Archive January 2014

City Views #119: Architecture VII


Very strange sculptures over a house entrance – I’m not really sure what these are supposed to represent! The shield-like plaque under the house number is the coat of arms of our state North-Rhine-Westphalia. It says Denkmal on top, meaning that this house is protected as a historical building, like many houses around here including the one we live in ourselves are.

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Cloudscapes #27


One more of yesterday’s sunset, a little differently processed.

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Blackbird Painting


I’ll call this a painting instead of a photo because some heavy filtering left it with a distinct glossy look.
It’s not something I would normally post, but somehow I like it as it is :-).

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City Views #118: Architecture VI


A double entrance on a nearby house. It’s one of the older, more classic buildings.

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Cloudscapes #26


This sky needed some HDR colour tweaking again…

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Backyard Panorama – Winter Edition


I haven’t done one of these since early autumn, so here’s one from two days ago.
No snow, of course, but at least some nice sunshine. Doesn’t look much like winter, I know…

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On the Fence


Miss Blackbird surveying her kingdom – and no doubt plotting nesting opportunities!

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City Views #117: Architecture V


I mostly use archive photos for the City Views series, but I shot this one yesterday as a followup to the first photo from last summer of this house. It’s not often that you get a completely clear view from across the street without any parking cars in front of the houses!

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Thorn City


Even in winter, all the defenses are on maximum alert!

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Fluffy Pigeon


It’s getting a little colder around here and even our local wood pigeons are fluffing up!

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