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Looking for shade

There’s nothing quite like having a weeks holiday when the sun is shining. The heatwave is now entereing yet another week (I’m not complaining!) and the few days spent travelling for the ‘Around the Edge’ project were quite fantastic. I’m now working ‘intensely’ on the project, and hope to publish (at least parts of it) on the site quite soon. I was quite taken with the yellow parasols often found in cafés and restaurants, and although cooler indoors, we were determined to get the most of the good weather.

Parasols in Magadino – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
Parasols in Magadino – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
Bernina Pass Parasols – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
Bernina Pass Parasols – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
Parasols at the Viamala Motorway Services– Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
Parasols at the Viamala Motorway Services– Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
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Too hot to take pictures?

No of course it isn’t, but it’s been well over 30 degrees for about a week and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed doing very little. Laying about on the lawn (too hot and lazy to go out and photgraph) gave me ample opportunity to explore the delights of not only the smartphone’s camera but also the photo app ‘Snapseed’. It’s certainly different working with a very small screen, but quite fun nevertheless.

This image of Zurich’s main railway station is not only my very first attempt at developing with an app, but also my very first post directly from the phone.

Main Station - Sony Xperia Z3 compact smartphone. Developed with Snapseed
Main Station – Sony Xperia Z3 compact smartphone. Developed with Snapseed
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Sunny Sunday

Being a nice hot Sunday afternoon I decided to give the sun a nice starry effect by using a very small aperture (not post production),  then a stroll through some nice secluded, shady alleys.

Sunny Tower – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
Sunny Tower – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
Shady alley – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
Shady alley – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
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Big Red Lorry

I’ve seen it a few times on the TV adverts, but up close Coke’s big red lorry really is quite impressive. Standing in the main railway station’s hall this evening the Coca Cola lorry was drawing considerable crowds… well perhaps not crowds, but there were several people milling about. Thank heavens for the smartphone.

Coca Cola Lorry – Sony Xperia Z3 Compact smartphone. Developed with Gimp
Coca Cola Lorry – Sony Xperia Z3 Compact smartphone. Developed with Gimp
Coca Cola Lorry – Sony Xperia Z3 Compact smartphone. Developed with Gimp
Coca Cola Lorry – Sony Xperia Z3 Compact smartphone. Developed with Gimp
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Another walk around a lake

At the beginning of November last year I posted a few images taken during a walk around a nearby lake. This morning we visited the lake again. Not particularly newsworthy really, but it underlined to me the very noticeable differences between autumn and spring light.

Boathouse – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
Boathouse – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
Landing stage – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
Landing stage – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
Cows – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
Cows – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
Landscape – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
Landscape – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
Landscape – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
Landscape – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
Landscape – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
Landscape – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
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Shower

Stopping to buy a lottery ticket on the way home a couple of nights ago, I was fortunate enough to miss my regular train. This gave me time to stroll around within the shelter of the main station and watch people run about in the heavy shower outside.

Shower – Sony-Ericsson W995 mobile phone. Developed with Gimp
Shower – Sony-Ericsson W995 mobile phone. Developed with Gimp
Shower – Sony-Ericsson W995 mobile phone. Developed with Gimp
Shower – Sony-Ericsson W995 mobile phone. Developed with Gimp
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Easter

Easter doesn’t stand or fall by the weather, so we decided not to head south in search of warmer climes. We had plenty of chocolate eggs to tuck in to, and the K30 performs well in rain, sleet and sunshine – and we’ve enjoyed all three. The three Black & White images were captured on a Good Friday stroll around the village. The three colour images were taken today, Easter Monday.

Easter Bunny – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
Easter Bunny – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
Castle Girsberg – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
Castle Girsberg – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
Castle Girsberg – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
Castle Girsberg – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
Good Friday – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
Good Friday – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
Good Friday – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
Good Friday – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
Good Friday – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
Good Friday – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
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Down by the River 2

As a short sequel to the last post, here are a couple of images of mud shovelling excavators.
Unfortunately it was Sunday, so they weren’t actually shovelling, but quite fascinating nevertheless.

Excavator – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
Excavator – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
Excavator – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
Excavator – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
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Down by the River

A beautiful Sunday afternoon in March. We decided to go for a brisk walk along the riverbank. Unfortunately it was a little muddy in places, but nature is like that.

Near the river – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
Near the river – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
River view – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
River view – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
River view – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
River view – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
A bit muddy – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
A bit muddy – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
A bit muddy – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
A bit muddy – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
Hide – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
Hide – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
River Thur – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
River Thur – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
Plant – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
Plant – Pentax K-30; Developed with GIMP
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Night Out

Looking at my recent postings I noticed that I haven’t been very productive recently –  photographically speaking of course. We’ve had some mixed weather, a cloudy day or two here, a bright sunny day or two there, but the weekends have been fairly uninspiring and I have thus been quite idle.

But Friday evening drew me into town. A glass or two in a very cosy piano bar and the first interesting rain for quite some time. Motivation stirred within and I let my mobile phone feel the cold, damp night air…. I’m not sure whether they just might have been more interesting in Black and White? – Comments welcome.

Bahnhofstr. 1 – Sony-Ericsson W995 mobile phone. Developed with Gimp
Bahnhofstr. 1 – Sony-Ericsson W995 mobile phone. Developed with Gimp
Bahnhofstr. 2 – Sony-Ericsson W995 mobile phone. Developed with Gimp
Bahnhofstr. 2 – Sony-Ericsson W995 mobile phone. Developed with Gimp
Bahnhofstr. 3 – Sony-Ericsson W995 mobile phone. Developed with Gimp
Bahnhofstr. 3 – Sony-Ericsson W995 mobile phone. Developed with Gimp