Franklin Bridge, Düsseldorf
Category: Germany
Boats … and Automobiles
The Alster Fleet in Hamburg – these boats are waiting to take tourists around on the river Alster, as I was surprised to find out when we visited a couple of years ago. Because I remember that when I was a boy, we used to hop on these boats to get from A to B, with this very fleet servicing the waterways like any other public transportation. For us kids, it was great fun to take the boat when we went visiting relatives.
However, since this week’s Lens Artists’ Challenge specifically asked for Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, here’s a picture with autos…
Underground
Volt!
One All
Reflecting
Reflections in one of Hamburg’s newer subway stations – Überseequartier.
The Day After…
…the Carnival Parade, hung over a bollard.
Wiesbadener Fenster
Fenster und Fassaden is Christina’s Magical Motto of the Month. So I thought I’d share the windows I found when I was taking a walk last Sunday. Don’t miss the other façades and windows at episoden.film!
Here and There
Paula would like to see Here and There wich immediately made me think of these pictures. I am trying to figure out the role photographs play in urban environments. Do we still notice them? Shouldn’t their realism, presenting ‘other space’ in urban settings, irritate? Maybe this only becomes visible once you photograph the photographs…
U3: Rathaus – Rödingsmarkt – Baumwall
This is the end of the U3 Hochbahn series. The next stop after Baumwall would be Landungsbrücken, where I started.
U3: Uhlandstraße
U3: Barmbek
This series is a fragmentary representation of the U3 line (the only circle line in Hamburg). While I had a chance to visit the western stops repeatedly, I never got around to riding the full circle more than once; needing my time to ‘develop an eye’, I did not even photograph every stop. But I am quite sure there will be some more visits.
U3: Saarlandstraße
Hamburg: I always had in mind to get on the Hochbahn, ride one station, get out, photograph, hop on the next train, ride to the next station, make some more pictures…
I never got going until recently. It was interesting to realize how a theme, an interest, a subject evolved: After running up and down a couple of stairs I began to understand what to pay attention to.
Stairs, escalators, handrails cannot be avoided when riding the Hochbahn. They set the mood, define the character…
This series is a rather fragmentary representation of the U3 line – but it might be completed during one of my next visits.
Random Hamburg
U3: Sierichstraße – Borgweg
U3: Kellinghusenstraße
U3: Sternschanze – Schlump
U3: Landungsbrücken – St. Pauli
Hamburg: I always had in mind to get on the Hochbahn, ride one station, get out, photograph, hop on the next train, ride to the next station, make some more pictures…
I never got going until recently. It was interesting to realize how a theme, an interest, a subject evolved: After running up and down a couple of stairs I began to understand what to pay attention to.
Stairs, escalators, handrails cannot be avoided when riding the Hochbahn. They set the mood, define the character…
Mind you, this series is a rather fragmentary representation of the U3 line (Hamburg’s only circle line, running above ground for a large part of its course): While I had a chance to visit the western stops repeatedly, I never got around to riding the full circle more than once; needing my time to ‘develop an eye’, I did not even get the camera out at some stops when I arrived there for the first time. ‘Nothing to see here,’ was the quick verdict I intend to prove wrong during one of my next visits.
Next stops: Sternschanze – Schlump.
Hamburg: Traces of the Past
Schanzenviertel – Blankenese Lighthouse – St. Pauli Landungsbrücken – Blankenese Lighthouse – Ottensen | An entry for Paula’s Thursday Special: Traces of the Past.
Let’s Make Harmony
An entry for the Weekly Photo Challenge. For more experimenting and toying around with small animals in a life size world, see here.
empire of lights 