Vienna

I was wandering back to a tram to get back to my car which was parking outside the city center.  On the way, I tried the new Google-Pixel Nightsight photo feature. A remarkable achievement programmed by the Google developers makes shooting night scenes easy with first-class results. It came handy that the first Christmas decors were out on the streets, so it was easy to find a motive. 

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• Camera: Pixel 2 XL
• Aperture: ƒ/1.8
• Shutter speed: 1/50s
• Focal length: 4.459mm
• ISO: 64

It’s worth to look at and photograph the architecture of the Museum of Natural History in Vienna. Big colossal baroque style with many ornaments and paintings represent the museum. However the exhibits are already outdated; older stuffed animals stand in glass cabinets, not the newest styling which you expect from a modern museum. This was the reason, why my brother and his girlfriend were in the exhibition rooms, while I was walking around in the lobby with my cameras. 

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• Camera: ILCE-7R
• Aperture: ƒ/9
• Shutter speed: 2s
• Focal length: 14mm
• ISO: 100

Built from millions of bricks, the big cellars of Schlumberger stock thousands of bottles of finest champagne. I went from cellar-vault to cellar-vault, placed the tripod and shot the arcs and walls. The exhibition areas were beefed up with lightning, bottles, and stories of the wine-fermentation. And the good thing, tripods were welcomed, that’s not often the case.

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• Camera: ILCE-7RM2
• Aperture: ƒ/6.3
• Shutter speed: 8s
• Focal length: 24mm
• ISO: 64

Between the Vienna Ring Road and the Inner City there lies a park named Volksgarten. Historic buildings and some bars and restaurants surround the area. The museum Albertina is near, the State Opera also. You will find some compositions for your photo gallery, particularly in the blue and golden hour.

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• Camera: ILCE-7S
• Aperture: ƒ/7.1
• Shutter speed: 15s
• Focal length: 48mm
• ISO: 125

The Museum of Natural History in Vienna has the ambient of a magnificent castle of ancient times. The decoration and interior architecture is an art for itself, beginning from the art-deco floors to the crested pillars and up to the dramatic ceilings. Though the exhibitions appear more old school with outdated cabinets, the building is a marvel and worth to visit.

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• Camera: ILCE-7R
• Aperture: ƒ/4
• Shutter speed: 1/60s
• Focal length: 14mm
• ISO: 1250

Beside the different well-known sights in Vienna, it’s a good idea to jump on one of the cruising ships on the Danube Canal and have a good time cruising between graffitis, historic buildings and modern architecture. Some bridges will have artful parapets; you will see bike lanes, Hundertwasser-garbage recycling plant and modern hotels like the Sofitel Vienna.

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• Camera: LEICA X VARIO (Typ 107)
• Aperture: ƒ/6.3
• Shutter speed: 1/125s
• Focal length: 22.1mm
• ISO: 100

Since mostly I have a camera with me, even when I am walking around for fun, it happens that I get surprising snapshots. I saw that couple going down the stairway and liked the scenery with the embedded church and the steep houses around. I took that photo and had one more in my vast collection of city shots.

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• Camera: DSC-RX1R
• Aperture: ƒ/6.3
• Shutter speed: 1/30s
• Focal length: 35mm
• ISO: 250

On the photo you can see the main entrance to the Museum Quarter in Vienna. Inside you can see the Egon Schiele exhibition in the Museum Leopold. On the museum plaza, there are some hip bars and restaurants and dozens of plastic seats in violet color for chilling out.

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• Camera: iPhone 6 Plus
• Aperture: ƒ/2.2
• Shutter speed: 1/17s
• Focal length: 4.15mm
• ISO: 80

The illumination of the Vienna State Opera (“Staatsoper”) is one of the top photo spots. The location is between the Kärntner Straße and the Opernring, that’s the ultimate city center. There you are near to the Volksgarten, the Museum of Natural History and the Kunsthistorisches Museum. Even the shopping mile Mariahilfer Straße is only some hundred meters away. 

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• Camera: Pixel 2 XL
• Aperture: ƒ/1.8
• Shutter speed: 1/33s
• Focal length: 4.459mm
• ISO: 400

The photo shows a stairway up to more cellars in the Schlumberger cellar-exhibition in Vienna. There are dozens of vaults with millions of bricks. I recommend a visit during the summer months; it’s refreshingly cool inside.

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