#365 / 2013 - 004 / Frozen

It's drizzling snow since early this morning.
The river is freezing closed from all directions
and the dogs are having fun ;-) 

Frozen from the ground

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Snowwoman

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We met a friend

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Lilly and King :-)

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Play with me - anyone!

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#365 / 2012 - 003 - And there it was again

And there it was again, that white fluffy stuff from the skies.
It makes for happy driving when there's a bunch of morons around, who are either convinced of being invincible, or don't know how to drive on icy roads.
The roads were covered in an hour and turned to ice at the same time where cars drove over. The 'de-icers' were out fast this time (is there a law that they HAVE to go out at certain minus temperatures?), but around Mayen were at least two big car crashes with many cars involved.
Gladly not me, I just had to deal with other idiots.
The kids asked me, if there's Christmas again, since it snowed.
Gotta love kids...
;-)

#Germany - Mayen, St. Veit Strasse

Yesterday I took a stroll through Mayen, trying to capture some of the old buildings left standing after the war. I was inspired by one of the books about the destruction that happened during the last days of war. 

Mayen was declared a dead city afterward. In the coming days I will go to some of the places in the book and capture the pictures in there the way the places look now.

I’m not sure how old these buildings in the photo are, I just know that for some reason my photos didn’t turn out the way I wanted them to. Time to relearn the camera and its settings, I guess ;-)

#365 2013 #002 Freizeitzentrum Mayen

This morning I’ve walked a path I’ve walked many times before.

Huge icycles below the Viadukt

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I’ve also taken photographs here many times.

Smaller ice blossoms

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That is possibly one of the reasons I have left the camera at home these past few weeks.

Strange tree trunks and folks asking me what the heck's so interesting here ;-)

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The feeling that I cannot capture new things.

Strange tree trunks and folks asking me what the heck's so interesting here ;-)

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Or the feeling that I cannot capture the Beauty adequately. 

Moos und Schiefer = Heimat

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Meaning I take the photos with the wrong camera settings (exposure, etc.) and being disappointed with myself when viewing them at home.

Fairy caves

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BORED!

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More strange trees and fairy caves

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More strange trees and fairy caves

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I will try not to fall into a slump again and instead just shoot with trial and error, sometimes use heavy editing and come along with a result that looks utterly different from what I have seen. 

Just home

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Which is what I did before too, but for some reason I stopped enjoying it.

Fantasy Reality

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With the new mentorship program on its way, I will open my mind again and just enjoy whatever I come up with.

Scrubby du

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Visit from Holga

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Kloster Helgoland voraus

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It’s not perfect photography . It probably never will be. But it’s me.

Trial and error

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#365 2013 #001 Fish tales

Where we tried to find the fishies

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Well, well.
There's 2013 and I have almost missed it ;-)
Hubby was here for 2 weeks, brought him to the airport this morning.
I will most likely follow in 4 weeks.
Kuwait, what else ;-)
At least for a little while (uhm,...)

Ice, ice , Baby

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Today was the first time in weeks that I picked up the camera.
Idiot me didn't even take it while hubby was here.

Just reflecting

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The weather sucked for photos (then AND today).

Silly pooch

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More silly pooch

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Anyway, I wanted to capture the places where we spent some fun time these last two weeks.
Playing with the silly dogs and huge sticks, watching for fish that weren't there, teasing the ducks (not with King usually).

Watching the ducks, King using my moment of distraction for an (by me) unwanted swim

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So, I am doing a 365 project again, I almost made it through last year (even though I haven't posted the ones I took for a long time).
I am not restricting myself to one pic this time, I'll just post what I want :-)

I also got on board of the Advanced Mentorship for photographers program by the awesome  and my mind is still blown away by having this great opportunity again!
Glad he accepted me and that even though I hadn't checked my mail for a week. Me bad ;-)
I am looking forward to work with the camera again. And of course to work with Ron and the Gang :-)

A wee bit sad,..., but heck another 4 weeks won't kill me,...

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