Hohenschwangau Castle
Hohenschwangau castle in autumn. The childhood home of King Ludwig II of Schloss Neuschwanstein fame.
Forest Mushrooms
Macro panoramics. Was in the forest looking for cool leaves and to do a little experimentation. Thought these came out interesting. Each pano is 3 separate photos from Nikon 85mm PC tilt/shift lens. It’s hard to choose a focal point for the macros. Sort of have to choose one mushroom you want in focus, and let the rest fall as they may. I think a fill light could have helped a bit as well, maybe I’ll try using a small reflector some time in the future.
Saint Coloman Festival
On our way out of Schwangau on Sunday we ran into a detour. We didn’t think much of it until we were in sight of St. Coloman church and had a fireman basically put us into a farm field turned parking lot. Well, it turns out that we ran into the festival day of St. Coloman church, with a Catholic Bishop and all. There was a cool parade of Lederhosen and Dirndl wearing Bavarian’s on horseback set among the scenic background of the Allgäu mountains. I left the spectators and spent some time walking and photographing among the horses. Pretty cool sight to ‘accidentally’ come across.
The Moment that Wouldn’t Be
Everything was perfect: Cool fog, sunny blue sky, some cool clouds, nice autumn colors on the trees. One problem: Scaffolding!
Maybe next year…
3 Years…
…Of this blog passed on Saturday the 11th. It’s had a couple homes in this times and I’ve posted from numerous different countries. In those 1,095 days I’ve only managed 200 posts, so something like once every 5.5 days; something to improve on in the coming year. But I must admit, the farther I am from an internet connection, the happier I seem to be.
I’m not such a good writer, but perhaps I’ll try and write more travel stories/anecdotes in the future. I’ve also logged enough days on the road that perhaps I might try and write a few travel and photography tips as well: Such as keeping your camera gear safe on a night bus from Lithuania to Prague, best places to sleep when you find yourself stranded, where to get a $2 haircut it Czech Republic, Norway on the cheap, etc.
What say you? Keep to pictures only, or throw some more words in?
Saturday morning was a nice one:
More tomorrow. It was a good weekend down south!
Walberla on Sunday
Cool looking tree which I’ve never noticed before. I’ve already imaged a panoramic photo in winter after a heavy snow. A lot of people out on the hill and kites were everywhere! Was pretty windy though and some of them looked like they wouldn’t last too much longer.
Autumn Fields
Friday morning. The van was packed and as I was going to start it I noticed the ignition coil light (diesel) never turned off. Hmmm. Took out the key and tried again, still wouldn’t turn off. Went ahead and started it anyhow, no problem. Go to drive down the street and it wont shift in automatic mode (weird hybrid auto/manual transmission), Bugger. Figured it would probably be best not to drive it. So much for the weekend’s plans of the Allgäu.
So we took a little tour over to burg Hohenstein and a Windbeutel to cure our sorrows. Passed a couple fields on the way.
The Autumn Comes
Two quick shots while on the way to the supermarket last night. We’re heading down to the Allgäu tomorrow for the holiday weekend, but the forecast is for lots of clouds and rain and snow up high so it might not be too productive of a trip. Cool colors around here the last couple weeks. I need to get out and shoot more…
Oktoberfest
On Thursday night we made the rather spontaneous decision to head down to Munich on Saturday to checkout Oktoberfest.
“Have you been to Oktoberfest?” is a pretty common question asked, which I can now finally answer ‘yes’ to.
“Are you going to go again?” Probably not. I’m not really a “crowd” person, so I don’t find too much entertainment in streets packed full of drunk people. The beer is overpriced. The lines are long and you’re lucky if you can get into one of the brewery tents (though granted, we were there on a weekend which makes things worse); we never did. Germany really has so much more to offer and way cooler festivals that I think it’s unfortunate that Oktoberfest is the thing to do in Germany for visitors coming here. Though I guess its a good thing to at least have seen once.
And remember: Oktober fest is in September. if you show up in October looking to party, you’re a bit too late…
So Much For Global Warming
Bloody hell is it cold right now!
Rainy window pic is from the other day, but represents the current conditions pretty well.
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