It’s been Whitsun holiday last weekend. We hiked the Monkeys Rocks (Affensteine) up to Carols Rock (Carolafelsen). As usual on days like this there was quite a rush in the rocks. But fortunately there are enough hidden paths where you can find your rest. Summer’s coming visibly now. Everything is gettin verry colorfull. And while the kids are climbing the rocks, I’ve got plenty of time to take some shots.

Yes, I’ve broken my beloved 1000x neutral filter for ultra long time exposures. Right in the middle of the Markus square in Venice I dropped it down to the 1000 years old marble ground.

All hints to a dealer of theses ND3 filters with 72mm diameter and slim shape are welcome.

Edit: got a new one, B+W this time. Maybe soon there will be a “Welcome ND3.0″.

Yeah, I did the step up to WordPress 2.5. So far everything seems to be working quiet well. If somebody encounters any issue, please let me know.

As a trade-off I give you a hint to the new photos just added from Venice. Texts will follow.

Venezia 2008

We spent a weekend in the Erzgebirge mountains near Dresden. Usually this is a nice skiing area in winter, but this year, there’s no snow at all. So we visited the small village of Seiffen instead, where they have a nice traditional museum with farmers and miners cottages from the last century. I spent most of the time taking photos of the old equipment.

Without many words, something abstract. This and some more new pics can be found in aXels piX.

After the nightly panorama shooting last week, here’s a view of the same spot from the opposite side. The image is taken on early sunday morning from the Marien bridge. The sun was heading straight into the lens. Thanks to the 12bit of the RAW data, I was able to reproduce the ripples on the river while keeping the silhouette as well as the details of the clouds.