zoo schönbrunn

went to the zoo today to take some pictures and to use my 70-300mm again after a long time of just laying around and not really getting used.
it still takes a bit to get used to it, cause compared to my e410 it is quite big and after a while your hand hurts, but I just love the zoom, which is especially useful in the zoo.
took almost 500 pictures, so it was hard to choose, but here are some of them ;)
may have to make another post with some more soon...







and my favortie from today, which is also my picture for today. it was just the perfect timing hehe only thing I dont like about it is that you can still see the traces of the fence

"capturing time" - photography class #1

first assignment for my photography class was due today. though he extended it till next week some, including me, already presented the pictures today. I may actually take a couple of more pictures till next week...we'll see :)
the theme of the assignment was "capturing time", so I tried out both short shutter speed and long ones. though I have to say I'm liking long exposure so much more for this theme.

this is I think the only picture with a short shutter speed from this series

now lets get to the long exposure pictures ;)
I'm loving the smoothness of the water you get with a longer exposure. this picture also gave me the oppurtunity to try out my b/w filter I got a while ago.

this was the first idea that came to my mind when I thought about how to capture time. both of them were taking in the late afternoon as the sun started to go down. one of a tram driving by and the other ones of the back lights of cars.

and my favorite from these pictures. a long exposure of an escalator. you can still see some traces of people on the sides of the pictures. and I'm really liking the b/w on this one

if anyone has any other ideas as to how "capture time"...any idea is welcomed :)

"Haus des Meeres"

we went to "Haus des Meeres" today, cause we still had coupons we got as a christmas present.
it's pretty funny, that I've lived in this city my whole life and never been there before. so, naturally I took lots of pictures...so enjoy ;)



by far my favorite animals we saw there...the monkeys. they were running around all over the place and one ran by right beside my head hehe


I could have definitely done without the snakes and spiders thoug...


and on some other news, one of my picture got featured on another blog :)

once again late...or maybe not

hmm those updates every two weeks ar stating to become a habit. not what I had planned but works for me. lets just say, I did that on purpose and I'm actually on time ;)



and it's finally starting to get warmer outside, which means more outdoor pictures



I'm really starting to like street photography



todays picture is not done yet. any ideas? ;)

a little overdue

I've been slacking with last weeks update, which is for the most part to blame on exam week and too little time for photography...but hey, better late than never, right!?

2 out of 12 months are done and it hasnt always been easy. lets see how the next 10 months go ;)


last weeks pictures

here's todays picture. I'm trying out some out of focus pictures. I really like the look of it, so there will probably be more of those in the future ;)