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Author: Tobias M. Schiel

Abstract arts lover, Jazz enthusiast, mystery buff, compulsive reader - and how do I get it all into pictures? Photography has been a good way over the last couple of years.1. .

A Simple Sign

04/10/2014 Tobias M. Schiel7 Comments

SperrePart of the Baulaune series, this is a sign, and a tautologic one, come to think of it.

Posted in Construction SiteTagged City, Pictures], postaweek2014

Baulaune

26/09/2014 Tobias M. Schiel3 Comments

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“Everybody is in Baulaune, in the mood for building,” said my wife. “Why don’t you photograph a couple of construction sites?”

Posted in Construction SiteTagged Abstract Photography, Black and white, Wiesbaden

Enduring It All

22/09/201421/09/2014 Tobias M. Schiel5 Comments

Bodenstruktur

Eiserner Steg 2

Mainbrücke 1Bridges in Frankfurt: I thought I’d try my hand at a more metaphorical approach to the concept of endurance.

Posted in FrankfurtTagged Black and white, Pictures]

Framework

19/09/201419/09/2014 Tobias M. Schiel11 Comments

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_DSC2107-eolMy contribution for the Weekly Photo Challenge: These wooden beams and shutters endure(d) a lot, obviously.

Posted in Abstract PicturesTagged Abstract Photography, Architecture, Pictures], Urban Landscape

Glass Works

17/09/2014 Tobias M. Schiel2 Comments

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311A-21Contributing to Destino’ Black & White Photo Challenge.

Posted in Industrial ZoneTagged Black and white, Factory, Machinery

You’ll Never Walk Alone

15/09/201415/09/2014 Tobias M. Schiel2 Comments

340-31This picture just came from the lab, and I think it adds a nice angle to this week’s photo challenge.

Posted in WiesbadenTagged Black and white, City, Place

Humanity

13/09/2014 Tobias M. Schiel7 Comments

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This week’s photo challenge reminded me of an old photo, made seven years ago in Freiburg. To me, it seems to say a lot about being human.

Posted in LightTagged Black and white, postaweek2014, Urban Landscape

Viaggi in Toscana [2]

12/09/201412/09/2014 Tobias M. SchielLeave a comment

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333-04Siena: Duomo and Piazza del Campo

Posted in ToscanaTagged Black and white, Pictures], Structures, Travel, Urban Landscape

Viaggi in Toscana [1]

07/09/201407/09/2014 Tobias M. Schiel2 Comments

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Top: Arezzo; bottom: San Gimignano

Posted in ToscanaTagged Black and white, Place, Travel, Urban Landscape

Time Flies

01/09/2014 Tobias M. Schiel3 Comments

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A dialogue? Maybe: These two pictures feel a bit like one person finishing another person’s sentence to me.

Posted in CompositionTagged postaweek2014, Surface, Time

Light Patterns

29/08/2014 Tobias M. Schiel9 Comments

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I was just toying around with this dialogue when the Weekly Photo Challenge came up.

Posted in Composition, ToscanaTagged Abstract Photography, Black and white, Travel

Fray [Wake Up. 64.]

27/08/2014 Tobias M. Schiel2 Comments

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336-25Another interpretation of the Photo Challenge: “Fray”. Seen in Arezzo, Italy.

Posted in ToscanaTagged Black and white, postaweek2014, Travel, Urban Landscape

Frayed

22/08/201422/08/2014 Tobias M. Schiel8 Comments

335-12Part of the Weekly Photo Challenge.

Posted in Abstract PicturesTagged Black and white, Pictures], postaweek2014, Surface

Cool Cat

18/08/201417/08/2014 Tobias M. Schiel1 Comment

337-25dWhile I stood above her, trying not to get my own feet into the picture while photographing this feline silhouette, the cat would not be disturbed, not even a bit.

Posted in ToscanaTagged Black and white

Silhouette in Greve

16/08/201417/08/2014 Tobias M. Schiel5 Comments

335-01A contribution to the Weekly Photo Challenge.

Posted in ToscanaTagged Abstract Photography, Black and white, Urban Landscape

London Textures

12/08/2014 Tobias M. Schiel10 Comments

VA Texture

KG Texture

A contribution to the Weekly Photo Challenge.

Posted in CompositionTagged Abstract Photography, Pictures], Structure, Surface

Texture

08/08/201408/08/2014 Tobias M. Schiel8 Comments

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A contribution to the Weekly Photo Challenge. Check out the other photographers’ fine textures there!

Posted in Abstract PicturesTagged Abstract Photography, Pictures], Structure, Surface, Travel

Zigzag

02/08/201402/08/2014 Tobias M. Schiel6 Comments

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Looking at San Gimignano for the Weekly Photo Challenge.

Posted in ToscanaTagged Black and white, Travel, Urban Landscape

Watching the Game [5]

26/07/201405/08/2014 Tobias M. Schiel2 Comments

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Posted in Le città e la cacciaTagged Abstract Photography, Black and white, Hunting, Pictures], Place

Watching the Game [4]

18/07/2014 Tobias M. SchielLeave a comment

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Posted in Le città e la cacciaTagged Black and white, Forest, Hunting, Nature

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