With four different rose bushes this summer on the balcony,
there was always an open blossom somewhere!

More Zinnia colours!

Another SX1 autumn test shot, this is our “backyard” in its November outfit, made pretty with a bit of HDR. On the far left you can still see the Geraniums on my balcony blooming!

A (successful?) attempt to photograph the Cactusflowers with the flash.

Zinnia, providing some directions. “And on the left, we have more Roses…”

A closer look at the old water tower in Oberhausen from the previous photo. It was originally built in 1897 and has actually only been in use until 1965, when it was decommissioned from its original use. Today its interior is being used as an office building, but the RWW logo from our local water company is still present on the reservoir.

One last tele-macro test shot with the SX1 I took of some of my model trains. This is a Minitrix gauge N model of a V200 series diesel locomotives, specifically the later V200.1/221. This is not actually a model from my childhood – I bought this about ten years ago from Ebay, although I do have a very old cast-iron model in H0 of a V200 from the 1960s. I think I’m going to take photos of all the model trains sometime now that I’ve got a good camera for it!

Red, Green and Yellow.

Zinnia duet with a lot of bokeh.

More from the first SX1 test shots, this is the Maple in front of our balconies, already with most of the leaves gone. But with a bit of HDR magic, there is still some colour left behind it.