2018-04-26 NIGHTLY STREET IN BARCELONA
For this photo, I used my mini-tripod at street-level to shoot that nightly street, which leads to the Placa de les Cascades. I had dinner already, my colleagues were on the way to the hotel, I took the way to the Placa Espana. It was already 11 pm, traffic was low and the streets deserted. The photo session could begin.
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2018-04-25 LONDON AT NOON
After having an excellent lunch at that deli on the photo I used the time for a digestive-photo session. 🙂 I got on my knees and was ready. Some pedestrians disturbed the scenery but in the end, I could get the photo I wanted. Some meters on the left Little Venice starts, which got also covered with some pictures.
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2018-04-24 SPRING IN THE SCHÖNBRUNN GARDENS
More and more people gather in the cafes and restaurants of the Schönbrunn Gardens. The spring season has arrived, you feel it when the trees and plants blossom and the weather gets warmer, and you can store your winter jacket at home for the months to come. I recommend the walking tour from Schönbrunn Zoo to Schönbrunn Castle and uphill to the Gloriette, which brings you a bright view over the city. This tour belongs to the top 10 attractions to do in Vienna. I had my little Nikon Coolpix A with me, the APS-C marvel.
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2018-04-23 ROOF OF SHOPPING MALL IN ISTANBUL
I was impressed by the big shopping malls in Istanbul. I shot photos in different angles and compositions, as shown on the photo in the post with the gigantic roof made with steel beams.
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2018-04-22 NEW YORK WEST SIDE
Standing on the Rockefeller observation deck, I made shots in all four cardinal directions. I wanted to have New York shots without the Empire State Building also because New York offers excellent views wherever your glimpse lands. I shot The photo in this post without a tripod and higher iso, which is sufficient for many darker shots, mainly if there is strong crowding on the deck.
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2018-04-21 SUNSET IN BURANO
You have to take a boat to arrive Burano. My wife Karin and I took a three-island-tour from Venice where we came to Burano at later afternoon. We had one hour to explore the city and take photos. Since the village isn’t that large, I finished a photo-marathon where I had seen every little street and canal with these neat, colorful houses and could do a sunset shot from the church with the crooked tower.
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2018-04-20 AFTER THE BOB DYLAN CONCERT
A great concert, a great musician, Bob Dylan. Most of the songs were new interpretations of the old classics like “Desolati0n Raw” or “Tangled up in Blue.” I had some difficulties of understanding the song text because the music was a bit overwhelming in comparison to the singing. Seeing Bob Dylan who started in 1961 and fills the concert halls even in 2018 is a highlight. After the concert I visited a pub in the Wiener Stadthalle and had a cold wheat beer.
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2018-04-19 OUTSIDE ABU DHABI SHEIKH ZAYED MOSQUE
At such famous buildings, I ask myself the question, what to shoot which is not visible on the web hundred times already. Still, the classical shots have their eligibility, and I photograph them too, but then I try to take some different angels or sceneries. Like here outside the Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Abu Dhabi which offers a vast area of water-pools, buildings an pillars.
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2018-04-18 ARCHITECTURE IN BERLIN
Germany’s capital is not only the hot spot for Currywurst (curry sausage) :-), it’s also interesting to have a more in-depth look at the architecture. One day I was out with my photo-backpack and my photo-bag! My wife has warned me, because of a long walking day in a city with full-packed photo equipment. It was great for the variety of the shootings. However the next day I reduced the packings to the photo-bag. Primarily it’s time-consuming to take the equipment out of the backpack when the others of the group are already around the corner.
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2018-04-17 THE LAKE WITH THE PLEASANT SURROUNDINGS
The Wörther See is my favorite lake in Austria. The surroundings are pleasant, mostly mixed forest, one part with more conifers on the Northern side, the Southern side with more broadleaf forest and some rocks. I took a lake circumnavigation with a two-person electro scooter from Renault, named TWIZY. It was great fun, although the vehicle stopped at 70 km/ (45 mph), because the maximum speed was reached.
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