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Slow travelling or traffic jam?

Ticino, Switzerland. Photo storytelling, 11 October 2019.

Especially during the summer months the frenzy of thousands of cars on the highway heading north comes to an abrupt end as they get stuck in the omnipresent traffic jam south of the 16.8 km long Gotthard Road Tunnel (map, Wikipedia), which connects the swiss-italian part with the swiss-german part of Switzerland.

This time we wanted to make it better and decided for slow travelling to the North having a break here and there and everywhere, avoiding the motorway and taking our time.

Denti della Vecchia

Did you know the Denti della Vecchia, the massive geological mountain formation near Lugano – a true hiking and bouldering paradise? In all those years I must have made thousands of images of the beautiful Denti della Vecchia – but today the scenery was absolutely spectacular with the sunrays and shadows in the sky.

Denti della Vecchia
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30 Arctic terns

Photostorytelling. Fetlar, Shetland Islands. August 2019.

On a hiking tour on Fetlar we entered the territory of the Arctic tern. As we did not want to disturb them we tried to stay in a safe distance and nevertheless got ‘attacked’. The closest approach by outraged Arctic terns was about one meter.

30 images (see all of them below) were made within two or three minutes. Afterwards we left the beautiful birds alone again.

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The camera of my dreams

There is no ‘best camera’ – we all know that. Cameras are tools – not more. Nevertheless I often ask myself, if an upgrade of my old and trusty camera gear (RICOH GR II, Mamiya 7 II, Hasselblad 500 C, Nikon FE and FE2) could help me reach the next level of photography – so – shall I upgrade? If yes – what’s the ‘best’ new camera?

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58 yrs old Hasselblad 500 C vs. RICOH GR II

Despite my love for my RICOH GR II I still shoot film, recently even more. This blogpost shows two images of the Cima di Fojorina (Southern Swiss Alps), made with the Hasselblad 500 C, Carl Zeiss Planar f=80 mm 1:2.8, Kodak Portra 400 (120) and the RICOH GR II, GR Lens f=18.3 mm 1:2.8.

Cima di Fojorina
Cima di Fojorina, Switzerland. April 15, 2019, 11 a.m..
Hasselblad 500 C, Carl Zeiss Planar f=80 mm 1:2.8, Kodak Portra 400.
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Favorite colors

Photoessay. Lenzerheide, Switzerland. June 15, 2019.

My favorite colors – shading ink

Shading inks: Herbin, Lie de Thé; Pelikan 4001, Blue Black and Turquoise, on Clairefontaine dot grid.
Shading inks: Herbin, Lie de Thé; Pelikan 4001, Blue Black and Turquoise, on Clairefontaine dot grid.
 
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