Reutlingen 2012-04-01

The city of Reutlingen (population: 112.000, 2010) is located at the foot of the Swabian Jura (Schwäbische Alb).

City centre of Reutlingen. In the left the church spire of the Marienkirche. View from Pfrondorf.

Leucojum vernum in flower in Eselsburg valley 2012-03-15

Eselsburg valley (Eselsburger Tal, approx. 120 km car drive from my home) is besides its geology famous for the blossom of Spring Snowflake (Leucojum vernum). In some areas the forest ground is densely covered with the white flowers.

The Brenz river flows through the valley:

Ludwigsburg 2012-02-18

nightly impressions of Ludwigsburg castle's north facade and market place

around the airport (EDDS) 2012-02-16

In the afternoon I went to the airport to test a new lens. The pictures of the planes can be found here. The landscape around the airport consists of villages with fields in between and is called filder plain. The first picture is a view in the direction of Neuhausen auf den Fildern:

sunset

The church spire of Filderstadt has lights on its top due to its proximity to the airport:

Urach waterfall 2012-02-12

The waterfall near Bad Urach is frozen these days. Alongside the way from the parking lot to the falls itself runs a small creek. Frozen water forms bizarre sculptures around it.
The following two pictures demonstrate the edifference between long and short exposure times when photographing running water:

1/8 sek · f/32 · 60 mm · ISO 100

1/1000 sek · f/2.8 · 60 mm · ISO 100