Tag Archives: Winter

Angry Birds

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IMG_7745Canon EOS 5D (189mm, f/2.8, 1/2000 sec, ISO800)

Some time ago I used to love bird photography. I visited the Neusiedlersee NP on a regular base from late March to early May to take pictures of the bird migration to the North. I shot a Nikon D1 ( later D2H ) with a AF-S 2.8/300 ED with or without the 1.4 or 1.7 converter. Sometimes I took images of songbirds in a park in Vienna. There was a guy preparing branches with food in a way that you can’t see the food or a feeder in the final image. It was a great location.

Since I moved out of Vienna I feed the birds in my garden. I never considered to take pictures because I don’t have the right equipment anymore. Continue reading →

Let It Snow! X-Pro 1 and RX100 high ISO shots

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DSCF3678FUJIFILM X-Pro1 (18mm, f/5.6, 1/55 sec, ISO200)

Snow in Austria and tons of it. This January we had lots of snow and a cold wave that lasted for more than 2 weeks. So the snow came and stayed even in Vienna which is very rare. I can’t remember when there was a white christmas though. The image below was taken around christmas. Continue reading →

Springtime in the Middle of December (RX100)

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DSC02943SONY DSC-RX100 (12.03mm, f/5.6, 1/640 sec, ISO125)

Some business trips are different. Most of the times a business trip means that you go somewhere where you have been already before a couple of times. Most of the times it is a place that is not even remotely of any interest. And if it’s winter it is very likely cold, grey and wet. In the wintertime my trips to Russia or Romania were a real highlight because there winter means real winter and I love that.

This trip was different. Continue reading →

Winter Wonderland, Moscow February 2012

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FUJIFILM FinePix X100 (23mm, f/2, 1/60 sec, ISO640)

The most important factor in traveling photography is: Luck! I have been to Moscow a couple of times before in the winter but it was always too warm thanks to global warming. I think I have said that already. But it fits as this post is the second part of “Blue Hour At The Red Square” I posted about two weeks ago. It was the third night in Moscow. St. Valentin’s day. When I woke up in the morning I knew it was going to be a good day. Finally it was snowing in Moscow! Continue reading →

Blue Hour at the Red Square, Moscow February 2012 ( X100 )

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FUJIFILM FinePix X100 (23mm, f/2.8, 1/60 sec, ISO500)

I have visited Moscow a couple of times but thanks to global warming it took till last February to have some really cold weather. Finally I would get the chance to see the Red Square covered with snow. Not on the first evening though. The day my plan arrived it was -33 degrees Celsius in the morning. It was close to the end of a cold wave coming from Siberia. The massive drop in temperature covered almost all of Europe. People died in Poland and in the Ukraine.

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