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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #251: Buildings and Other Structures

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OK! Challenge accepted. Anne challenges us with a topic outside my comfort zone. On my trips, I also visit (usually smaller) towns. Indeed, they have houses. But do they also have ‘buildings’? And what about structures? Finding structures in nature is easy. But it’s hard, when not visiting cities.

Let’s have a look, at what I can find.

First, follow me to Lisboa. In the old town, you can find so many structures.

Second, I want to take you to Helgoland to show you the famous Hummerbuden. Although the island is so small, keep your eyes open and see, what’s in front of you.

Next, came with me to Parha (and avoid to get lost), …

 

…, via Barcelona (you can lose yourself so easily in Barcelona), ….

…, Duesseldorf (some areas seem to be constructed with a long ruler), …

…, and a few random places.

When digging through your archive, it’s likely you find more images than expected.  These challenges are a very good opportunity to walk through your archive and see your images from a different perspective. Those of you following me for some time can easily see, this is not my usual style. It’s different

As usual, click on the images to enlarge them.

Thanks, Anne for this wonderful challenge this week.

Maybe, I inspired you to dig in your archive and find some images, you can publish your images on your blog and set a link to Amy’s inspiration post. Don’t forget to tag it with LENS-ARTIST, so we can find it.

Take care!

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #236: East meets West vs. North meets South

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It’s Saturday evening. Thus, it’s time for Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, this time hosted by Amy. She came up with a quite an interesting topic as you can already see from the subject line. But, instead of posting images from elsewhere in the world, I’m focussing on Germany only.

Germany is not one of the big countries in the world. It’s, in my opinion, one of the smaller countries. Germany covers approximately 357,000km². The biggest distance as the bird flies between Denmark in the North and Austria in the south is 878km. The biggest distance from Belgium / Netherlands in the West to Poland in the East is 640 km.

Nevertheless, I’ve chosen to show you images taken at or at least close to these extreme points.

 

border to Poland on the island of Usedom in the east

 

most western point of Germany in the west bordering The Netherlands

 

Westerhever lighthouse near Sankt-Peter-Ording. It’s only 70km as the bird flies to reach the northernmost point of Germany on the island of Sylt

 

this is the Breitach Klamm, the gorge of creek Breitach in Bavaria, only 15 km from the southernmost point of Germany.

 

This place is kind of special. As you can see, there are three flags. Those are the flags of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany. At the point, marked with the erected stone, the borders of the three countries touch each other. It’s one of the quite rare points on earth, where 3 countries touch each other.

These are not the only countries bordering Germany. The others are (clockwise): Danmark, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, France, Luxemburg, Belgium, and The Netherlands.

It’s so fantastic, to be able to roam freely between countries, meet people, and learn from other cultures. Help avoid wrecking these awesome achievements. Getting to know each other and each other’s culture helps to avoid wars.

Maybe, I was able to inspire you to dig in your archive and find some images, you can publish your images on your blog and set a link to Amy’s inspiration post. Don’t forget to tag it with LENS-ARTIST, so we can find it.

Take care!

 

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #235: Shadows and reflections in monochrome

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That’s a topic, I like very much. Thanks, Patti for having chosen this for Lens-Artist’s Photo Challenge this week.

When there is light, there is shadow. Especially in monochrome, these shadows become extraordinary because the colors are not distracting your eye. Thus, the patterns pop out much stranger.

Maybe, I was able to inspire you to dig in your archive and find some images, you can publish your images on your blog and set a link to Patti’s inspiration post. Don’t forget to tag it with LENS-ARTIST, so we can find it.

Take care!

 

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #234: Messages

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This week’s LAPC is hosted by Donna. Her message is to focus on messages for this challenge.

An essential part of human nature is communication. Paul Watzlawick once stated, “You can not not communicate!”, and I guess, he’s right. Besides phrased communication (written or spoken), we communicate with mimics and gestures, so-called non-verbal communication.

There’s also an additional form of non-verbal communication we use automatically and often even cross-cultural.

 

personal information written on a tombstone

 

manufacturer’s information on products

 

or, where to get their products

 

safety information

 

giving guidance

 

What is love?

 

find help when in need

 

stay in contact

 

find your neighbor

 

or even for the long distance

 

either to the left or to the right; the cemetery is straight ahead!

 

Attention!

 

frankly following Hamlet: to swim or not to swim?

 

Even when not familiar with these two guys, you can understand their attitude at the first sight!

 

fear and schadenfreude

All of these, and many more, send messages. They are received, generally understood, and followed. Every single day!

Maybe, I was able to inspire you to dig in your archive and find some images, you can publish your images on your blog and set a link to Donna’s inspiration post. Don’t forget to tag it with LENS-ARTIST, so we can find it.

Thanks, Donna, for this fantastic opportunity to focus on messages we’re sending and receiving all the time.