Passau in BW

By Baroque, Bavaria, Bavaria Landscape, BW HC Photography, BW Photography, Cathedral, Dome, Landscaping, Passau, Rottal-Inn, , , ,

Passau in Black and White At the end of year 2024 and starting 2025 I was in a farmers district near Passau (South/East of Germany). To train my abilities with the LEICA Q2 Monochrome for the Leica Workshop in January I decided to take the Q2 with me on this journey. And so I could take some impressive BW photos in Passau and around Passau. A landscape with agriculture character and full of history. Passau as you know perhaps is embedded between the rivers Danube, Inn and also Ilz. Picture Galleries In the following picture galleries I will show you […]

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LINZ a Town of Art

By Austria, Cathedral, Cities, Dome, Linz, Low Light, Österreich, , , , , ,

LINZ a Town of Art Linz and the art In the history Linz has been always a town of art. But the German dictator Adolf Hitler has decided that Linz has to become the Town of Art of his “Appreciation of Art”. Luckily Hitler lost the second World War and so his planes become waste paper. Today Linz is a real Town of Art. I am happy to meet all this possibilities of art expressions here at this location. You will find museums like lentos, the museums on top of the castle hill, the ars electronica museum and so on. […]

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Alle Wetter Koeln

By Cathedral, Cologne, Cologne Cathedral, Cologne Dome, Dome, Low Light, Photo Cologne, Rhine, , ,

All Weather Cologne / Alle Wetter Köln The Project Time: Between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve I decided to start some photo sessions in the middle of cologne. Conditions: The weather at this time was rainy and windy with rare dry moments and often with low light. As I wanted to photograph my scenes without any persons on the image, I have to start in the early morning. The pictures will show a dark environment with mirroring effects caused by the wetness from the rain. Location Cologne Media Park Location Cologne Breite Str., Ehren Str. Location Cologne Dom, Hauptbahnhof […]

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The Cologne Dome

By Cathedral, Church Art, Cologne, Cologne Cathedral, Cologne Dome, Dome, Gothic, Photo Cologne, , ,

Main Artworks in the Cathedral With the following photo I will show you the reason of the Dome erection starting in 1248. Here you will have a look at the Holy Shrine: In the newer days the well known artist Gerhard Richter designed the south window of the Dome. The south side was former the main entrance from the monastery. Today the entrance is closed. The window itself is very colorful. Please have a look: The doors on the west and east side have been designed by Ewald Matare. Here some Details: Inside the Cathedral Walking through the Dome you […]

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