Wiesbaden – Page 3 – empire of lights

This is the last of my contributions to a great Weekly Photo Challenge. Thanks to Judith of A View From The Woods who made me think a bit harder and go through my archives in search of conceptual contrasts. This picture comes from this blog’s earliest post, but it seemed so suitable.

Treeology

10/03/201206/09/2013 Tobias M. Schiel10 Comments

The sun shining into the wintery forest always appeals to me. But I could never get it into a proper picture – until I exposed on the lights, which lead to underexposing the whole by two stops.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Contrast

Optimism

11/02/201207/09/2013 Tobias M. Schiel3 Comments

…or whatever you call seeing light in a gutter on a cold, wet and dark morning.

Wald IV

04/02/201207/09/2013 Tobias M. Schiel2 Comments

Park III

28/01/201207/09/2013 Tobias M. Schiel8 Comments

Wald III

21/01/201207/09/2013 Tobias M. Schiel4 Comments

Park II

18/01/201207/09/2013 Tobias M. Schiel4 Comments

Wald II

14/01/201207/09/2013 Tobias M. Schiel8 Comments

Wald I

07/01/201207/09/2013 Tobias M. Schiel8 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Winter

01/01/201207/09/2013 Tobias M. Schiel20 Comments

Thank You, Visitors!

31/12/201107/09/2013 Tobias M. Schiel10 Comments

Andreas Feininger once explained that we should not worry too much about people not liking our pictures; after all, for every picture, there would eventually be a spectator who liked it. To be frank, I read this but somehow did not really believe it.

A year of weekly blogging taught me better. You taught me better. I found overwhelming encouragement in the comments you wrote. Now I know that almost every picture I care for will find its beholder. I understand that the only thing I should worry about is my own appraisal of my pictures: Do they meet my standards? If so, there is really nothing to fear from going public.

Theoretically, this is not a very fresh insight. But you all helped me to turn theoretical knowledge into a real life experience.

I thank you for this, and for commenting, and for visiting and keeping your eyes open. I hope that I was – and will be – able to do something similar, at least for some of you.

Best wishes for 2012!

tms