In this part of Lower Austria, I saw many, many canola fields. Maybe the biofuel of the future? I prepared my DJI Phantom 4 Pro for the flight, with some tests on the beginning. Because sadly I recognized from time to time that the movie touch on the DJI App didn’t get activated, although I thought it did, which led to some flying sessions, where I didn’t record a movie. Therefore it’s essential for me to check this carefully.
It’s surprising how nice Nice is, the old town brings you photo motives at every corner, like that church with a purple steeple. And I had more time for photo shooting as I thought because my wife made a side trips for Pain Au Chocolat or Macarons. I also had a favorite sweet; it is called a Flan, made of creme caramel. 🙂
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“Let’s have a beer, a cold Budweiser, a Paulaner wheat beer, a darker one? ” There is no better place in Vienna than the Schweizerhaus in the Prater. The orders come so fast that up to 10 people draw beer all the time. There are grills with hundreds of knuckles of pork, ready to be served. Every day there is a mood like a fair. Since the cold beer tastes special on hot days, you will see people with an unsteady gait in the later hours. 🙂
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This photo from the Skytree was a bit tricky to take. You have to shoot through glass with reflections of the interior lights and crowd at all windows. Most of the newer towers and high buildings are without open air observation decks. 😥 But for a view and photos at 450 m (1,480 ft), you have to take some hurdles. 🙂
The endless sea of buildings and houses in Tokyo is mind blowing. It remembers me of the song of the German electronic band Kraftwerk “Neonlicht, Und wenn die Nacht anbricht, ist diese Stadt aus Licht”, “Neon Lights, And as night falls, this city is made of light.”
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One of the many spectacles at the Niagara Falls. The origin of this water fog is the sheer power and size of the falling water masses. Before my visit I underestimated the falls a bit, thinking they may be a bit overhyped, as I have seen this with some sights already. But the opposite is true, great and gorgeous. There are two kinds of falls, a big water valley and a great view from the Canadian side. And you will get wet, sometimes. 🙂
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Smart City Malta has grown to the top tech hub of the island. I was visiting BMIT, a colocation, and housing provider, talking about new data centers and synergies. It was interesting to hear that the design of their data center is copyright by Amazon Italia. I got a private visitors tour, where they showed me the roof deck with the diesel generators, the USV and battery rooms, the cooling and air circulation and the rack spaces for servers, routers, and switches. The setup is very professional with redundancy internet connectivity redundancy of first class providers like Level 3 and Thelia 2. Outside of the building, there are some chilling bars and restaurants where my colleague Massimo and I had a big Diet Coke with ice on that hot summer day. 🙂
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Mountains and sports are the occasions where I use my telephoto lenses the most. There I also take my photo backpack with me, which I stuff with more lenses and cameras I normally need. 🙂 But this invites to more experimenting with F-stops and exposures, a different approach to taking photos and more HDR-testing. At this mountain peak on the Dachstein, there it’s a bit colder, even during sunny hours, so I have my photo gloves with me, which are made from wool but without fingertips, to preserve the feel of my skin.
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Manarola is one of the five villages which make Cinque Terre. I waited until night for the lights of the houses, street lamps and streets to appear. With the warm summer climate and the pleasing salt-breeze, it was a joy. I had plenty of time to place my tripod, to try different lenses and look at the other photographers which were anxious to get their best shots. They were Asians, Africans, spoke different languages, Cinque Terre is a magnet for tourists from the whole world.
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Subway station in Stockholm? Or an abstract view which would also hold its own in a 1st person shooter video game, where you have to explore steel dungeons in dim light and search for an escape of the thrill. 🙂
It’s a hidden secret, that the must do for every photographer in Stockholm should be the visit of the artful subway stations, with the colorful paintings of the ceiling and the pillars, which I have already shown in some older posts about Stockholm. You have to click on the “Stockholm” category link under the picture in the blog got to get all Stockholm-posts.
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The Sculptures of the Gloriette in Schönbrunn impressed me, so gracefully and artfully crafted, this pure white, the height, the different motives like lions, soldiers, and shields. One is like the copy of the other; they look the same and enhance the building and the stairway and remind you of the past times of the emperor. If you are in Schönbrunn, don’t shy away from the march up to the Gloriette, you get rewarded with architecture and a great view over Vienna. 🙂
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