1201 - forgotten

January 13, 2013 in 35, brown, carnation, colour, contrast, courtyard, deeper meaning, facility, flower, germany, home, minimalistic, nex 7, pattern, purple, sel, sony, texture, wood

forgotten - sony nex 7 with sel 35 f1.8 | f2.8 | ISO400 | 1/60

unfortunately our great yard community is breaking up currently. a very nice couple has made the beginning with their moving out a few days ago, and highly likely another one will follow in not too distant future.

by the looks of things they left behind one purple carnation... and sadness in our minds that our togetherness has come to an end now. we wish you the best of luck at your new place.

1001 - clear-cut

January 10, 2013 in 35, abstract, architecture, colour, contrast, friedrichshafen, germany, glass, grass, landscape, mirror, nature, nex 7, pattern, plant, reflection, sel, sony, urban

clear-cut - sony nex 7 with sel 35 f1.8 | f2.8 | ISO100 | 1/60

if urban structures and natural elements converge on the same place, at times interesting contrasts occur. do you go for curves or rectangles?

0401 - light cage

January 04, 2013 in 8, architecture, colour, contrast, deeper meaning, fisheye, germany, indoor, light, light beam, meersburg, nex 7, night, pattern, red, shadow, sony, symmetry, walimex samyang rokinon

light cage - sony nex 7 with walimex pro 8mm f2.8 | f2.8 | ISO1600 | 1/25

the interior decorator of my fitness studio should be definitely dismissed. he designed a conversion pit that is enclosed by three walls. and above the table there hangs a lamp that conveys the sense of being in a prison or a bird cage. cosy, isn't it?

0301 - ll

January 03, 2013 in 35, architecture, brown, building, colour, facility, germany, home, house, light, nex 7, pattern, sel, shadow, sony, sun, texture, timber-frame, wall, wood

ll - sony nex 7 with sel 35 f1.8 | f4.0 | ISO100 | 1/125

the beams in our more than 300 years old house are raddled. the variations of humidity and temperature, the permanent incidence of light and all the other parameters and boundary conditions have left their marks in the walls. at least a few signs are man-made: the former craftsmen branded the beams according to the construction plan by cutting numbers into the wood. by doing this they could ensure to avoid mistakes, although only in the scope of planning and assignment.

more or less every wall in our home is crooked. who cares? this is just what makes our place so special.

0101 - too much

January 02, 2013 in 35, architecture, art, b+w, contrast, dinner, eating, germany, indoor, nex 7, pattern, people, restaurant, sel, shadow, sony, symmetry, texture, ueberlingen, vietnamese

too much (for an european) - sony nex 7 with sel 35 f1.8 | f2.8 | ISO1600 | 1/60

although the vietnamese don't celebrate on our new year's day, having a dinner at a great foreign restaurant seems the thing to do. it's not just that you still receive little christmas presents by the vietnamese on the 1st of january: besides the wonderful asian food also the interior and especially the decoration is worth the visit.

i wonder how they may have furnished their living rooms? even if it seems to be a bit too much, at least for a central european: enjoying a delicious dinner in an authentic surrounding - therefore i love the cultural diversity in our new world.

3112 - the big burning

January 01, 2013 in 35, alps, colour, fireworks, fog, germany, lake, lake constance, light, light track, long-time exposure, markdorf, mist, moon, nex 7, night, pattern, sel, sky, sony

ladder to the moon - sony nex 7 with sel 35 f1.8 | f5.6 | ISO200 | 6s

usually i don't work according to the principle of trial and error. however if you want to take a photograph of fireworks, your preparation time is zero and your equipment isn't appropriate, you have to trust your luck and coincidence.

a toast to 2013 - sony nex 7 with sel 35 f1.8 | f5.6 | ISO200 | 6s

actually i did not have a good basis to shoot a successful image of any of this wonderful money destruction rockets today. besides my nex7 with the sel 35 i had nothing with me to work with, no tripod, no remote release and so on. never mind, let's have a try. steady shot off, search for any bolster, manual settings. go!

the lake is burning - sony nex 7 with sel 35 f1.8 | f5.6 | ISO200 | 30s

the location couldn't have been better. the view from the local "summit" gehrenberg over the lake is tremendous. and despite the fog and the incineration gases the shapes of the lake itself and the alps were vaguely perceptible.

2812 - headless

December 29, 2012 in 35, alps, bokeh, friedrichshafen, germany, indoor, light, museum, nex 7, night, pattern, people, review, sel, shadow, sony, technics, zeppelin

sony nex 7 with sel 35 f1.8 | f2.8 | ISO100 | 1/80

although i often rail against the dreariness of friedrichshafen, its museums are not less than first class. both the dornier museum at the airport as well as the zeppelin museum on the waterfront have straight, clear shapes and consequently message. besides huge bodies of knowledge that are presented in different modern and interesting ways - new media included - and are only waiting to be checked out by the visitors, also the photographer doesn't come off badly.

sony nex 7 with sel 35 f1.8 | f4.0 | ISO100 | 1/60

today i used the visit to the zeppelin museum of friedrichshafen as a chance to attach the new sony sel 35 f1.8 to my nex7 the first time. how shall i put it? it's gorgeous!

sony nex 7 with sel 35 f1.8 | f4.0 | ISO100 | 1/100

what's the easiest way to shortly describe the capabilities and peculiarities of a new gadget without using technical wording and rattling out specifiations?

in my opinion the sel 35 is rather a shrunken sel 50 than a hybrid of the sigma 30 f2.8 and the sel 50. although i must confess that i haven't stopped down the lens above f4.0 yet, it seems to be obvious that the sigma will remain the sharpness champion in this competition, but the sel 35 is almost on level. however in all the other categories there is a clear decision by me - the sony is the better package. stabilisation (i love it!), much better look and feel and the low light advantages definitely compensate the plus in costs. moreover the 35mm focal length gives a bit of a more interesting angle of view, at least for my photographic eye.

i'm going to use the sel 35 continuously for at least one week now. so stay tuned to my daily updates if you are interested in further details, images and opinions about the sony sel 35 f1.8.

2712 - cross braces

December 27, 2012 in 35, animal, b+w, bird, blur, cloud, fujian, germany, grain, grey, markdorf, minimalistic, nex 7, pattern, sky, sony, symmetry, texture

sony nex 7 with fujian 35 f1.7 | f1.8 | ISO100 | 1/200

usually i use grey days as an opportunity to do indoor or low lights shoots. pattern and their accentuation by working out the structures with a black and white conversion are an alternative, of course.

sony nex 7 with fujian 35 f1.7 | f1.8 | ISO100 | 1/500

i observed these two birds a few minutes before they sat together down on the power line. at this very moment i wished to be able to take off like they do and also did a few seconds later.

tomorrow or the day after the new sony sel 35 f1.8 will arrive at my home. i'm looking forward to attaching this new gadget to my nex7.

2612 - at the centre

December 26, 2012 in 50, christmas, cloud, colour, germany, green, light, markdorf, moon, nex 7, night, pattern, sel, shadow, sky, sony, star, street lamp, winter

sony nex 7 with sel 50 f1.8 | f2.8 | ISO1600 | 1/13

in winter the ordinary street lamps receive temporary support by the incandescent christmas decoration. this makes for a cosy atmosphere, for example in the narrow alleys of historic towns like markdorf. if the moon additionally appears by back-lighting the clouds, your christmas feelings get into top gear again, despite being already on the home stretch.

2212 - yellow guidance

December 22, 2012 in 30, airport, architecture, barcelona, blue, building, colour, facility, indoor, mirror, nex 7, pattern, reflection, sigma, sony, spain, texture, trip, yellow

sony nex 7 with sigma 30 f2.8 ex dn | f4.0 | ISO320 | 1/60

unfortunately my holidays have not begun yet. and maybe i will not get more than a chance to take one deep breath before i have to proceed immediately with going through the current topics of my study. every now and then i recall all the great trips of 2012 to relax my soul and in this context i'd like to publish some of the images that are still in my mind.

the clean and modern entrance hall of the airport in barcelona is quite contradictory to the historic and rather messy centre of the city. both during the arrival as well as whilst departure i was really fascinated by this contrast.