Tag: Fujifilm X-E4
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Signs of Low Color
Germans love signs, we love to tell each other what not to do and where not to do it. Here is a small collection purposefully de-saturated. This sign denotes a zone where motor vehicles shall not exceed a speed of 30 kilometers per hour. Speed limits in Germany are one of the few rules that…
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Photowalk Potsdam #2: Concrete Living
In German real estate language every apartment or condo building that is just slightly above the market average gets the moniker “living” attached to it’s sales brochures. You are not just buying or renting an apartment you are buying into a whole new lifestyle. A new living. Premium living of course. How this ends up…
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Duo Trash
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Photowalk Potsdam #1: Passages
A gray and overcast day. Still people were doing their shopping. I was more interested in all the entrances, passages and courtyards throughout the city. I like the little nooks and crannies I can find there. Unfortunately most people (i.e. tourists and shoppers) are too lazy to explore the side streets and courtyards and just…
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Photowalk Berlin #2: Ramping up the Highway
Just me, my camera and pleasant conversation. This time I went through the district of Steglitz. The weather was overcast and cold. Perfect for moody black and white shots. My focus on this day were the abysmal urban spaces created by planners who thought that building elevated highways (“Stadtautobahn”) complete with on- and off-ramps through…
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Park Sanssouci: Late winter impressions
These are not my usual photography subjects but I felt like being a bit more in nature. So here are some mostly detail shots from Park Sanssouci. In late February it already felt like spring. About time. Evergreen Old Leaves Splendor Meticulous Photographic Notes:All images were taken with a Fujifilm X-E4, the XF 27mm 2.8…
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Streets of Potsdam #1: Shopping
Photographic Notes:Shot with the Fujifilm X-E4 + XF27mm 2.8 lens and my custom b&w recipe on a drizzly day. I think these images capture quite well the dreary winter days in Germany. Which one do you like best?
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A walk with film recipes #6: Ilford Ortho 80 Plus
East German is weather is currently a melange of different kinds of grey interspersed by light rain and uncomfortable winds. That is a typical Berlin winter for you and it has been like it since November last year. Which means that there was not much photography to be done. So this time why not have…
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Window Shopping
The term window shopping describes the activity of looking into shop windows without buying anything or sometimes even entering the store. This is what I have been doing for a while. Because people who are not vaccinated against Covid are only allowed to enter shops that sell “essential goods” like supermarkets, drug stores and so…