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PADs #104–108

efix — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:47:20 +0000

This week was a week of crazy skies and beautiful light.

PAD #104 | “Sunrise” | Around 8:30 a.m. at my office, I saw the sun rise above the hills surrounding Marburg. Recently, sunrises have been extraordinarily beautiful around here.

Olympus E-P1 + Lumix 20/1.7 @ f/4, 1/200 sec, ISO 200

PAD #105 | “Morning light on the city” | As the title says. Morning light, shortly after sunrise, diffused by a slightly overcast sky, hitting the historical upper city of Marburg.

Olympus E-P1 + [...]

PADs #100–102

efix — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:16:32 +0000

PAD #100 | “Prized” | When he was younger, my grandfather was a passionate hunter. This is the head of the first elk he ever shot, back in the sixties.

Olympus E-P1 + Lumix 20/1.7 @ f/1.7, 1/25 sec, ISO 400

PAD #101 | “On the road …” | … leaving 2011 behind.

Olympus E-P1 + Lumix 20/1.7 @ f/1.7, 1/100 sec, ISO 1250

PAD #102 | “Happy New Year 2012!” | Somebody seems to have used this “Robby Bubble” [...]

PADs #97–99

efix — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:18:16 +0000

Here are my PAD picture of the last three days, which I didn’t get around to post until today.

PAD #97 | “New toy” | This is one of Emil’s new toys that he got for christmas, a little wooden train with wooden tracks that can be arranged in a number of ways. Especially fun for a little boy like him: the trains runs on a battery!

Leica M8 + Planar 50/2 @ f/2, 1/45 sec, ISO 1250

PAD #98 | “Wooden star” | The day before yesterday, we had breakfast [...]

PAD #96 | “Christmas star”

efix — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 20:48:03 +0000

The christmas series continues with another illuminated christmas star. Unlike those featured recently, this one was plain white. So no significant information was lost upon conversion to b&w

Leica M8 + Planar 50/2 @ f/2, 1/45 sec, ISO 640

PAD #95 | “Landscape”

efix — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 10:53:49 +0000

The region where my wife’s family lives is plastered with power plants. Whichever direction you look, chances are you’ll see a plant somewhere on the horizon. Not the best surroundings for photographing landscapes … except if a juxtaposition of nature and industry is what you’re looking for.

Leica M8 + Planar 50/2 @ f/8, 1/500 sec, ISO 160

PAD #94 | “Christmas angel”

efix — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:44:33 +0000

On the christmas market Cologne Neumarkt today. I like the calm and peaceful expression of the statuette — somehow antithetical to the busy consumerism you’re seeing everywhere these days.

Leica M8 + Biogon 28/2.8 @ f/2.8, 1/45 sec, ISO 640

PAD #93 | “Rock star”

efix — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:12:37 +0000

I saw this car in a parking lot and just had to take a picture — love that bonnet design

Leica M8 + Planar 50/2 @ f/4, 1/90 sec, ISO 160

PAD #91 | “Winter sunset”

efix — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:36:22 +0000

The first snow of the year! While it was enough to make snowballs, it didn’t last long, and today most of it was gone again. After an overcast day, the sky cleared up yesterday evening, and I was able to take a picture of this beautiful winter sunset.

Leica M8 + Heliar 15/4.5 @ f/8, 1/90 sec, ISO 160

I think I’ll have to try using the Heliar without the UV/IR filter, it always gets the corners messed up despite using a Tri-Elmar lens profile at the 16mm setting.

Leica M8 + Planar 50/2 @ f/2, 1 sec, ISO 160

PAD #87 | “Rusty pole”

efix — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:27:35 +0000

I was attracted by rusty metal again today. It seems I have a liking for textures lately. Since it was already getting dark, the lights in the background are relatively bright, adding to a nice bokeh.

Leica M8 + Biogon 28/2.8 @ f/2.8, 1/45 sec, ISO 640

Also, the 28 Biogon seems to be my favourite lens these days!