Backlighting

BacklightingRecently I was showing some of my current favorite pictures to a friend who has 50 years' experience in the field, both as a photographer and teacher. She picked up the prints and looked at them with a poker face, giving me no hint...

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Sängerkrieg der Heidehasen

Sängerkrieg der HeidehasenImagine Wagner's Meistersänger von Nürnberg sung by children acting as little rabbits and you may be able to imagine what I heard in Obertürkheim last weekend. But this was special because even the audience...

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The Red Wheelbarrow

The Red Wheelbarrowso much depended uponthis red wheelbarrowrazed by time,hanging nowfrom the junkyardwall.(With apologies to William Carlos Williams)I've never understood why Williams' original poem was so important and taught in English...

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Portrait of a lady in Esslingen

Portrait of a lady in EsslingenA fellow artist from the Stuttgart region needed a profile picture for her upcoming exhibition, so she asked me to take some pictures of her. I was delighted at the request because I had secretly been hoping to...

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Lemon concentrate

Lemon concentrateLemonade serenade (thanks to Liz for that caption!)One of the photography groups I'm in pursues one particular theme at a time, trying to come up with a series of pictures that exemplify that theme. After the catch-all "Time",...

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Reflections, Part III

Reflections, Part III The Germans say, "Alle guten Dinge sind drei", which roughly translates as "Three's a charm". Since I've gotten positive feedback on my reflection series, here's a third part for you before I move on with more architecture...

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Moonrise followed by sunrise

Moonrise followed by sunriseLast night my photographer's sixth sense kept me awake or at least woke me up at 5 a.m.On my way downstairs I looked out the window and saw this:Over the next hour I checked out nature's wonders and headed out again...

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