empire of lights

I’ve always been fascinated by the ways things can be connected.

Traces of the Past II

29/08/201513/01/2016 Tobias M. Schiel10 Comments

Some pictures I like just do not seem to fit into any post until a good cue gives me new ideas: Paula’s photo challenge Traces of the Past proved quite helpful for this post. She writes: “For the third time this year Thursday’s Special is bringing you a challenge dedicated to past. It can be a distant past or a recent one. It can be a past that is abandoned and about to be forgotten, or past that is still functional and intertwined with present.” And here was my cue. I decided to focus on the traces, no matter how long gone the past might be.

2/3. Perspective

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Flare

23/08/2015 Tobias M. Schiel14 Comments

Flare and photography… When I read this week’s photo challenge at Lost in Translation (the challenges are great, give ’em a try), I thought I should find a constellation that makes a flare of light the only subject of my photo, painting a picture with light actually. Then I found myself looking at this empty bottle by the end of a good day and suddenly reality pretty much ‘matched my picture,’ if only for a short moment, as is appropriate for a good flare.

Three Pictures with Little Colour

17/08/2015 Tobias M. Schiel10 Comments

Right Time, Right Place

15/08/2015 Tobias M. Schiel4 Comments

Here is another one for Paula’s Photo Challenge – for want of a proper sundial.

Zeitfenster

14/08/2015 Tobias M. Schiel3 Comments

A time window, or window of opportunity even, for the Thursday Special at Lost in Translation – Time – which this Thursday was hosted by Debbie Smyth.

Minuscule Endeavours

09/08/2015 Tobias M. Schiel6 Comments

These are for Paula’s photo challenge at Lost in Translation. I hope the god of small things will approve…

Geometry Beneath the Feet

07/08/2015 Tobias M. Schiel5 Comments

A contribution for this week’s Photo Challenge.

Le bonheur dans la rue (III)

03/08/201506/08/2015 Tobias M. Schiel3 Comments

Just decided this one should be part of the Photo 101 Rehab. Check it out.

Close Up: Going Abstract

24/07/201514/01/2016 Tobias M. Schiel14 Comments

A contribution for the Weekly Photo Challenge: Close Up!

Da oben ist es auch schön

20/07/201520/07/2015 Tobias M. Schiel21 Comments

“Up there it’s just as nice.” These pictures evolved from the 2/3 series; I now wanted to go for horizontal rhythms rather than vertical. Since we keep looking upwards (nach oben), we get a view of the buildings we usually overlook during our daily business, and this is a contribution for Paleica’s Magic Letters: O.