Fotoeins Fotografie

T05 Heidelberg: my take on a classic shot

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This is a place I once called home.

I have no pictures or images of my 2 years in town and schlepping up to and down from Königstuhl hill. 2001 to 2003 remain firm in heart and mind.

But this image of Königstuhl and Heidelberg’s Old Town I got today: this will do very nicely as well.

*In evening light, castle ruins sit on Königstuhl’s lower flank (centre), with the Old Bridge over the Neckar river and Church of the Holy Spirit (right).*

I made the image above with an iPhone15 on 12 May 2024. This post composed with Jetpack for iOS appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com.

T04 Darmstadt: fossil site Messel pit

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Located near the town of Messel outside of Darmstadt, about 20-minutes south from Frankfurt by train, the Grube Messel (Messel pit fossil site) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, inscribed since 1995. With perfect hindsight, it’s hard to believe people once wanted to use the pit as a garbage dump. Most fossils found thus far are dated to an age of about 48 million years (48 Ma, middle Eocene).

*Near-complete fossil of equine-predecessor “propalaeotherium voigti” (c. 48 Ma). The size is comparable to a small present-day dog.*

*Fossil of possibly world’s earliest python: “messelopython freyi” (c. 48 Ma). The fossil itself is comparable to an adult human hand.*

*About 60 metres (200 feet) deep and 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) wide, the pit area remains an active archaeological site.*

I made all images above with an iPhone15 on 11 May 2024. This post composed with Jetpack for iOS appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com.

T03 Darmstadt: gutsy city, Mathildenhöhe

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In Darmstadt about 20-minutes south from Frankfurt by train, the Mathildenhöhe (Mathilda Heights) Artists’ Colony is a UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed since 2021. Pictured in afternoon light: at left, the Wedding Tower by J.M. Olbrich in 1908; at right, the Russian Chapel by L.N. Benois in 1899; and at lower-centre, the Lily Basin by A. Müller in 1914.

I made the image above with an iPhone15 on 10 May 2024. This post composed with Jetpack for iOS appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com.

Fotoeins Friday: Berlin Neue Nationalgalerie, 2 of 5

I’d been to Berlin countless times between 2002 and 2020, much of my time inhabiting a lot of different spaces and streets. In late-2021, borders and skies slowly reopened to international travel, as the world began turning a corner in an early post-vaccination age. I hopped some 8000-kilometres to the other side of the planet for 10 days in Berlin. I also finally returned to visit the Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallery) for the first time in over 10 years. From their collection, I highlight this month five works of art from the early 20th-century.

Die Skatspieler (The Skat Players), Otto Dix, 1920.

I made the photo above on 26 Nov 2021 with a Fujifilm X70 fixed-lens prime and these settings: 1/125-sec, f/3.6, ISO4000, and 18mm focal length (28mm full-frame equivalent). This post appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com as https://wp.me/p1BIdT-rM5.

T02 Hello again, Main-hattan

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It’s travel day number 2, having flown the red-eye over the big eastern pond, and landing in Frankfurt am Main for day 1 in Europe. Frankfurt is a familiar and welcome sight.

With shops closed, I’ve arrived to national statutory holiday Christihimmelfahrt (Ascension of Christ), but it’s also Europe Day, marking the 1950 anniversary of the Schuman declaration.