FUJIFILM FinePix X100 (23mm, f/5.6, 1/160 sec, ISO200)
One business trip about a year ago to Kiev. In January. Thanks to global warming it was too warm and now snow but still unpleasant wet, cold and grey. There are places on earth you immediately like when you first step out of the airport. There are place that grow to you. And there are places that are just unpleasant and stay so. To me the Ukraine is such a place. Continue reading
FUJIFILM X-Pro1 (18mm, f/2.8, 1/30 sec, ISO800)
FUJIFILM X-Pro1 (18mm, f/2.8, 1/30 sec, ISO800)
Which image do you prefer? The first or the second? Continue reading
FUJIFILM X-Pro1 (18mm, f/2, 1/60 sec, ISO2500)
And a giant Aga toad. Nice idea to attract more people to galleries. It happened in the NHM in Vienna. A place I visit on a regular base to test new cameras. All images taken with the 18mm lens. Continue reading
Apple iPhone 4 (3.85mm, f/2.8, 1/150 sec, ISO80)
We got used to sharp well exposed shots. Every smartphone can do it. Sharp, colorful and correctly exposed images are nothing special today. As I consequence most of them are boring if they do not show something special like a snowstorm at the Red Square or a cross road with thousands of people on mopeds in Hanoi. Continue reading
FUJIFILM X-Pro1 (35mm, f/4, 1/300 sec, ISO200)
Today we get the opportunity to vote against the general conscription and for a professional army. I’m not sure we need either but when I look at the map there are not too many countries left that have a general conscription, especially in the “Western World”. I was in the army once but honestly I would prefer to be defended by professionals should there ever be a need. If I want to have my teeth checked I go to see my dentist not my neighbor. Continue reading