Traumdieb's photoblog

Broken Window

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:30 +0100

This brickwall is a bit too yellow, if you ask me. However, it contrasts so well with the dark wooden frame of the broken window.

Dr. Sis' Exam Celebration

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:11 +0100

This photo is dedicated to my sister Nini: Once again, my congratulations for passing the finals of your medicine studies! Last saturday, the faculty held a big formal celebration for 120 graduates in the old, neo-gothic auditorium and presented the graduates with their certificates. I wish Maastricht had held such a nice celebration for us years ago! Anyways, I must mention what my sister pointed out when she saw me taking pictures of the hat of the girl two rows in front of us: She says she's a floozy. ;)

Cherry Afternoon

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:48 +0100

More cherries! I was laying in the middle of the huge lawn at my parent's place, reading a book, tanning, relaxing, enjoying the sun. My mother came by and said she thought I might enjoy some cherries. How lovely is that?!

Main steps in Lightroom: Desaturated all colors except blue and red; oversaturated red; enhanced contrasts on red; midtones down, black and white curves up.

Made in Hessen

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:17 +0100

Hessen and Buderus, the producer of this manhole cover, indivisibly belong to a description of my childhood: I was born and raised in Hessen, and Buderus products always were all around. Most significantly, whenever my family returned from vacation by car the bright blue neon sign on the Buderus headquarter welcomed us home.

Cherry Harvest

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:11 +0100

On Sunday morning, my father got up early and climbed the ladder to harvest cherries from our old cherry tree. When he was done, he had gathered roundabout 14 kilos of sweet, juicy cherries. Later, he devoted a decent share of his afternoon pitting them so that my mother could start making jam. Needless to mention that I helped him with quality management ;)

Stage in Tideland

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:06 +0100

One of the most amazing natural phenomena for me ever were and still are the tides. At the North Sea, the tidal amplitudes in the Wadden Sea can be as much as 3-4m.

Bunch of Dolls

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:53 +0100

On the flea-market I noticed this bunch of old dolls and could not pass without taking a picture.

Key West Pier

Tue, 27 May 2008 23:13 +0100

[Alex](http://www.highresolutiontextures.com) was so "kind" to remind me today that my last photo post was already two months ago. So I decided not to spend some hours on moving my blog to Wordpress finally but rather play a little with Lightroom and modify that photo of the pier at Key West instead. I hope you enjoy the outcome as much as I do.

Geo-Data of where picture was taken: [24.545298, -81.783257](http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&hl=de&geocode=&q=24.545298,+-81.783257&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=16)

New York #4 - Subway Discostyle

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:20 +0100

Sometimes a bit of luck greatly helps shooting nicer photos. Here, we stepped into a subway car that was completely empty and also one of the old ones, with the metal planks everywhere. So I took a few photos and started playing with my camera's settings. The outcome you see here was done with the "change colors" function with which I captured only the yellow and orange of the seats. Then I overdid contrast adjustment to create this "disco" look.

Little Asian Girl on East River

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:53 +0100

Sometimes there is more to a photo than just colors, light and dark, meta-data, ones and zeros. It's the moment captured. What might this little asian girl have been thinking, sitting on her father's lap with her cheek on the railing, dreaming away while watching the houses of Brooklyn? I would not know, but the moment is saved in the picture.