An extremely common flower photographed a billion times by a million photographers! But it still makes an interesting subject. Perhaps, the very reason for its popularity? I shot this handheld and so the focus is not exactly spot on. The photo is also cropped from the original.
This had been sitting in my folder of photos from Heidelberg for a long time as I was not satisfied with the results I had obtained. But today I finally managed to come up with something a little more to my liking. However, I still find the photo to be a little too ‘busy’ in terms of subject matter if you see what I mean. I’m a minimalist at heart and therefore I guess I find the scene to be too chaotic!
As for the photo, it is a part of Heidelberg as seen from the Philosopher’s Walk on the other side of the town, across the river Neckar.
So in the end Germany’s dream came to an end in the semis at the World Cup. But they did play such exciting football and managed to convert a football-sceptic like me into something of a fan! Hope they will build on what they achieved so far.
Coming to today’s photo, nothing much to say here except that the high key look was a result of processing.
This was actually shot last week right after Germany pulled off that amazing victory over favorites Argentina in the quarterfinals of the World Cup. But with Germany set to take on Italy in a few hours I think it is appropriate to post it now. Viel gluck Deutschland…wir fahren nach Berlin!
As the title (playfully) suggests this is the fourth photo of Luis that I’m posting on this photolog. You can see his earlier photos [here](http://visual.arthedains.com/index.php?showimage=166), [here](http://visual.arthedains.com/index.php?showimage=165) and my favorite of the three, [here](http://visual.arthedains.com/index.php?showimage=163). Although the high key look was not intentional I enhanced it while processing as imo it gives a very contemporary feel to the photo.
A freak thunderstorm hit Cologne last Sunday and this is how it all began.
This is a photo shot about a month back. I did not post this until now as I wasn’t very sure if it worked or not. You can say that I’ve changed my mind a little. Of course, it is not a perfect macro being as it was my first and only try so far of an insect macro. With hindsight, using a tripod and increasing the dof would have made the photo better imo.
I’m not a very big fan of the Brazilian football team. Not because they are bad, on the contrary the best moments of their football are sheer poetry. But it is a little boring to see them win year after year. And judging by the way they are are playing now they stand a very good chance of lifting the World Cup for a record sixth time. So here’s to (arguably) the best football team in the world today. Inspite of all I’ve said I hope they go all the way. Viva Brazil!
(I have no idea what happened on the lower right edge of the photo. I doubt it is vignetting. Any ideas?)
The FIFA World Cup is being shown in Cologn on huge screens in 3-4 fan zones. Before and between games there are various cultural shows from the various countries playing in the championship. This is from one such show at the fan zone next to the Dom.
As some of you may have noticed Visual Obscurity was down for almost a day due to some error with the sql database. After a day spent in aimless frustration, I finally managed to overcome the problem now. So here is today’s photo without furthur ado.
This is a friend of a friend of a friend! I hope I got her name right. A bunch of us had gone to see the match between Germany and Sweden on a giant screen next to the Rhine. Although, we all got roasted in the (pretty hot) sun the match and the atmosphere were great! Today’s photo is from there. After processing the photo came out a little darker than I wanted but I kinda like the way it looks now, has a slightly oldish film feel to it.