Yearly Archives: 2017

2017-07-24  ROOF LIKE A SPACE SHIP

Since we had some spare time before noon, my colleagues of Pure Storage event and me visited the California Institute of Sciences in San Francisco. A great building and exhibition, with a rain forest inside which stretches four levels, with a high variety of plants and butterflies. On the top, you can see that futuristic roof, which reminds me of a space ship ready for taking off. 🙂

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  • Camera: ILCE-7S
  • Aperture: ƒ/4.5
  • Shutter speed: 1/500s
  • Focal length: 14mm
  • ISO: 125
By |2017-07-23T14:05:33+01:00July 24th, 2017|USA|0 Comments
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2017-07-23  THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC,

Though I am the rock, pop, electronic – music guy, on Saturday, I got an invitation from my brother and his girlfriend to attend a classical concert of Russian composers like Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and others presented by a Czech orchestra. It was open air on a castle ground in Kirchstetten, Lower Austria; I can only recommend listening to such music from time to time.

“So I say thank you for the music, for giving it to me” (Abba).  😎

 

Post processed with: Luminar, Photoshop 

  • Camera: ILCE-6000
  • Aperture: ƒ/1.8
  • Shutter speed: 1/500s
  • Focal length: 55mm
  • ISO: 1600
By |2017-07-23T13:48:21+01:00July 23rd, 2017|Austria|0 Comments
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2017-07-22  CINQUE TERRE WALK

The walk between Corniglia and Monterosso, hot, stony, dusty, steep, great views, heart rate 140 (according my iWatch), if you are there, I can recommend to do it. 🙂  The walk lasted about 4 hours, we arrived at about 4 pm in Monterosso, where we saw a fountain with fresh water at the village square, the first step for cooling off. Then we entered the beach and took a longer bathe in the mediterranean sea, the second phase for cooling off. 🙂 In the evening for dinner, we got fried calamari, an Italian specialty.

Post processed with: Aurora, Photoshop

  • Camera: ILCE-7S
  • Aperture: ƒ/22
  • Shutter speed: 1/80s
  • Focal length: 14mm
  • ISO: 250
By |2017-07-22T14:27:28+01:00July 22nd, 2017|Italy|0 Comments
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2017-07-21  NIGHT LIFE IN MILAN

At the canals in Milan, the whole area is a pulsating flow of Nighthawks, the cafes and bars are full, Italian night life at its best. Combined with the atmosphere of the buildings and the cobblestone streets it’s a must see destination for a Milan visit.  🙂

Post processed with: Photoshop

  • Camera: ILCE-7R
  • Aperture: ƒ/4
  • Shutter speed: 1/40s
  • Focal length: 46mm
  • ISO: 6400
By |2017-07-20T22:15:45+01:00July 21st, 2017|Milan|0 Comments
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2017-07-20  PHOTOWALK AFTER PARTY

Trey Ratcliff’s Photo Walk After Party took place at the Ritz Carlton Vienna. It was an enjoyable event, with some glasses of red wine, a presentation of Trey’s best shots and this marvelous Instagram artist, which paints a picture in 1 hour. You have to be very creative to paint like this. I took this high ISO handheld shot which shows how great the Sony A7R II handles ISO 16,000.  🙂

Post processed with: Luminar, Photoshop 

  • Camera: ILCE-7RM2
  • Aperture: ƒ/2
  • Shutter speed: 1/1250s
  • Focal length: 24mm
  • ISO: 16000
By |2017-07-18T20:04:59+01:00July 20th, 2017|Vienna|0 Comments
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2017-07-19  HANDRAIL OF THE BRIDGE HELPED

At this nightly stroll, I didn’t had a tripod with me. The handrail of this bridge in Verona helped out, I could place my camera exactly in the desired position and was ready to shoot. My wife Karin was happy; she needn’t wait until the tripod would be prepared, adjusted, oriented and so on. Those little helpers could also be tables, park banks, sockets – all ready to be taken for shake free shots.

Post processed with: Aurora, Photoshop

  • Camera: ILCE-7RM2
  • Aperture: ƒ/5.6
  • Shutter speed: 1/1.3s
  • Focal length: 36mm
  • ISO: 250
By |2017-07-18T19:20:15+01:00July 19th, 2017|Italy|0 Comments
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2017-07-18  MORNING IN VIENNA

Before the first guests come in, the ground of the sitting areas gets cleaned, the chairs and tables will get arranged soon, sun shades will get spanned, always many things to do in a restaurant which the guests won’t recognize directly, but belong to the feelgood factor.

Post processed with: Luminar, Photoshop 

  • Camera: ILCE-7RM2
  • Aperture: ƒ/4
  • Shutter speed: 1/200s
  • Focal length: 14mm
  • ISO: 100
By |2017-07-17T19:18:21+01:00July 18th, 2017|Vienna|0 Comments
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2017-07-17  SUN IS BREAKING THROUGH THE TREES IN CANADA

The sheer size of these unbelievable big lakes south of Algonquin Park, Ontario, reminded you more of the open sea instead of lakes. We took an afternoon tour with a rented motor boat, near the evening we started going back to the rental station, where we had some difficulties finding the right waterway back between the lakes, because from our distance all looked nearly the same. 🙂 There I took some photos with the sinking sun breaking through the trees and shimmering on the water.

Post processed with: Photoshop

  • Camera: ILCE-7S
  • Aperture: ƒ/4
  • Shutter speed: 1/2000s
  • Focal length: 34mm
  • ISO: 160
By |2017-07-16T20:31:44+01:00July 17th, 2017|Canada|0 Comments
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2017-07-16  TWIN PEAKS

What are Twin Peaks? The series from David Lynch which got a new season for 2017? Yes, correct, or an other possible answer is hills in San Francisco from where you can get a spectacular view of the city and the Bay Area. Our guide brought us there with the Volkswagen hippie bus. The weather was great so that I could take some nice shots. Helpful that I had my Sony Zeiss 24-70 F4 with me, to get the flexibility to shoot with the appropriate angles.  🙂

Post processed with: Aurora, Photoshop

  • Camera: ILCE-7RM2
  • Aperture: ƒ/6.3
  • Shutter speed: 1/320s
  • Focal length: 54mm
  • ISO: 100
By |2017-07-16T16:25:32+01:00July 16th, 2017|USA|0 Comments
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2017-07-15  REST IN CASTLE GRAFENEGG

I think this man was happy, that the baby in the red buggy was finally sleeping and he could take a rest with a newspaper in hand. Castle Grafenegg is in excellent preservation and got through a restoration which lasted some years. The history reaches back to 1294; then it got more phases of reconstructions during the centuries. One of the highlights of Austrian castles.

Post processed with: Luminar, Photoshop

  • Camera: LEICA X VARIO (Typ 107)
  • Aperture: ƒ/7.1
  • Shutter speed: 1/125s
  • Focal length: 18mm
  • ISO: 100
By |2017-07-15T15:27:02+01:00July 15th, 2017|Austria|0 Comments
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