Yearly Archives: 2018

2018-08-25   THE LANDSCAPE OF LOWER AUSTRIA

I started my DJI Phantom 4 Pro from the peak of the Manhartsberg. This mountain has a height of 500 meters, the highest pike in Lower Austria. I flew over wine-terraces and then entered that broad landscape of agriculture, fields, and woods. I caught the panorama with the built-in 20 MP camera of the drone. I had to be careful that I didn’t “touch” any villages; otherwise I could lose my flying-permission. I have to stay away from any residential complex for 150 meters. 

 

Post processed with: Aurora, Photoshop, Color Efex Pro

  • Camera: FC6310
  • Aperture: ƒ/6.3
  • Shutter speed: 1/640s
  • Focal length: 8.8mm
  • ISO: 100
By |2018-08-24T19:14:09+01:00August 24th, 2018|Austria|0 Comments
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2018-08-23   CRYSTAL WORLDS IN WATTENS OUTSIDE

If you are in Tyrol, Austria I would recommend visiting the Swarovski Crystal Worlds. The exhibition area has an outside complex and interior viewing rooms. Andre Heller is the designer of the art installations and homogenous connected exhibits, galleries, and sculptures. You should plan a half day to get an overview and sufficient impressions of that art spectacle. To gain insight, I added a photo, more from the abstract side.

 

Post processed with: Aurora, Photoshop

  • Camera: ILCE-7S
  • Aperture: ƒ/4
  • Shutter speed: 1/1250s
  • Focal length: 24mm
  • ISO: 100
By |2018-08-22T20:53:37+01:00August 23rd, 2018|Austria|0 Comments
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2018-08-22   CANALS OF MILAN

I had some roundtrips to find a parking lot at the Canals of Milan. It is very crowded during the nighttime, and everyone wants a good time at the water with a cool breeze. I could use the car-sharing platform Car2Go in Milan, though my registration city is Vienna. A good thing that you can use the car rentals in all European cities where Car2Go is active. Formerly they offered Smarts only; now you get Mercedes A-class too.

 

Post processed with: Aurora, Photoshop

  • Camera: ILCE-7R
  • Aperture: ƒ/4
  • Shutter speed: 1/10s
  • Focal length: 57mm
  • ISO: 6400
By |2018-08-21T20:24:04+01:00August 21st, 2018|Milan|0 Comments
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2018-08-21   RAINY DAY IN ISTANBUL

Coming out of the Grande Bazaar we were caught up by heavy rain showers. No time to buy some fodder for feeding the doves. But they stayed pretty calm and waited for better times, which didn’t come on that day.

 

Post processed with: Aurora, Photoshop

  • Camera: ILCE-7S
  • Aperture: ƒ/5
  • Shutter speed: 1/400s
  • Focal length: 24mm
  • ISO: 2500
By |2018-08-20T21:15:14+01:00August 20th, 2018|Istanbul|0 Comments
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2018-08-20   THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC

Thank you for the music and thank you for the show, magnificent and spectacular Cirque Du Soleil. Seen in the hometown, in the tent in Toronto. With my camera at the ready, I tried to catch the decisive moments. I had to balance the right mixture from ISO, shutter speed, and f-stops, because of the dim lights, the movements on the stage and my situation with the hand-held camera.

 

Post processed with: Aurora, Photoshop

  • Camera: LEICA X VARIO (Typ 107)
  • Aperture: ƒ/3.5
  • Shutter speed: 1/30s
  • Focal length: 18mm
  • ISO: 1600
By |2018-08-19T18:01:40+01:00August 19th, 2018|Canada|0 Comments
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2018-08-19   HOTELS IN NEW DELHI

Standing on the swimming pool-terrace of the Le Meridien Hotel in New Delhi I got this view of nearby hotel towers. It made the impression as if the towers would grow out of the greenery. The sky tinted in the light-smog of that big city. A bit surreal kind of photo showing hotels in India.

 

Post processed with: Aurora, Photoshop

  • Camera: ILCE-7R
  • Aperture: ƒ/5.6
  • Shutter speed: 1/2s
  • Focal length: 24mm
  • ISO: 2000
By |2018-08-17T18:13:48+01:00August 18th, 2018|India|0 Comments
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2018-08-18   ON THE WAY TO THE HOTEL

It was later in the evening when I walked back to the Nikko Hotel in San Francisco. I had only the Google Pixel 2 XL with me and soon got into street shooting mood. Often I get an extra motivation to shoot with a smartphone because it’s so easy, fast and flexible. And with the quality of this Google device, you get pretty good photos and colors.

 

Post processed with: Aurora, Photoshop

  • Camera: Pixel 2 XL
  • Aperture: ƒ/1.8
  • Shutter speed: 1/40s
  • Focal length: 4.459mm
  • ISO: 400
By |2018-08-17T16:24:25+01:00August 17th, 2018|USA|0 Comments
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2018-08-17   STEEP SCARP OVER THE LAKES

You reach the peak of the Schafberg (“sheep mountain”  🙂 ) via a cog railway. On the summit, you get a 360-degree view of mountains, valleys, and lakes of Salzburg. I took a trail between mountain peaks to get some photos of the steep scarps. You have to be careful, the unprotected paths have on one side an abyss of hundreds of meters and on the other side steep rocks and alpine meadows. So I positioned with regard when taking the photos.

 

Post processed with: Aurora, Photoshop

  • Camera: X-T1
  • Aperture: ƒ/6.4
  • Shutter speed: 1/500s
  • Focal length: 26.6mm
  • ISO: 200
By |2018-08-15T20:55:27+01:00August 16th, 2018|Austria|0 Comments
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2018-08-16   CITY OF COMO

Como has a beautiful old town for walking around and chilling. Many restaurants and bars, shops with organic food, boutiques, and sunglass stores. At the lake, there is a promenade for exploring the view of the surrounding hills and harbored boats. In the middle of the city lies the magnificent Como Cathedral.

 

Post processed with: Aurora, Photoshop

  • Camera: D-LUX 5
  • Aperture: ƒ/5
  • Shutter speed: 1/640s
  • Focal length: 5.1mm
  • ISO: 100
By |2018-08-15T09:29:06+01:00August 15th, 2018|Italy|0 Comments
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2018-08-15   VIEW FROM TELEVISION TOWER IN PRAGUE

The Zizkov Television Tower reminded me of the architecture in the Eastern European countries during the communist area. It was built between 1985 and 1992 and has a metal design with more levels as a viewing area. One of the highlights in Prague, it brings you great views in all cardinal directions, and you can see the city until the end of the horizon.

 

Post processed with: Aurora, Photoshop

  • Camera: ILCE-7RM2
  • Aperture: ƒ/4
  • Shutter speed: 1/2000s
  • Focal length: 24mm
  • ISO: 250
By |2018-08-14T20:37:26+01:00August 14th, 2018|Prague|0 Comments
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