Daily photo blog posts

2018-06-11   WEISSENKIRCHEN AT THE DANUBE

I made a one-day-trip to the beautiful terrace-landscape of the Wachau, where three neat villages named Dürnstein, Weissenkirchen, and Spitz lie at the river Danube. The old town of Weissenkrichen brought some photo opportunities where I could capture the special houses which date back to the 17th century. Besides this, the photo is a good example of the nice Leica colors.

 

Post processed with: Photoshop

  • Camera: LEICA X VARIO (Typ 107)
  • Aperture: ƒ/6.3
  • Shutter speed: 1/250s
  • Focal length: 18mm
  • ISO: 100
By |2018-06-11T20:39:28+01:00June 11th, 2018|Austria|0 Comments

2018-06-10   SUNNY AFTERNOON IN LONDON

After visiting the Hayward Gallery in London I went outside and was standing on a bridge, where I could oversee that beautiful view of the themes, bridge, and boats. I took a pano from three photos to get the complete scenery on the photo. I stacked that pano from three handheld hdr-shots in Photoshop. When shooting panorama photos, it is important to get an overlap of about 30 percent from photo to photo. You will get better photo-merge results.

 

Post processed with: Photoshop

  • Camera: DSC-RX1R
  • Aperture: ƒ/3.5
  • Shutter speed: 1/1250s
  • Focal length: 35mm
  • ISO: 100
By |2018-06-10T17:21:14+01:00June 10th, 2018|London|0 Comments

2018-06-08   BOTANICAL GARDEN IN VARENNA

Varenna is one of the amazing Italian villages which surround Lake Como. Best reachable via a ferry. You will see very neat botanical gardens, with many gardeners trimming the plants, watering the flowers and disposing the leaves and branches from the ways.

 

Post processed with: Luminar, Snapseed

  • Camera: Pixel 2 XL
  • Aperture: ƒ/1.8
  • Shutter speed: 1/11765s
  • Focal length: 4.5mm
  • ISO: 135
By |2018-06-08T15:41:24+01:00June 8th, 2018|Italy|0 Comments

2018-06-07   CHINATOWN IN THE MORNING

I used the opportunity to visit Chinatown in San Francisco in the morning. The departure to the airport was two hours away, so I could use the spare time to explore and shoot photos. Since my photo equipment was already packed, I used my Google Pixel 2 XL for shooting and Snapseed for post-processing, an option I can recommend for lightweight walking and taking photos on the fly.

 

Post processed with: Snapseed

  • Camera: Pixel 2 XL
  • Aperture: ƒ/1.8
  • Shutter speed: 1/3344s
  • Focal length: 4.5mm
  • ISO: 54
By |2018-06-07T17:04:16+01:00June 7th, 2018|USA|0 Comments

2018-06-06   COMO DOME EVENING HOURS

In Como there are is a restaurant where you have a great look at the dome, and can shoot photos while waiting for a pizza and drinking an Aperol Sprizz. Be sure to get a seat in the first row. 🙂 One of the photos where I did postprocessing with the mobile app Snapseed.

 

Post processed with: Snapseed

  • Camera: Pixel 2 XL
  • Aperture: ƒ/1.8
  • Shutter speed: 1/325s
  • Focal length: 4.5mm
  • ISO: 54
By |2018-06-06T08:18:59+01:00June 6th, 2018|Italy|0 Comments

2018-06-04   UPSTAIRS MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

Visiting the Museum of Natural History in Vienna (Naturhistorisches Museum Wien) brings you vast photo opportunities. The building and interiors are built like a castle, marble ornaments, and many artfully created sculptures, big arcs, and pillars.

 

Post processed with: Aurora

  • Camera: ILCE-7RM2
  • Aperture: ƒ/6.3
  • Shutter speed: 1/8s
  • Focal length: 35mm
  • ISO: 1600
By |2018-06-04T09:25:25+01:00June 4th, 2018|Generic, Vienna|0 Comments

2018-06-02   VIEW FROM RUIN FALKENSTEIN

The view from ruin Falkenstein, a rural area of Lower Austria. Near the town Laa, where my brother with his girlfriend lives. Since it was late afternoon, we used the car up to the ruin, instead of walking for 1 hour.  🙂 

 

Post processed with: Aurora, Photoshop

  • Camera: Pixel 2 XL
  • Aperture: ƒ/1.8
  • Shutter speed: 1/2924s
  • Focal length: 4.459mm
  • ISO: 50
By |2018-06-01T19:42:58+01:00June 2nd, 2018|Austria|0 Comments

2018-05-31   MILAN COURTYARD

Walking around in Milan and going into the palatial buildings brings you Italian courtyards with statues, pillars, and interesting architecture. Don’t forget your wide-angle lens, a must to capture the scenery. 

 

Post processed with: Luminar, Photoshop

  • Camera: ILCE-7R
  • Aperture: ƒ/4
  • Shutter speed: 1/640s
  • Focal length: 24mm
  • ISO: 400
By |2018-05-31T10:31:46+01:00May 31st, 2018|Milan|0 Comments

2018-05-30   VENICE VIEW FROM PIAZZA SAN MARCO TO THE SEA

I took an hour off from our family evening-walking tour in Venice. Since my wife Karin, my brother-in-law and my sister-in-law are not interested in photography, they find it boring standing beneath a tripod and waiting for compositions. They also don’t find the excitement I get with night-time shots and picture effects like here, where the ship is completely abstracted from the foreground and find itself with light-strips on the photo.

 

Post processed with: Aurora, Photoshop

  • Camera: ILCE-7R
  • Aperture: ƒ/4
  • Shutter speed: 5s
  • Focal length: 110mm
  • ISO: 200
By |2018-05-29T20:47:00+01:00May 30th, 2018|Venice|0 Comments

2018-05-29   SILVER SHOP WINDOW IN VIENNA

Though I don’t own any silver plates I like watching it through shop windows. Those artfully decorated accessories combined with the lightning gave a beautiful photo motive. I took that picture with my Google Pixel II XL which I sometimes use as a substitute for my mirrorless camera.

 

Post processed with: Photoshop

  • Camera: Pixel 2 XL
  • Aperture: ƒ/1.8
  • Shutter speed: 1/100s
  • Focal length: 4.459mm
  • ISO: 52
By |2018-05-28T21:31:49+01:00May 29th, 2018|Vienna|0 Comments

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This Sliding Bar can be switched on or off in theme options, and can take any widget you throw at it or even fill it with your custom HTML Code. Its perfect for grabbing the attention of your viewers. Choose between 1, 2, 3 or 4 columns, set the background color, widget divider color, activate transparency, a top border or fully disable it on desktop and mobile.
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