Kay

Photography enthusiast finding beauty in the everyday. Exploring the world through minimalism, black-and-white, and abstract photography. Always chasing new perspectives. Sometimes, the best photos come from the unplanned. Drawn to symmetry and contrast, capturing the essence of a scene with as little as possible. Sometimes, less is more.

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2025-03-14 22:46:28

Here’s looking at you, kid.
#Photography #BlackAndWhite
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2025-03-14 22:46:28

#SilentSunday
#Photography #BlackAndWhite #WhararikiBeach
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2025-03-14 22:46:28

Contrails are essentially fine snow in the sky - tiny ice crystals drifting behind a passing plane.
#Photography #BlackAndWhite #Minimalism
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2025-03-14 22:46:28

Nothing to see here. Nothing interesting. No subject. Your eyes might cling to that bush, but it’s not interesting enough - move along. Still nothing to see. Promise you’re not missing anything. It’s just a shot from behind the dunes.
#Photography #Minimalism
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2025-03-13 19:58:42

Happy #FensterFreitag, Fediverse! 👋
And of course, happy Pi Day!
#Photography #Cotswolds
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2025-03-12 22:24:22

I spent an unreasonable amount of time deciding how to crop this scene. The original shot had sea, waves, foam, and glittering sunlight - none of which were all that spectacular, but still enough to rob attention from that dreamy backdrop. So I opted for minimalism: erase everything until only the essence remains. In a way, photography is the ultimate art of subtraction. Picking this angle over the one 90° to the left is already an act of leaving things out. And the moment we press the shutter, we’re discarding every other possible moment in time. It’s all about what doesn’t make it into the frame!
#Photography #Kaikoura
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2025-03-10 14:43:51

This is the most ‘street photography’ I can pull off without annoying everyone or getting arrested for espionage. Somehow, snapping shots with a phone seems simpler - less suspicious, I guess. A proper camera, on the other hand, appears to raise all kinds of red flags these days. Where does that come from? Maybe it’s all in my head. Most people are probably too busy to care, just catching a glimpse of that oddball taking pictures of the pavement.
#Photography #BlackAndWhite #StreetPhotography
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2025-03-10 12:03:31

After a few hours on #Iceland’s roads, the landscape leaves its fingerprint on the white car body. It almost mirrors the rugged terrain itself.
#Photography #BlackAndWhite
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2025-03-09 02:52:44

#SilentSunday
#Photography #BlackAndWhite
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2025-03-01 08:50:20

View of the Wandrahmsfleet in the #Speicherstadt. An impressive district in #Hamburg.
#Photography #Squared
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2025-03-01 08:50:20

At first, I tried to frame the seagull without that distracting boat roof - ideally catching it in some dramatic pose, maybe wings raised or something like that. But the longer I look at this shot, the more I like it just the way it is. The intense red, rusty, slightly grimy roof really pops, and the gull’s self-assured, slightly inquisitive stare at its portrait-taker is perfect. This might be the only photo of this particular gull in existence - her fifteen seconds of fame, and she seems to know it.
#Photography #Squared #Seagull
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2025-03-01 08:50:20

#SilentSunday
#Photography
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2025-02-17 04:22:04

The Scottish Isengard.
Maybe Tolkien found some inspiration here.
Photographed during my first trip to Scotland many years ago. In just two weeks, we covered over 3,000 km - crazy! That’s even more than in eight weeks in Australia. And Australia is 100 times bigger.
#Photography #BlackAndWhite #Squared #GlenfinnanMonument #Scotland
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2025-02-17 04:22:04

Nature has spoken… and it’s not happy.
#Photography #BlackAndWhite #Squared
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2025-02-17 04:22:04

#SilentSunday
#Photography #BlackAndWhite
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2025-01-02 22:29:34

Two tiny adventurers on 52,000 tons of steel, probably arguing about whether the view was worth the climb. 134 meters above the water make Sydney's 'Coathanger' the tallest steel arch bridge in the world.
#photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #squared #sydney
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2025-01-02 22:29:34

Perfectly camouflaged as a giant soccer ball, this radome now welcomes the public with open doors. Once a Cold War spy, now a party host.
#photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #squared #wasserkuppe
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2024-11-28 10:12:07

Last time in Iceland, I finally got to see the #Aurora borealis for the first time. We were already asleep in our container hotel when I was woken up around 11:30 by cheers from outside. Half-awake and still under the blankets, I looked out the window and there it was—the Northern Lights, swirling in all their glory. The freezing temperatures outside made the decision easy: I stayed in my 'bedroom observatory' and took photos from the warmth of my blankets. A once-in-a-lifetime experience.
#photography #squared #auroraborealis #iceland
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2024-11-28 10:12:07

#SilentSunday
#photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #squared #iceland
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2024-11-28 10:12:07

Maybe I went a bit overboard with the clouds—then again, maybe with the hill as well. In the end, this image finds itself in good company. In fact, I’ve held back compared to the incredibly dramatic skies of Sebastião Salgado, whose work I deeply admire. But what does 'overdone' even mean? It's all a matter of context. Besides, I’m not aiming to capture reality—what even is that, anyway?
#photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #squared #dramaticsky
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2024-11-28 10:12:07

For some time now, I've been collecting images that feature three elements. Maybe I should include the sails of the Sydney Opera House.
#photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #squared
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2024-11-28 10:12:07

One of my first unusual photos - not that long ago. Up until then, I mostly took 'normal' pictures: landscapes, buildings, family in front of landscapes, family in front of buildings, and so on. Rarely anything unusual. But this one, it can divide opinions as sharply as the lamppost divides the image. While ordinary pictures tend to elicit either positive or neutral reactions, this one feels bolder. Funny thing is, now I find it almost too conventional. But I still love it.
#photography #squared #sea #australia
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2024-11-14 04:40:51

#SilentSunday
#photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #fog #squared #minimalism
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2024-11-10 01:27:30

Today, it has been foggy all day, and my inner sloth won't let me go outside. The rascal! Instead, I’m tormenting it by sifting through old photos. Over 10 years ago, we were at Lake Garda at the end of March. No one expected snow, not even the innkeeper, who said it was the first time he had experienced it. It was too uncomfortable for us, so we left.
#photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #highkey #squared
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2024-11-08 01:17:49

Good Friday morning to everyone in the UTC-4 time zone and beyond. and happy #fensterfreitag, Fediverse!
#photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #squared
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2024-11-07 23:02:59

A bridge basking in the last rays of the day. The shadow has already reached the bridge. However, a sunset also promises a sunrise. And I look forward to that, even if it sometimes takes a while.
#photography #squared #minimalism
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2024-11-07 17:34:41

Two trees, illuminated by the morning sun, set against the dense forest in the background. I find it fascinating how an otherwise ordinary scene can be transformed into something visually captivating through strong contrast. Here too, as with the foggy scenes, the suppression of the chaotic background brings out elements, making them recognizable as subjects with a clear presence.
#photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #squared
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2024-11-04 13:37:09

Yesterday, I was out hunting for subjects with @haraldhux@photog.social again. With perfect weather and paths full of people enjoying the last beautiful, sunny days of the year, we had to deal with 'too much sun' (and too many pedestrians :-) from a photographic perspective.
#photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #minimalism #squared
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2024-10-30 11:45:32

Under normal, fog-free circumstances, I have to find the subjects within the chaos and pull them out from it.. With fog, it’s somehow the opposite—at first, there’s nothing, not even chaos. The subjects emerge from nothing, like thoughts. Sometimes they’re interesting, sometimes they’re not. And with patience, everything changes again—subjects disappear, others appear. Individual elements that shape the landscape present themselves and then conceal themselves again. It’s wonderful to rediscover such a familiar landscape anew.
#photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #fog #squared #sunspots
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2024-10-30 11:45:32

Good Friday morning, #melbourne, and happy #fensterfreitag, Fediverse!
#photography #squared #windowfriday
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2024-10-30 11:45:32

This morning—third foggy morning, yeah—I forgot my phone. Since I had to be back home within an hour, and time tends to do an 'Einstein' when I'm out photographing, I took this first photo just to capture the time. Without really checking what or how I was photographing. Somehow, I like it. I'm not entirely sure why, but it immediately caught my attention when reviewing the shots. That either speaks for the photo or against the rest of the images. ;-)
#photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #fog #squared
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2024-10-29 18:28:53

Already the second day with morning fog. I’ve been waiting for this for a long time. The fog changes everything, and I was curious to see what my familiar surroundings would reveal anew. Unfortunately, very little wanted to be photographed yesterday and today. No worries, I'll keep trying. Normally, there’s a lot of natural chaos behind this tree. Now the tree can breathe in the image. :-)
#photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #minimalism #squared
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2024-10-24 13:34:28

When I saw the metallic surface of the mobile food stand, it was clear I had to photograph it. The shiny, clean surface, which almost appears black and white, with the colorful taillights as accents, practically begged me to capture it.
#photography #squared #minimalism
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2024-10-18 16:51:21

A small slice of today's sky, 25 minutes before sunrise. Did it really look like this? No, at least not according to my memory, which can be deceiving. The glow of the morning red isn’t quite captured by the image. Even the colors weren’t like this in my memory. I edited the photo to make it look beautiful in my eyes, but it doesn’t reflect reality. What even is reality? Maybe I have fewer S-cones in my retina than you, maybe my monitor isn’t calibrated, or what color profile did the camera engineer come up with? You can see the SOOC jpeg here: https://pixelfed.de/p/Vulpy/752774478302570599 Is that reality? Reality is constructed in the brain, and it can be completely off.
#photography #squared #sunrise #morningglow
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2024-10-18 00:08:27

Good Friday morning, #newzealand , and happy #fensterfreitag, Fediverse!
#photography #squared #windows #okarito #windowfriday
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2024-10-13 06:00:02

A very curious weka right in front of the lens. It sneaked around and under our car at Milford Sound, took a close look at my backpack on the ground, and seemed quite interested in me overall. Probably because I didn’t give it anything to eat, it moved on after a few minutes, heading off to the next potential 'food source'.
#photography #squared #weka
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2024-10-07 06:00:02

The cloud almost looks like a thought bubble above the ridge, as if the landscape has something to say, but only softly, to itself. A quiet scene, almost meditative. I significantly reduced the saturation here to emphasize the calm and understated nature of the scene. Otherwise, it feels too bold and overpowering, which I find myself liking less and less in photos. I’m not innocent of that, far from it, but you learn—or rather, you change.
#photography #minimalism #squared #cloud
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2024-10-05 06:00:03

During our hike on the Albsteig, I didn’t set out to create a 'four-squares' composition. No ambition to make 'art,' just casually photographing the beautiful landscape. It was only afterward that I noticed the four colored squares. A real aha moment. In the future, I’ll have to pay attention to horizons and vertical lines and see if I can produce a better four-squares square. :-)
#photography #squared
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2024-10-02 16:39:44

Yesterday, I just had to experiment with ICM again. This time, I approached the scenes with a bit more patience, but I still didn’t achieve results as great as during the spontaneous and quick session two days ago. The more you want something, the more blocked you seem to be, at least in my experience. I edited this image while listening to 'Pyramid Song,' my favorite Radiohead track. To me, the image reflects the mood that the song conveys. There may be no water visible, but trust me, there’s a stream running just below the image, really. :-)
#photography #icm #intentionalcameramovement #squared #forest
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2024-10-02 16:39:44

We're separated not only by 300 million years of evolution and 34 chromosomes but also by 200,000 volts. This little guy is sitting on the bare wire and is only protected because air is a poor conductor. Hmm, I’m protected by that too, since I’m standing nearby. :-) Fascinating nonetheless.
#photography #blackandwhite #squared #monochrome #minimalism
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2024-10-01 12:43:23

Finding good subjects in puddles is pretty tough. First, there has to be an interesting subject, then a nearby puddle that looks decent and is positioned in a way that allows the subject to reflect in it somehow. To start with, airplanes will have to do, and if none are available, then clouds it is. I've spent so much time running around puddles just to capture an airplane in them... 🤪 Here, it was the 'eye' in the sky that caught my attention, which I only really noticed as an eye during the editing process.
#photography #squared #clouds #puddle
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2024-09-30 14:04:00

This morning, I was unexpectedly caught in the rain while in the forest, unprepared. I had to be quick—I didn’t want to risk my camera for photos I could easily take again. And I have to say, I’m blown away by the results. I hope it’s not just my emotional connection to this morning, and that I’ll still like the photos next month. I’m impressed by how easy it is to compose impressionistic-looking images with ICM. I love it! :-)
#photography #icm #intentionalcameramovement #impressionist #abstract #forest #fairytale
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2024-09-29 19:18:38

This morning, I couldn't reach my original destination, an old brickworks, because it was on private property. Disappointed, I took a different path and was surprised and rewarded by a light ground mist that I hadn't noticed on the drive there. This is the only photo that remained out of the 150 I took that morning within an hour. So, it was worth it. :-)
#photography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #squared
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2024-09-29 19:18:38

One interesting detail about this photo for me is that I didn’t darken the upper clouds locally again. They are naturally that dark and stand in stark contrast to the white clouds below in the original color version. While the mountains are spectacular, they play only a supporting role here; my focus is clearly on the clouds. Clouds are an ever-present subject, not just for me, but showcasing them well is becoming an increasing challenge. Clouds alone are no longer enough for me to create a great photo.
#photography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #squared #newzealand
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2024-09-24 15:47:41

Yesterday, for once, I didn’t go outside. But the urge to take photos was too strong. So, I prowled around the apartment with fresh eyes, as if I were a stranger looking for subjects. Besides the knife block on the wall and clothes in the closet, the only thing that caught my eye were my comics, which I once again subjected to some ICM.
#photography #icm #intentionalcameramovement #squared
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2024-09-19 02:30:03

While my wife was snorkeling off the coast of Port Douglas, I preferred to stay in town and take photos. After seeing all the warning signs on the beaches during our trip—about crocodiles, jellyfish, snakes, and cassowaries—I felt more inclined to take photos instead. :-)
#photography #squared #square #monochrome
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2024-09-18 00:30:02

I especially like the two birds on the right here. One is watching my actions closely, Hitchcock-style, while the others are slowly gathering. And then, all the way to the right, the little bird looking off to the right, probably calling the rest of the group over. ;-)
#photography #squared #birds #mountkosciuszko
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2024-09-16 18:30:02

Summer isn't over yet here in the Northern Hemisphere, but I’m already feeling autumn vibes. It's raining, the heating is on, and, most notably, they're already selling gingerbread. I need to make a counterpoint. This photo is barely four weeks old, and it was already unbearably warm in the early morning.
#photography #squared #goldenlight #skyline #meadow
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2024-09-15 18:30:02

Blue is always available, as long as there’s a gap in the clouds and it’s daytime. Just like 'my' power line towers that can be seen everywhere here, as long as there’s no fog. Blue is my favorite color. I love the patterns a drop of blue watercolor makes on rough paper. Wonderful!
#photography #monochrome #squared #bluesky #clouds
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2024-09-14 17:30:02

Neither a main character nor a supporting one, neither a special perspective nor exciting textures are to be seen here. And yet, I feel drawn to this picture that has been begging for attention for several years. A bench, a black wooden wall, grass, and little flowers—apparently that's all it takes to captivate me. Strange.
#photography #squared
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2024-09-13 17:30:03

I could hardly take my eyes off the beautiful clouds the entire way home when, unexpectedly, three helicopters flew through the scene. I set the camera to high-speed burst mode and fired away. This is the only shot where the helicopters don’t cover the power lines. Gotta keep things orderly. :-)
#photography #squared #powerline #helicopter #clouds
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2024-09-13 17:30:03

I walked 2 hours home from work today. I do that quite often but rarely with a camera. But today I did! And today I got caught in the rain three times and had to shield myself from the sun. Crazy but fascinating weather with wonderful clouds and amazing light.
#photography #squared #thistle #raincloud
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2024-09-12 19:30:03

When images have a lot of negative space, like in this one, I like to add some grain. It makes the image feel less smooth and harsh, giving it warmth and a tactile quality. I almost want to reach out and touch it. Sometimes, thanks to the high ISO, I don’t even need to add any grain. :-)
#photography #squared #sunrise #spire #monochrome
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2024-09-12 18:30:03

Sometimes I lack the time or peace to notice all the details on site. It's fascinating how often I only later discover what could have been better. But it's precisely these little imperfections that somehow make the photos more interesting. They reflect the moment as it was—with all its rough edges. In the end, what really matters is the feeling a picture evokes in me.
#photography #squared #flowers
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2024-09-10 17:30:02

Just before the end of my morning walk today, I saw this light gently touching the landscape and was immediately captivated. Now it was time to be patient until something interesting happened. I didn’t have to wait long. In my area, you can always count on birds, planes, and power lines. :-)
#photography #squared #airplane #birds
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2024-09-10 15:30:03

Early this morning before sunrise, birds once again helped to liven up the composition a bit. It takes a little bit of luck for the birds to fly exactly between the skyline and me with such a long focal length. Of all the images that survived today, half of them have birds in them.
#photography #skyline #cityscape #birds #squared
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2024-09-09 17:30:02

The last few times, I've been trying to wait. Wait until something interesting happens in the frame. Most of the time, it's birds. Without this bird, even I would find the picture too boring, although... ;-)
#photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #minimalism #fog
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2024-09-09 14:30:02

If I were to give names to my pictures, this one would be called 'Order and Mild Chaos' or '9+1' or 'Silent Observer' or 'Crow Ballet.' But I don't name my pictures. Everyone can find their own personality in them, or not at all.
#photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #minimalism #powerline #fog
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2024-09-08 12:30:03

Lines, curves, patterns, and repetitions. A photographer's best friends, at least mine. :-) I notice these things more when I'm out alone. I can also stop, look around, and scan my surroundings for subjects without annoying anyone.
#photography #wheatfield
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2024-09-08 12:30:03

A right 22° sun dog. The red side of a sun dog always faces toward the sun, just like with a rainbow, except that in the case of a rainbow, the sun is far away on the opposite side of the sky, about 138°. In a rainbow, water droplets cause the refraction, but here it's ice crystals.
#photography #clouds #sundog #contrail
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2024-09-07 17:30:02

Finally, this morning I got the fog I had been wishing for. I had to chase it a bit, and it wasn’t as thick as I had hoped, but it still helped me clear the chaos from the landscape and simplify the composition.
#photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #pylon #powerline
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2024-09-07 07:30:03

I like the patterns the shallow water draws on the ground in the sunlight. I could watch for hours, taking hundreds of photos to capture THE pattern. In the end, they’re all uniquely individual and will never appear exactly the same again, but they all end up looking the same.
#photography #monochrome #reflections #waterreflection #pattern
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2024-09-06 14:30:03

I'd love to try street photography, but I don’t have the courage to point the camera directly at strangers. I don’t even want to capture them in a recognizable way, more indirectly with shadows, etc. Until I dare to try, I’ll just have to aim the camera upward.
#photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #highcontrast #clouds
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2024-09-04 18:30:03

After so much busyness in my recent images, I need something calming, something straightforward, simple, and minimal. And what could be better for that than power lines? The more I photograph these lines, the more I notice them in the landscape. I’m not sure yet if that’s a curse or a blessing.
#photography #minimalism #highvoltage #powerline
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2024-09-03 14:30:02

When the light and atmosphere align, the landscape can almost feel magical. Amid all the photographic excitement over the light, it's important not to forget to put the camera down once in a while and mindfully take in the world around you, like here near Kinder Scout in the Peak District.
#photography #landscape #sunbeams #peakdistrict
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2024-08-27 12:30:02

300mm at f/22 and ISO 160 were just enough to achieve a 'long' exposure of 1/13s in the shade without a filter. With just some intentional movements of the camera, the sunflower immediately looks a lot less boring to me.
#photography #icm #intentionalcameramovement #fotovorschlag
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2024-08-25 17:30:02

Before the dog walkers strolled through the landscape, I had enough peace this morning to focus on a sunflower field. Although I do like sunflowers, not as a subject. But as ICM or in black and white, I really like it. The yellow petals seem to reveal their textures better without the distraction of color.
#photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #sunflower
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2024-08-23 21:30:02

I was out again before sunrise today, which is slowly becoming easier. The picture was taken one minute before sunrise. The exhaust plume and the clouds are already illuminated by the sun. Unfortunately, the clouds on the horizon ruined my original plan—city before sunrise (a cliché shot, I know).
#photography #clouds #sky #minimalism
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2024-08-14 14:30:02

With my new ND filters, I can finally replicate the impressionistic look I've been wanting to try for a long time. Here, I handheld the camera for 7 seconds, making only minimal movements. #photography #icm #intentionalcameramovement
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2024-08-13 17:30:03

After chasing the sun, I was able to take things a bit slower and more deliberately (see previous photo). In this heat, it was definitely necessary. I took this picture around 6:30 AM, and it was already 22°C.
#photography #sunrise
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2024-08-11 14:30:02

Experimented with ICM again. This is a cornfield. If you know, you can probably guess, but without a hint... I finally ordered ND filters today, so I don't always have to stop down completely and end up making every speck of dust on the sensor visible. Plus, even at f/22, it’s just too bright outside to do longer exposures. #photography #icm #experimental
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2024-08-11 14:30:02

To warm up or when I don’t know what to photograph, I like to photograph high-voltage pylons. They may not be the most interesting subjects, but they are abundant in my area. The challenge for me is to capture the lines and shapes in a harmonious composition. The blue here emphasizes the cool, utilitarian structures. #photography
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2024-08-11 13:30:02

Spontaneous morning walk before it gets too hot to go outside. I've been to this spot before, but only just now noticed that the church makes for an interesting foreground. Just as I aligned the cross with the gaps between the high-rise buildings, a bird flew into the frame. Perfect! :-)
#photography
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2024-08-07 16:30:02

View from a window in Haddon Hall.
#photography #Fotografie #window #derbyshire #peakdistrict #mobilephotography
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