In spring 2016 I travelled to Northern Spain, visiting the Basque Country, Cantabria, Aragon and Castile and Leon. Flying to Bilbao and heading to our first location in San Sebastian, we made a stopover in Zumaia. The little town is nice … but more famous is its rock formation – The Flysch. The landscape is… Continue reading El norte de España
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Australian Adventure – I’m done!
These were the last images I posted in my Australian Adventure series, started long ago. They show two old classic Volkswagen in Fitzroy/Melbourne. It was our last day in Melbourne and Australia and so gives a good link to our next day flight back to Germany. The complete series can be found here on my… Continue reading Australian Adventure – I’m done!
Hiking around Flossenbürg and Gaisweiher
The last day of the year A.D. 2017 we made a short trip to the Burg Flossenbürg. The small town is know for one of the KZ (Concentration Camp) during the darkest era in German history – the Nazi Era. This time however, we did not visit the KZ, but hiked down to the small… Continue reading Hiking around Flossenbürg and Gaisweiher
Canon A-1 with FD 1.4/50mm S.S.C.
On we go with a Canon A-1, a Canon FD 1.4/50mm S.S.C. lens attached and an Agfa Vista 200 loaded. The next days hopefully will bring a little bit sunshine as it would make so much more fun. My first impression while playing around with the A-1 … solid … very solid. Somehow it reminds… Continue reading Canon A-1 with FD 1.4/50mm S.S.C.
Olympus OM-2 spot/program with G.Zuiko Auto-W 2.8/35mm
Hiking in South-Tirol for a week in May should bring some beautiful days with perfect light and tons of amazing sceneries … so far was the plan. What came out was a quite cold and rainy week in the Dolomites, which led to the decision using the OM-2sp not in the mountains, but during the… Continue reading Olympus OM-2 spot/program with G.Zuiko Auto-W 2.8/35mm
Olympus OM-4Ti with Olympus G.Zuiko Auto-W 2.8/35mm
Well, this time I planned taking the Olympus OM-4Ti with me in on a hiking trip to South-Tirol – besides my workhorse, the Olympus OM-D E-M1. Planned it and prepared it and … while testing if finally everything works fine … the OM-4Ti refused to fire. Olympus OM-4Ti with G.Zuiko Auto-S 1.4/50mm (yep, not the… Continue reading Olympus OM-4Ti with Olympus G.Zuiko Auto-W 2.8/35mm
Australian Adventure – Murals
This time – and I promise this trip is nearing its end – we strolled through the streets of Melbourne, hunting for the famous murals. Melbourne is full of street art and in some areas you can’t miss ’em – like here around Hosier Lane. In case you’d like to comment, it’s appreciated … and… Continue reading Australian Adventure – Murals
Australian Adventure – Melbourne Skyline
Our trip to the world’s end is nearing it’s finishing line. This time I have a couple of long time exposure night shots from Melbourne’s southbank over the Yarra River which show the full beauty of this fantastic skyline. As you know my dilemma, boths worlds look stunning – black&white and coloured. # Enjoy 😉… Continue reading Australian Adventure – Melbourne Skyline
Australian Adventure – Classic Cars
Nice intermediate … in Melbourne, when visiting the Queen Victoria Market, we found a Classic Car Show with loads of beautiful cars. As mentioned before, I find colour and black&white very pleasing. This was a Cadillac Fleetwood Series 75 Sedan (1960). Here the phantastic colours … … and here come the beautiful black&white. Enjoy 😉… Continue reading Australian Adventure – Classic Cars
Australian Adventure IV – Melbourne
Coming to the final part of our tip to tne world’s end, we now entered Melbourne, a fascinating big city – Australia’s second largest. with nearly 10 times the size of Berlin (10000 km²:1000 km²) it hast around the same number of people living there – approx. 4.5 mio. This city is so colourful and… Continue reading Australian Adventure IV – Melbourne
Hiking the Waldnaabaue Tirschenreuth
Having a short break for Christmas in my Australian Adventure series, before finally entering the most creative city in Australia – Melbourne. Around Christmas I made a short trip to the the small town of Tirschenreuth and its world famous Waldnaabaue – a beautiful small nature reserve – in the Upper Palatinate. In this picture,… Continue reading Hiking the Waldnaabaue Tirschenreuth
Australian Adventure III
After completing the second part of my Australian Adventure, which more focused on the towns on our path, I’m now coming back to nature in the third part of the series. This time it’s about Tasmania – a lovely island. As explained in one of the images, it reminds my on my homeland Bavaria –… Continue reading Australian Adventure III
Firenze …
Just came about an old album from a visit in Italy, when searching for some stuff. In 2006 I spent an amazing week in the beautiful town of Firenze in the Toscana. With me I had my good old Canon EOS 10D, which during all the years delivered really fine pics ;) On our way… Continue reading Firenze …
Australian Adventure II
Having now nearly reached the middle of the photo review about my Australian Adventure, I noticed that I have posted a lot of cool views of Western Australia. However what is missing – at least IMHO – is a bit more about those small towns we passed by on our trip. I just mentioned them… Continue reading Australian Adventure II
Australian Adventure
It’s time to launch a new short series. Lasting nearly two years of postprocessing (just kidding), sorting, sorting and … sorting, I’m now about to put my Australian Adventure live on Flickr – check it out. In November 2015 we started from Munich via Dubai to Perth – our first short rest on a new… Continue reading Australian Adventure