2016-12-24Â CHRISTMAS TREES IN MANY REGIONS
I was a bit surprised seeing that big Christmas tree in Istanbul, but why not, this is a feast for all. 🙂
- Camera: ILCE-7S
- Aperture: ƒ/6.3
- Shutter speed: 1/100s
- Focal length: 24mm
- ISO: 3200
2016-12-23Â MALTA WITH GREEN GRASS IN THE WINTER
During the winter months you can see green grass and blooming flowers in Gozo, the sister island of Malta. Compared to Middle/Northern Europe you think you are in the spring with the nice temperature of about 16 degrees Celsius. 🙂
- Camera: COOLPIX A
- Aperture: ƒ/2.8
- Shutter speed: 1/1000s
- Focal length: 18.5mm
- ISO: 100
2016-12-22Â CHRISTMAS GETS NEARER
… so it is obligatory for Austrians to visit a Christmas market. The biggest one is in front of the town hall in Vienna, with dozens of booths, sculptures and a skating ground.
- Camera: ILCE-7RM2
- Aperture: ƒ/8
- Shutter speed: 2s
- Focal length: 18mm
- ISO: 125
2016-12-21Â FREEDOM FIGHTER IN KITZBĂśHEL
KitzbĂĽhel during summer is more silent than the busy winter months, but even during that time worth a visit. You can concentrate more on taking photos and relax. Here is the famous freedom fighter from Tyrol, named Andreas Hofer.
- Camera: D-LUX 5
- Aperture: ƒ/4
- Shutter speed: 1/800s
- Focal length: 7.5mm
- ISO: 80
2016-12-20Â ENTRY TO GARDEN OF GLASS
With only my IPhone and 20% battery left I entered this great exhibition where I immediately knew, that I had to try my best to cover those great exhibits with the (limited) equipment I had. Even in low light, the IPhone did a good job and I could go home with a bunch of great photos. 🙂 Then I was in a hurry, because 4 hours later was my flight from Seattle to London.
- Camera: iPhone 6 Plus
- Aperture: ƒ/2.2
- Shutter speed: 1/30s
- Focal length: 4.15mm
- ISO: 80
2016-12-19Â HILL FROM THE HIGH WALL
The “High Wall” is a mountain-plateau where you have to be very careful with the observation areas. There’s no fence or warning sign, you go ahead and immediately you stand before a 100 meter scarp. The rocks are straight down, better to be free from giddiness. 🙂  This photo was taken some meters away from the big scarp, showing the whole valley among the “High Wall”.
- Camera: SLT-A77V
- Aperture: ƒ/6.3
- Shutter speed: 1/400s
- Focal length: 85mm
- ISO: 100
2016-12-18Â IMPRESSING PIPE ORGAN
I think you see pipe organs only in churches, the same is true with this one in the Karlskirche, Vienna. It was built in the Baroque.  The whole complex is a synthesis of art, with all the surrounding ornaments and structures.
- Camera: ILCE-7R
- Aperture: ƒ/2
- Shutter speed: 1/60s
- Focal length: 55mm
- ISO: 640
2016-12-17Â INDIANS TAKING PHOTOS AT TAJ MAHAL
At my day at Taj Mahal the vast majority of visitors were Indians. It’s pretty well organized that the crowds walk in lanes, put off their shoes and the access to the Taj Mahal-building is step by step. This is one of the really great sights in the world, you can see photographing activity with nearly every visitor. 🙂
- Camera: ILCE-7R
- Aperture: ƒ/13
- Shutter speed: 1/100s
- Focal length: 15mm
- ISO: 100
2016-12-16Â A DIFFERENT PORTRAIT OF SIGMUND FREUD
Occasionally I visit the Viennese “Graffiti Mile” looking for new paintings. This “new” interpretation of a portrait of Sigmund Freud looks interesting and is far away from conservative 🙂  That’s the freedom of art.
- Camera: ILCE-7R
- Aperture: ƒ/2.2
- Shutter speed: 1/640s
- Focal length: 35mm
- ISO: 100
2016-12-15Â WATCHING SAILBOAT IN CHICAGO
This photo reminds me more of the big, wide sea of the Caribbean, not of Lake Michigan in Chicago. I think the time the photo was taken, has been the famous blue hour, the best shooting time for photo enthusiasts.
- Camera: ILCE-6000
- Aperture: ƒ/5
- Shutter speed: 1/125s
- Focal length: 55mm
- ISO: 100