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Toscana

12/10/201412/10/2014 Tobias M. Schiel8 Comments

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333-09Answering to this photo challenge – a very nice one!

Posted in ToscanaTagged Pictures], Place, Travel, Urban Landscape

Dreamy

10/10/201410/10/2014 Tobias M. Schiel12 Comments

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A contribution to the Weekly Photo Challenge.

Posted in NatureTagged Abstract Photography, Black and white, Pictures], Water

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wall Variations

07/06/201422/06/2014 Tobias M. Schiel5 Comments

QLB-Tor

QLB-Fachwerk

QLB-Blitzableiter

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

Tools in a Vineyard

24/05/201420/06/2014 Tobias M. Schiel5 Comments

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Posted in RheingauTagged Black and white, Pictures], Tools, Vineyard

In the Rheingau Vineyards

17/05/201420/06/2014 Tobias M. Schiel8 Comments

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Posted in RheingauTagged Black and white, Landscape, Nature, Pictures]

Small Town Port

09/05/2014 Tobias M. Schiel8 Comments

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Hafen-2An interpretation of WPC: On the Move: Where would you be on the move if not in a harbour?

Posted in Industrial ZoneTagged Harbour, Machinery, Pictures], Water

Radical

25/04/201402/05/2014 Tobias M. Schiel2 Comments

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In addition to these radically cut trees – a sight not uncommon in early spring here – I would like to draw your attention to a new short essay about equipment (see the link here).

Posted in Changing SeasonsTagged Abstract Photography, Pictures], Urban Landscape, Wood

Port de Fécamp

22/03/2014 Tobias M. Schiel8 Comments

Fecamp V Fecamp VI Fecamp VIIIt’s probably time for a dash of colour here, and some reflections too.

Posted in NormandieTagged Abstract Photography, Harbour, Pictures], Shore, Travel

Burg Eppstein

14/03/2014 Tobias M. Schiel10 Comments

328-21 328-20 328-36Inside? Outside? That’s always hard to tell when you visit a castle ruin…

Posted in GermanyTagged Abstract Photography, Black and white, Castle, Pictures]

Beaumont-le-Roger

28/02/2014 Tobias M. Schiel18 Comments

315-12 315-17The ruins of the old abbey shape the sky here… And they may contribute to the Weekly Photo Challenge: Abandoned.

Posted in NormandieTagged Architecture, Black and white, Pictures], Travel

“Ein jegliches hat seine Zeit”

15/02/201415/02/2014 Tobias M. Schiel9 Comments

325-35325-30Life cycles: “a time for birth and a time for death; a time for planting and a time for uprooting” (Ecclesiastes 3; the German quote is from the same text) – they rarely become as visible as during a walk in the woods, especially once you stoop to contemplate the smaller things…

Posted in WoodTagged Abstract Photography, Black and white, Nature, Pictures]

Building Towns

26/01/2014 Tobias M. Schiel6 Comments

314-15 319A-29One of the things that always intrugue me in towns is the juxtaposition of buildings, the (urban) space it creates.

Posted in NormandieTagged Black and white, Pictures], Place, Travel, Urban Landscape

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