Symbiosis

Or 1+1=1.
This reminds me of one episode of the tv series “Life” from 2007 (not the newer series with the same name):

“What we learned as children, that one plus one equals two, we know to be false. One plus one equals one. We even have a word for when you, plus another, equals one. That word is love.”

No, I don’t say these trees love each other, I just thought that was a nice symbolism here.

On the technical side:
The somewhat extreme perspective is due to an ultra wide angle lens I used – the focal length is 13mm!
While a fisheye lens would have resulted in curved trees and other strange effects, with an ultra wide angle lens straight lines stay straight, but you still get a dramatic perspective.

Rural Impressions 2020 – Part 2

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This is part 2 of the rural impressions 2020, taken several weeks ago. (Part 1 is here.)
Summer says farewell in our region, and autumn is around the corner – not just on the paper, you can actually feel it.

Again I wanted to share with you some pictures from a farm I visit every two weeks in order to get my vegetables and fruit. Lots of animals roaming free there like the one you can see above.

No post-processing here, this sunflower really looked as if it were smiling. Enjoy the rest of the week and the new season!

Monolith

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Actually I wanted to write a witty allusion to 2001 (the movie), but that would have been too uninspired, I guess. But there, I made it kind of…
This thing is about 8 meters high and weighs 55 tons.
Took several decent shots during sunset, I liked this one most. Maybe I’ll share some alternative versions on my flickr stream in the next days.
(And as always – click to enlarge this one!)

Have a great week everyone!

Lying in wait

Cute little Layla lying in wait. As if she could do any harm to anyone or anything…

There are several followers who are here mostly because of my cat portraits – sorry you had to wait for so long. I promise there will be more in the future.
Both pictures taken with my 85mm 1:1.8 prime lens wide open.
Definitely click on the pictures to see them in a higher resolution.

Enjoy the rest of the week and the weekend!

Delicate

Something more subtle today.
Not really much to say about this picture to be honest. I just came across these flowers on one of my hiking trips and I knew I had to take a picture of them.
That’s how I like to photograph flowers and why I love my nifty fifty.

Have a good one everyone!

More to come soon…