Gimme some light

The last night, I spontaneously decided to pick up my cam and take some night shots from the river-side-view of Mainz. Despite it was quite cold, the exciting part was to be at places where I already took some shots a few years ago using my old Minolta 505si (quite a good cam back then). Have fun and enjoy the view!

This one shows a view at the Mainz city hall, Mainz Dome and the 'Rheingoldhalle', a common event place on the other side of the rhine river (the lights on the lower right) .

Here I spotted the Theodor-Heuss bridge which connects the city of Mainz-Kastel on the other side of the Rhine river with Mainz.
The last one I call 'a Quiet view' .

Merry Christmas !

Merry Christmas - a little picture taken from the christmas tree using flash-and-move technique :). I used an indirect flash and a shutter value of about a second to capture the background light.
After the flash fired, i moved the cam slightly and so got the moving lights before the shutter closed.

Impressions from Mainz

Today I post some pictures from my small tour through Mainz, where I will spent the christmas time.

I spotted mainly on buildings that had interesting forms, therefore I was able to see Mainz from a completely different point of view - there are really artful designs around !

This image shows the Mainz' theater, which was renewed in 2001 an now has a really impressive look.



The following one should have the title 'Missing' - guess why :-)

Nightshots

Tonight I was out, taking some night shots. They show the nearby 'Café del Sol' restaurant, which I think is a pretty sight at night. I like the light design that was used here to create a comfortable atmosphere. By the way, they have good drinks...

No time for sports

I spent the afternoon in Nürtingen, a small town in the middle of nowhere... There I got a nice shot from a tennis racket placed in a tree.. Whoever put it there doesn't seem to miss it :-)

Sunburst

Today I spent the day in Stuttgart and while driving home, the sun dissapeared in bright light behind the hills. Sorry I forgot to mention: it was a cloudy day and those shafts of sunlight on the pictures here were the only ones today :)I took also some shots of the Stuttgart television tower, my guess was that in B&W the tower looks more superior...

Tour Siebenmühlental

On the weekend, I was able to get some good shots due to the good weather. Those were taken at the Siebenmühlental near Stuttgart.

The pictures of my 'autumn impressions' can be viewed at Picasa

My First Blog

My first Blog is online,

Hello World :-)