Yearly Archives: 2017

2017-10-12  ARC DE TRIOMPHE IN DUBAI

From my hotel room, I had that great view to the “Arc de Triomphe.” I placed my tripod in the room, turned off all lights to prevent mirroring and then shot through the glass window. On the next day, I discovered the building, and there I saw that it was an office building with windows and space on the inner surface.  🙂  One more of the versatile constructions in Dubai.

Post processed with: Aurora 2018, Photoshop

  • Camera: ILCE-7RM2
  • Aperture: ƒ/6.3
  • Shutter speed: 30s
  • Focal length: 55mm
  • ISO: 100
By |2017-10-12T20:28:10+01:00October 12th, 2017|Dubai|0 Comments

2017-10-11  SUN BREAKING THROUGH NIMBUS

Standing at a wine feast on the Vienna town hall place, drinking a glass of Chardonnay, suddenly the sky darkened and some grey, heavy clouds filled the whole area. The sun had to gather all its power, to break through again. At this moment I took my Sony A7S  and did that shot. 🙂

Post processed with: Dfine2, Photoshop 

  • Camera: ILCE-7S
  • Aperture: ƒ/3.2
  • Shutter speed: 1/50s
  • Focal length: 55mm
  • ISO: 25600
By |2017-10-10T17:32:29+01:00October 11th, 2017|Vienna|0 Comments

2017-10-10  MOSQUE III

Beneath the artful mosaics and the beautiful lightings, all mosques I have seen are carpeted. These are enormous carpets; there must have been endless hours of knotting for manufacture. It gives a good feel, to walk on those carpets, warm and pleasant. One of the many fascinating things, you see in a mosque.

Post processed with: Aurora 2018, Photoshop

  • Camera: ILCE-7S
  • Aperture: ƒ/5
  • Shutter speed: 1/15s
  • Focal length: 24mm
  • ISO: 2500
By |2017-10-09T19:35:44+01:00October 10th, 2017|Istanbul|0 Comments

2017-10-09  OLD WATER WELL ON A MEADOW

I can remember that my grandmother had a similar water well. As I was a child, I had to pump the lever three to four times, then the pressure increased and with the next pumps, water was draining out of the faucet. Then I had to fill the water into buckets and pour the vegetable beds. Nowadays most of those wells are only relicts of older times and are used as decoration or get destructed by rust and weathering.

Post processed with: Photoshop

  • Camera: SLT-A77V
  • Aperture: ƒ/4.5
  • Shutter speed: 1/125s
  • Focal length: 75mm
  • ISO: 125
By |2017-10-07T14:02:47+01:00October 9th, 2017|Austria|0 Comments

2017-10-08  HOUSES IN AMSTERDAM

Port of Amsterdam

In the port of Amsterdam
There’s a sailor who sings
Of the dreams that he brings
From the wide open sea
In the port of Amsterdam
There’s a sailor who sleeps
While the river bank weeps
To the old willow tree

➡ © song by David Bowie.

Why are the houses in Amsterdam so narrow? And relatively high? Those are tax reasons, in former time the residents had to pay taxes on the ground before the house, the smaller the field, the fewer taxes were to pay. 🙂

Post processed with: Luminar, Photoshop 

  • Camera: ILCE-7R
  • Aperture: ƒ/4
  • Shutter speed: 1/5s
  • Focal length: 24mm
  • ISO: 6400
By |2017-10-07T13:40:41+01:00October 8th, 2017|Amsterdam|0 Comments

2017-10-07  FLAT BUILDING

The style of white, reduced houses, flat roof, clear lines, shot on autumn days. If I see such photos, I think about album covers of electronic music bands, like Kraftwerk, Air, Klaus Schulze. Then walking around with earphones and playing that music, with a grey sky and taking photos. A cool autumn day. 😎

Post processed with: Photoshop

  • Camera: SLT-A77V
  • Aperture: ƒ/4
  • Shutter speed: 1/125s
  • Focal length: 35mm
  • ISO: 100
By |2017-10-06T19:16:07+01:00October 7th, 2017|Austria|0 Comments

2017-10-06  HORSES IN A CURCH

Venice, one of a kind in the world. In some parts of the city, each building, street, lantern, and canal are worth to stop, to look, to explore, to take photos. I entered Basilica di San Marco and been blown away, a never-ending, amazing, holy, impression art gallery. One of the wonders of the world !! On the upper floor, I saw those copper-brass-horses, built in lifesize.  😎

Post processed with: Aurora 2018, Photoshop

  • Camera: ILCE-7RM2
  • Aperture: ƒ/5.6
  • Shutter speed: 1/20s
  • Focal length: 15mm
  • ISO: 6400
By |2017-10-06T17:20:00+01:00October 6th, 2017|Generic|0 Comments

2017-10-05  EXPLORING TOKYO

The many subways metro stations in Tokyo can be confusing. I used my Apple Watch for navigating through the levels and direction signs. It did great work, I got a vibration for the turns, the exact meters to go straight ahead and subway names displayed in their original colors on the watch. 🙂

Post processed with: Aurora, Photoshop

  • Camera: ILCE-7R
  • Aperture: ƒ/4
  • Shutter speed: 1/60s
  • Focal length: 41mm
  • ISO: 800
By |2017-10-07T13:41:32+01:00October 5th, 2017|Japan|0 Comments

2017-10-04  BEACH BAR AT THE LAKE NEUSIEDL

One of the last warm days, before cold autumn days, prevail. The beach bar “Fritz” in Weiden at the lake has a nice restaurant and an open-air bar. It’s only one hour from Vienna, great for a Sunday afternoon trip. For the winter months, they have prepared radiant heaters, so that you are okay with your cocktails and snacks.

Post processed with: Aurora 2018, Photoshop

  • Camera: ILCE-7S
  • Aperture: ƒ/7.1
  • Shutter speed: 1/640s
  • Focal length: 14mm
  • ISO: 125
By |2017-10-04T17:44:30+01:00October 4th, 2017|Austria|0 Comments

2017-10-03  GALLERY IN THE NIGHT

On a mild summer evening,  I was walking through a village called “Pörtschach at the Wörthersee.” It’s a kind of summer vacation destination, with a beautiful lake promenade. The Wörthersee is clear, with drinking water quality. The warm breeze let me have an Aperol Sprizz at a bar, and on my way to the car, I saw that gallery which was worth a photo shot. 🙂

Post processed with: Luminar, Photoshop

  • Camera: LEICA X VARIO (Typ 107)
  • Aperture: ƒ/16
  • Shutter speed: 1/30s
  • Focal length: 27.6mm
  • ISO: 3200
By |2017-10-02T18:59:30+01:00October 3rd, 2017|Austria|0 Comments

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