Ganz unverhofft ging es über Köln mit dem “Geo”-Ballon der Hamburger Ballonwelt, mit ein paar Bildeindrücken, die man sonst nicht so leicht bekommt. Vielen Dank an Susanne, die die gewonnene Ballonfahrt an mich abgetreten hat, und an Franz Taucher, der uns sicher rauf, rüber und runter gebracht hat.
[2009]
Oops, quite a while since the last post here. Not that I lost interest in photography ;-), so here is an image from a recent trip [May 2009] to Prague, a gorgeous city, picturesque beyond belief.
The old images from our first trip to Hallig Gröde back in 2003 are now re-cataloged in LR and a new selection is posted in the gallery album Hallig Gröde 2003. Almost felt like archeology, digging through the scanned film files.
Back in a “previous life”, one of these windows used to be mine. ;-) For those sharing this experience, there is an ex-o.tel.o meetup in May [2009].
Back to the roots, the first part of the Stadtbild Köln series. An image from an excursion to Chorweiler, Cologne’s infamous suburb, but not without a certain photographic appeal. For Karl of course, this particular picture would be much too pretentious. ;-)
Playing around with my new LX3, a really old telephone, the venerable W48 from my father-in-law’s grab bag, found itself under photographic scrutiny. And yes, the LX3 is a great little camera, a major improvement from my old LX1, especially in the noise department and the overall handling.
[Update 2024]
Fast schon Sommer, die Ostertage in Köln. Da passt dieses Gartenidyll, mitten in der Südstadt an der Kirche St. Severin perfekt, auch wenn das Bild vom letzten Wochenende stammt, während des verkaufsoffenen Sonntags auf der Severinstraße.
Butzweilerhof, Ossendorf, Cologne’s former airfield. Among the barracks buildings there is also the decaying container home used for one season of the Big Brother TV show.
As of lately, the Butzweilerhof area features a major outlet of your favourite Swedish-style furniture supplier.
This is one of my more popular Butzweilerhof images at ipernity.
[Update] Complete series: Gallery > Photography > Köln > Butzweilerhof
Part of the Stadtbild Köln series from 2007: Tour of Mülheim with Jazz played by the Talking Horns, Achim Fink, Andreas Gilgenberg, Bernd Winterschladen, Nicolao Valiensi, and local history told by Martin Stankowski.
Another shot from the disaster area two years ago, the Ikarus over the entrance to the Friedrich-Wilhelm secondary school which was dismantled on Friday. [06 Mar 2009]
Noch ein Bild aus dem jetzigen Unglücksgebiet, der Ikarus über dem Eingang zum Friedrich-Wilhelm Gymnasium, am letzten Freitag wurde er geborgen. [06.03.2009]