kweide wonderland » Dresden

The red wonder

kweide — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 06:43:23 +0000

While running around thru the tress, thru the garden of Pillnitz near Dresden, one has to keep his eyes open, as always. And suddenly this little red thing came across my way. So small yet so powerful and with such striking red leaves. It made a fantastic green/red contrast. SO what could i do ?? Yes, take a picture of it..

Fuji XE-2

Have a landscape

kweide — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 18:39:48 +0000

Just to give my eyes a different kind of visual food i confronted them with trees, green grass and such stuff. I found it in Pillnitz, near Dresden. We made a steamboat tour to the beautiful palace of Pillnitz and the fantastic garden installation. There forest and its garden are stunning. If you ever have the chance to visit it, do it !

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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 …

Dresden

kweide — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 18:20:05 +0000

It is worth a travel. Go and see Dresden in these days. It is full of wonderful and surprising buildings. Full of people, full of fairies. Stollen and Glühwein and if you like a Bratwurst as well :) And please stay until the night crawls in. You can see the famous church illuminated like this.

Olympus E-M1, ISO 1250, M. Zuiko 17 mm @ f1.8, no tripod used…