A response to The Weekly Photo Challenge: German Railways (Deutsche Bahn) claim to provide the greenest transportation available, and here are some – green – fixtures that help provide the power for the engines.
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Industrial Zone: Rig
A Hat, a Coat and …
Light filtering through the vapours from the hot springs and wells of this city, the old buildings being reflected in a spill of water, sudden sunbeams hitting walls and floor of a narrow courtyard: Sometimes the daily vistas assume a touch of foreignness. Seeing these moments is all we have to do as photographers.
This idea formed in a discussion with Judith Bruder (see here) who nudged me to participate in this week’s photo challenge: Thank you, Judith! The picture shows the shadow cast by a statue. And while the chap originally looks amiable enough, his shadow reminds me of Philip Marlowe, who had “a hat, a coat, and a gun” – which accounts for the title.
Leaf and Landscape?
Just two more pictures inspired by the Weekly Photo Challenge: Silhouette. Some of those close-ups remind me of Rorschach tests: What do you see?
Silhouette Experiments
The Weekly Photo Challenge inspired me to try what I have been thinking about for a while now: I experimented with backlit dead leaves here, aiming at the silhouettes (and the compositions).
Wheels and Reels
Heavy Metal
Water Works
Alfriston Clergy House
Today’s post may show less abstraction; instead, I hope there is a story. Here is what feels like traditional gardening to me – a garden you may live in, a garden you can contemplate, a garden that feeds you (with artichokes).
Alfriston Clergy House was the first object to be acquired by The National Trust (England) in 1896. I also think this tradition of preserving a country’s heritage is a good one. And so this post might contribute to Ailsa’s Travel Theme – Tradition.
Chiaroscuro
Square
“I’m not interested in the texture of the rock, or that it is a rock, but in the mass of it, and its shadow.” Ellsworth Kelly
A picture and a page today: Along with this picture and the noteworthy quote there are some thoughts on abstract photography on a new page today. See them as work in prgress – and feel free to disagree.
Stone: Shapes
Returning to one of the original ideas of this blog, I would just like to try out different combinations of pictures. Now and then, it may seem inevitable I post pictures I have posted before, now putting them into a different context. I hope you do not mind my experimenting. I promise there will always be one new picture at least.
Up Close
Face it!
Rock
Blue Screw
My kind of blue for the Weekly Photo Challenge
Staatstheater
On Nature’s Whim
Isn’t it sometimes hard to tell if something was arranged or just happened? Esspecially when looking at photographs, we often are at a loss.
The situation you see here was composed by nature, and I only positioned it in a frame. While many photographers arrange people and things so they look natural in their photos, I love to do it the other way round – I do not arrange but love my subjects to look like they were deliberately positioned.
Contrast: Curve and Straight Lines
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.
Contrast: Patterns Permanent and Passing
This is my counterpoint for Judith (A View From The Woods) – and also another contribution to the Weekly Photo Challenge.
empire of lights 