Author: Reinhold Graf

Just one image: Red

This fire lily was growing last year in our garden, and she was just asking for being portrayed. I tried to do justice to its beauty. Image made with Olympus OM-D E-M1, Olympus M.Zuiko Macro 2.8/60mm In case you’d like to comment, it’s appreciated … and maybe, you want to visit my website or my… Continue reading Just one image: Red

Just one image: The way to go

Upper Palatinate, the wide land up to the horizon.Rural country at its best. Image made with Ricoh GR II In case you’d like to comment, it’s appreciated … and maybe, you want to visit my website or my flickr page too. So long … and thanks for all the fish.

The Calendar Files … 2023 … Cinque Terre

This time, the beautiful Ligurian Coast, with its famous Cinque Terre, was the destination of our trip. The incredible landscape between the ‘five villages’ are quite picturesque and deliver tons of spots to make some nice images. All images were made with either my workhorse Olympus OM-D E-M1 II with a M.Zuiko 2.8/12-40mm lens, an… Continue reading The Calendar Files … 2023 … Cinque Terre

The Calendar Files … 2022 … Porto

This time, the Portuguese city of Porto was the destination of our trip. Besides the Port Wine coming from here, this city is lovely with its mixture between sea and the hills, between very old and brand new, its incredible light and its wonderful people. All images were made with either my Ricoh GR II,… Continue reading The Calendar Files … 2022 … Porto

Just one image: Cityscape

After a long day in the beautiful history town of Weimar, the day was nearing its end and dawn was setting in. Incredible cloud formation over the rooftops of the town. Image made with Pentax Super A, Pentax SMC 2.8/30mm, Kodak Ultramax 400 In case you’d like to comment, it’s appreciated … and maybe, you… Continue reading Just one image: Cityscape

Just one image: The Approach

While hunting for some beautiful flowers, a bee came along, passed my way and approached this incredible Wiesen-Storchschnabel / Geranium pratense. Image made with a Sony A7R2 and the famous Asahi Pentax Super Takumar 1.4/ 50mm (8-elements) In case you’d like to comment, it’s appreciated … and maybe, you want to visit my website or… Continue reading Just one image: The Approach

Just one image: Power Lines

And when there is nothing than wide land up to the horizon, power lines are crossing landscape. A crop field somewhere in the Northern Upper Palatinate while cycling through homeland. Image made with Ricoh GR II In case you’d like to comment, it’s appreciated … and maybe, you want to visit my website or my… Continue reading Just one image: Power Lines

Just one image: Haus am Horn II

The Haus am Horn, is a domestic house, designed by Georg Muche for the Bauhaus Werkschau 1923. It was the first building built on the Bauhaus design principles and it looks modern even for today’s standards. The Haus am Horn in Weimar is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Image made with Pentax Super A, Pentax… Continue reading Just one image: Haus am Horn II

Just one image: The Old Barn

The same story again and again and again. As we were cycling around this beautiful countryside, we found loads of wonderful sceneries. This time an old barn was waiting for us in the middle of nowhere. Image made with Ricoh GR II In case you’d like to comment, it’s appreciated … and maybe, you want… Continue reading Just one image: The Old Barn

Just one image: Haus am Horn

The Haus am Horn, is a domestic house, designed by Georg Muche for the Bauhaus Werkschau 1923. It was the first building built on the Bauhaus design principles and it looks modern even for today’s standards. The Haus am Horn in Weimar is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Image made with Pentax Super A, Pentax… Continue reading Just one image: Haus am Horn

Just one image: Wired

Cycling through the beautiful countryside of the Upper Palatinate always opens some surprising opportunities … Image made with Ricoh GR II In case you’d like to comment, it’s appreciated … and maybe, you want to visit my website or my flickr page too. So long … and thanks for all the fish.

Just one image: Cow Boy or The Lonesome Rider

While cycling through the beautiful countryside of the Upper Palatinate … I love this story. Image made with Ricoh GR II In case you’d like to comment, it’s appreciated … and maybe, you want to visit my website or my flickr page too. So long … and thanks for all the fish.

Just one image: Road Signs

On one of our bike tours through the beautiful Upper Palatinate countryside, every now and then you find this sign in the middle of nowhere, indicating that you can call a bus by phone. Since you can call a bus like a cab (taxi), it’s simply called BAXI. This is how country bumpkins like us… Continue reading Just one image: Road Signs

Just one image: Sun Rays

The low standing sun sends its rays through the trees in the Park an der Ilm in Weimar. Image made with Pentax Super A, Pentax SMC 2.8/30mm, Kodak Ultramax 400 In case you’d like to comment, it’s appreciated … and maybe, you want to visit my website or my flickr page too. So long …… Continue reading Just one image: Sun Rays

Just one image: The Garden House

In the middle of the park stands a tiny house, the garden house of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. He bought this house in 1776 when he first moved to Weimar and he lived here until 1782, when he moved to a more central location in town. Image made with Pentax Super A, Pentax SMC 2.8/30mm,… Continue reading Just one image: The Garden House

Praktica FX 2 and a Meyer Görlitz Primotar E 3.5/50mm

This time, it was quite a challenge to use a camera dated back from around 1956. The lens was made by Meyer Görlitz around 1957. The Praktica FX 2 was one of the first SLR cameras, and it still had a waist level finder and no instant return mirror, something special in today’s world. It… Continue reading Praktica FX 2 and a Meyer Görlitz Primotar E 3.5/50mm

Just one image: A Walk in the Park

Yes, it was a long walk in the park.As mentioned in an earlier post, visiting Weimar we also strolled into the Park an der Ilm, passing by the Old City Castle, the Garden House of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe up to the Haus am Horn, a classic Bauhaus style bungalo. Here’s another image in the… Continue reading Just one image: A Walk in the Park

Just one image: And again – Park an der Ilm

As mentioned in an earlier post, visiting Weimar we also strolled into the Park an der Ilm, passing by the Old City Castle, the Garden House of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe up to the Haus am Horn, a classic Bauhaus style bungalo. Here’s another image in the park, made with a Pentax Super A and… Continue reading Just one image: And again – Park an der Ilm