was one of Rosenthal's chief designers for almost 50 years.
The bell is made of clear glass and it's decorated with golden stars and a harp-playing angel. The backside of the angel is the golden background on the right part of my photo. The bell has a beautifully high, clear, kind of joyous sound ('Tis the season!) created by the small clapper which dangles on a small, 4 cm / 1,5 inches long, silver chain. When I saw the chain, I immediately thought "bokeh!", and since the bell itself is rather big (it has a diameter of 5 cm / 1,9 inches and, at 9 cm / 3,5 inches height, is also too big for the MM frame), I decided to focus on the clapper inside of the bell which is made of a small glass ball that is 0,8 cm / 0,31 inches in diameter.
The image is a manual focus stacking made of only four images (combined in Helicon Focus), because I wanted the clapper to be sharp all over. As illumination I've used two LED lamps, one directed against a golden-coated piece of cardboard (which I've kept from a chocolate marshmallow box – the "golden" cardboard makes a great reflector), and the other lamp was equipped with a blue glass tealight holder for some nice blue light. Processed in HDR Efex and Luminar AI. HDR Efex often is like a photographic surprise bag, results vary between "magnificent" and "downright horrible", depending on the respective image. Here, HDR Efex kind of worked wonders and brought out the clapper's glass texture really beautifully. As finishing touches, I've slightly tweaked the colours' saturation and luminosity, and added a subtle glow in Luminar AI.
Happy Macro Monday, Everyone, stay safe and healthy – and don't forget: There's always a reason to celebrate the season :)
The bridge is also known as the roman bridge. Actually the bridge "ponte romano" also called "Ponte dei salti" (jump bridge) crosses the Verzasca river in Lavertezzo and is a typical medieval construction made of stone. After its partial destruction occurred in 1868 it has been reconstructed in 1960.
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rechts: Käsespeicher, Leissigen BE, 1780
links: Käsespeicher, Handegg/Guttannen BE, 18.Jh.
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#MacroMonday
#bookmark
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Late again, and not 100 percent happy with the result, but it's an OK image, I think. Neon-coloured Post-its, arranged between the pages of a Simon's Cat book – not that I would ever bookmark a Simon's Cat book, but the cover is of a nicely bright, kind of "creamy"
Smurf blue that goes well with the now bleached by daylight and therefore slightly pastel-looking Post-its. I borrowed them from a camera book, and photo / camera / cook books are the only ones I bookmark with, sometimes many, Post-its. The fun thing with cook books is, however, that I actually never use the bookmarks as such. Because everytime I'm looking for a recipe, I'll simply flip through the pages or go straight to a certain chapter. And when it comes to paperbacks or page-turners, I'll simply bookmark these with dog ears, but when it comes to more precious books, I'll use anything that won't damage the pages – even a regular bookmark ;)
I've used the 10 mm Kenko extension ring for this photo, and I'm aware that there's only a waferthin part of the image actually in focus, the edge / tip of the blue Post-it (and the upper part of the book cover), and I hope that this "pinpoint" focus / sharpness is enough to make the image enjoyable. Processed in DXO PhotoLab, as usual, and I've also enhanced the small and medium details quite considerably in Luminar AI where I've also tweaked the colours with the HSL sliders.
HMM, Everyone, and have a safe and happy week ahead!