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Photo of the day #120

Spent a weekend on a farm in East-Bavaria, pretty close to the Austrian border and saw this…

Weekly Photo Challenge: (Saturation)

I just couldn’t resist posting another blue-containers-on-a-junkyard panorama picture. I also wasn’t able to resist taking part of a weekly photo challenge. So, here we go.

(Fuji GX 617, Fujifilm Velvia 100)

Photo of the day #119

This is the only photo I took in L.A. during my last stay there back in August. As far as I remember this was West Hollywood Boulevard.

We were there only for some hours. Most of the time we spent in the car cruising through the busy streets of L.A. and all the rest I hung out in front of boutiques waiting for my femme to come out again.

(Fuji G617, Fujifilm Velvia 100)

Photo of the day #118

The midsection of the Bayerische Staatskanzlei (office of the Bavarian prime minister) at the Hofgarten, Munich.
The epigraph at the front means „They will revive“.

(Fuji G617, Ilford Delta 100)

Photo of the day #117

A short note for those of you who are waiting for the long promised San Francisco panorama shots: Work is in progress!
Until then here’s the first large format panorama shot directly out of San Francisco… Coffee Company. In Munich.
30 secs exposure time. Therefore the heavy blur.

(FUJI G617, Fujifilm Velvia 100)

Photo of the day #116

If you ever wondered what my favourite colour might be, here’s the answer.
Containers on a junkyard in Garching near Munich.

(Fuji G617, Fujifilm Velvia 100)

Photo of the day #115

@ Hofgarten, Munich.

(Fuji G617, Ilford Delta 100)

Photo of the day #114

I’m a little bit obsessed about the architecture of the O2-Tower here. This one was shot handheld using a radical perspective.

(FUJI G617, ILFORD Delta 100)

Photo of the day #113

Another analogue panoramic shot. Construction site silos in an industrial park in Garching in the north of Munich.

I was so fascinated by the clear colour scheme of blue and white which was just slightly distorted by some traces of rust.

(FUJI G617, FUJIFILM Velvia 100)

Photo of the day #111

Missed out yesterday’s photo of the day. Too busy. Therefore you’ll get this panorama of a container on a junkyard at the outskirts of Munich.

(Fuji GX617 w/ f6.7 / 180mm, Fujifilm Velvia 100)

Photo of the day #110

Another detail from Marienplatz tubestation. I adore the truly 1970s colour combination of dark-green and orange.

Photo of the day #109

I absolutely love Marienplatz subway station.

Photo of the day #108

Finally I managed to get the holiday-in-San Francisco-films to the laboratory. 27 by the number. That means 108 frames as there are 4 frames on every roll of film when using a 6×17 panorama kit. Yes, FOUR. Not really a lot compared to the masses of pictures most people shoot with their digital stuff. They’ll be finished early next week. The films, not the people.

Photo of the day #107

Two couples lazing on the green along the river on a summer afternoon.

(Fuji G617, Ilford Delta 100)

Photo of the day #106

We’re getting well structured and symnetric with this panorama-shot of a logistics company in Ueberherrn near Voelklingen, Saarland.

(Fuji GX 617 w/ f5.6 / 90 mm, Ilford Delta 100)

Photo of the day #105

Shot in an underground garage in the Olympic Village in Munich.

(Fuji G617, heavily overdued Kodak E100)

Photo of the day #104

An industrial plant at the river Rhine, somewhere in-between the cities of Bonn and Koblenz.
Shot handheld from the deck of a day tour vessel.

(Fuji G617, Ilford Delta 100)

Photo of the day #103

Shot during a boatcruise on the river Rhine earlier this year.

(Fuji G617, Ilford Delta 100)

Photo of the day #101

An industrial plant near Voelklingen, Saarland. Taken on my way back home after shooting a wedding there.

(FUJI GX617 w/ f5.6/90 mm, Ilford Delta 100)

Off for The Bay!

Dear friends and readers,

today I’m heading off to San Fran and the bay area for a two week vacancy. To be exact my plane and this post are taking off in the very same minute.

If you should presume that I will carry tons of photographic gear on my shoulder when I just should relaxe and enjoy summer holiday I have to tell you you’re absolutely right. This time I even couldn’t neglect to put my “panoramic Godzilla“, the monstrous, massive FUJI GX 617 in the bag. I really hope that the hump will be worth it and there’ll be a lot of Frisco-ramas in the box at the end.

’nuff said. Have a good time everybody, enjoy summer and see you back then in a two weeks.

Photo of the day #100

We’re getting architectural with a 1950s spiral staircase.

Photo of the day #98

Summer as it should be. People lazing in the Olympiapark.

Photo of the day #97

At the kebap house at night. Schwanthaler Strasse, Munich Central.

Photo of the day #96

bistro chairs.

Photo of the day #95

A final one from Hong Kong. Graveyard and central business district. How predictive I was in 1997, haha.

Photo of the day #94

Actually I don’t remember where exactly in Hong Kong this was. Hope you like it anyway.

Mamiya Universal Press with standard lens f2.8 / 100mm, Ilford FP4.

Photo of the day #93

The harbour of Hong Kong. At the ferry docks.

Mamiya Universal Press w/ f2.8 / 100 mm.

Photo of the day #92

Another one from the Sha Tin races when there were no races.

Photo of the day #91

An old rusty offering bin for incense sticks on Lantau Island, Hong Kong, 1997.

Photo of the day #90

Our seafood lunch on Lantau Island.

Photo of the day #89

Kowloon and Hong Kong Island on a foggy day. Seen from the fabulous viewpoint Victoria Peak, Tai Ping Shan (Mountain of Great Peace).

Photo of the day #88

A Buddhist altar in Macao.

Mamiya Universal Press w/ f2.8 / 100mm and G-type 6×7 back.

Photo of the day #87

The famous Ruinas (de la Catedral) de San Pablo in Macao. Probably one of the most coveted photographic scenes there.

Even though I only stayed for one day in Macao back then in 1997 I had a feeling that the general ambiance was totally different to Hong Kong. Whilst Hong Kong to me was Asian through and through I sometimes felt like being somewhere in South Europe when strolling through Macao. I wonder if it still is like that today.

Photo of the day #86

Industrial climbers fixing some illuminated decoration at a high rise building in Hong Kong’s central business district.
(Mamiya Universal Press w/ f2.8/100 mm and 6×7 G-Type back, Ilford FP4)

Photo of the day #85

Another one from my 1997 trip to Hong Kong and Macao. That day we paid a visit to Lantau island with its famous ancient fishing village Tai O. I remember having some kind of crab or crawfish for lunch which looked like a giant woodlouse. Very special but yet very good.

Photo of the day #84

Oh dear, another photo of the day forfeited yesterday… I’m actually plundering my archives so here comes some really old stuff.

Today’s capture dates back to 1997 when I visited Hong Kong and Macao. Hong Kong already went back to China about half a year earlier and Macao was soon to follow.

The only camera I had with me was my big, bulky medium format dinosaur the Mamiya Universal Press and two lenses (100mm and 150mm as far as I remember). This shot above was captured at the famous Sha Tin Racecourse. Unfortunately I only had one afternoon left to go there and when I finally arrived, I had to learn that the races would happen next day. So, no horse-racing action shots for me.

More of this to follow during the next days… Hope you enjoy.