kweide wonderland » ancient

The fast and the ….

kweide — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 11:20:56 +0000

Strolling in the cold ancient Dresden along the Elbe and wondering about the hordes of young guys in Santa Claus costumes. Accompanied by young girls , well supplied with drinks (including alcoholic ), organized in small groups of Santas, all along the historic buildings on the Elbe. Wondering whats going on, questions in our faces until we saw the sign : A competition : Santa Claus Season sack race … cool … I thought. And before I could even begin to change the lens accordingly ( had the 12mm on my EM1), BOOOM, the wild things go. They went off like shot from the rubber band.

This gentleman was so breathtakingly fast , I barely could follow him . His technique , short jumps, and so insanely fast …. he outperformed, he outclassed ALL . Well, at least the first hop of his opponents teams. Others gave up exhausted , yet others were probably already too immersed in the mulled wine and lay , shuddering with laughter on the floor. That was just great.
And I ? With the EM1, at the height of the action, with the 12 mm ….. and Dresdner Stollen in my stomach … LOL

Whether or not we had fun ? What a question …

Into the dark

kweide — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:03:57 +0000

I Bonsi was a real gem. And when we talked with the people of I Bonsi we suddenly got the permission from the owner to have a guided tour thru the cellar rooms of this ancient building. Here just two impressions of the large vine storage, the ancient wine barrels made of wood, still partially in use.

Olympus E-M5, Zuiko 7-14, ISO200, 20 seconds, f5.6

Another day in Tuscany

kweide — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 16:51:33 +0000

After the incredible experience with Olympus in Zingst, I needed a contrast of emotions. So we went to Tuscany, Italy, more precisely to Reggello Sant’Agata, region Florence. We rented a room from “I Bonsi” :) Well, that was a real surprise. An estate of a special kind. Our small room had about 65 square meters size, located on two levels and located in a tower of the building. In the middle of nowhere, no traffic, no noise, pure nature, some peacocks running around freely, visiting us from time to time :)In the evening it was pitchblack, no light, just BLACK at night. And yet the next delicious pizzeria was only 10 minutes by car. Who dares at night only with car light corridors to cut into the darkness, to drive on narrow winding roads :)

An enormous place, with about 140,000 olive trees

Olympus E-M5, ISO200, Summilux 25 mm @ f4.5, 1/1000 second

Her answer …

kweide — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:25:35 +0000

It did not take long, and a knock, knock was at the door. When i opened it SHE was in front of me, eyes wide open. She asked me where i had this picture from. Well, i smiled. The first time i knew a bit more ! I took a second breath, made a creative pause before telling her about the Gallery. Now she smiled when she took a golden necklace off her neck with a beautiful ancient medallion. She opened it carefully and showed me this:

What a wonderful old oil painting, my rough print on copy paper was a shame compared with that…. She told me, that it is indeed one of her relatives, mothers bloodline. As she told me, that woman really enjoyed life and sometime she was said to be a hellion as well. Like my neighbor, was my thought and i smiled back at her. We had some tea, some sweets and some laughters. When she went home, she threw me sweet, promising smile ….

Old Master

kweide — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 12:05:54 +0000

Looking old masters paintings in the local Gallery i was really surprised discovering this old ancient picture. Mrs. Robinson came asap into my mind. WOW, this must be a relative of her. I look the date: 1783… hui, that is old but this woman looks 100% like her, like twins. So i took a snap to compare it with the real Mrs. Robinson.

Back home i did what i had to do and was again surprised. YES it is like 100% twins. Well, i made a rough and quick print on copy paper and threw it into the letterbox of her with a written note on it: Your relative ??? Waiting for her to answer….
In real life do what i did here: Look thru your archive and pick a special portrait, look at it and imagine how it would look as an old masters oilpainting! Thats all and start to produce such. In this picture i decided to avoid all that typical cracks on the canvas just to keep the connection to the original digital image. But you can do what you like, even convert such in Black&White if you like !

Kill move

kweide — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 17:57:30 +0000

You remember old PC fight games ?? In one of them you could fight against various opponents and when were successful you had the chance to practice one secret and brutal move “Kill move” Tear out his bones, or other brutal things. See this lance fighter who is doing his deadly moves, swinging his bloody blade against his enemy, just trying to cut him down into pieces. Like the ancient Samurai wifes with their Naginatas…

Again just the Olympus E-M5, ISO200, f4.5, 1/1000 second, Zuiko 45 mm… and only the sun as main light :)