06/08/2021
After my last post with pictures of the Hoberger Feldmark in the west of Bielefeld, there are now some more photographs that were also taken there. However, a few days later. The area is so beautiful that you can always take a little trip to that place. It is especially beautiful in the mornings and evenings. I went there again early in the morning from about 5:30am. It had rained the night before and with the first rays of sunlight, a morning haze rose from the fields.
All photos were taken with the camera Fujifilm GFX 100S and the lenses Fujinon GF 3.5/ 30 mm, Fujinon GF 4/ 45-100 mm and Fujinon GF 5.6/ 100-200 mm. I did not use a tripod.
Dawn after a rainy night
Sunrise at the Hoberger Feldmark #1
Sunrise at the Hoberger Feldmark #2
Morning haze over the fields #1
Morning haze over the fields #2
Morning haze over the fields #3
Morning haze over the fields #4
> Nature
06/03/2021
Just something nice for today's public holiday. A sunrise in the Hoberger Feldmark.
The Hoberger Feldmark is located in the west of the Bielefeld city area between the districts of Hoberger-Uerentrup and Kirchdornberg directly on the northern slope of the Teutoburg Forest. The German word 'Feldmark' means field marsch. It is an old cultivated landscape with agricultural fields, single tree groups and larger forest sections. In between there are some farms and small settlements. The landscape is hilly and rises from north to south to the main ridge of the Teutoburg Forest. In short: simply beautiful. Especially early in the morning or in the evening. Because it is currently already warm during the day but the nights are still cold, there is also often fog and haze in the early morning hours. This then looks particularly beautiful.
I think the Hoberger Feldmark and the whole area around Hoberger-Uerentrup and Kirchdornberg is one of the most beautiful landscape areas in Bielefeld.
Houses in the backlight
Spring sunrise #1
Spring sunrise #2
Country road near Bielefeld-Dornberg
House in the fields at sunrise #1
House in the fields at sunrise #2
Morning mist over the fields near Kirchdornberg
Farm in the morning mist near Kirchdornberg
> Nature
06/01/2021
Sometimes rain can also be quite nice. Even if it is rather rare. Last Friday was such a day. I was standing in Kirchdornberg, a district of Bielefeld, waiting for the bus. It was supposed to leave about 20 minutes after nine and I still had some time. The weather was changeable all day: clouds, sun and sometimes a little rain. Towards evening, however, the rain became more frequent and heavier. So I took shelter in the bus shelter. As dusk fell, the sky and the clouds became more and more dramatic. At the very end, everything was bathed in an unreal reddish light. Then it was only a few minutes until the bus was due to arrive. Just enough time for a photo of the two old buildings in the centre of the village. The other two pictures were taken a little earlier.
Village road, tavern and church
Village square
Rain clouds at dusk over Kirchdornberg
05/30/2021
When you don't really know what to photograph, sometimes an early morning walk with a camera helps. It's rare that I don't have anything planned, but I did recently. I took a stroll through the city centre of Bielefeld and all in all it was worth it. Here are the results. I took pictures with the Fujifilm GFX 100S and various Fujinon lenses.
Police station at the Kesselbrink
Dawn at the Friedrich-Verleger-Straße
Silhouette at Jahnplatz
Spiegel (Mirror) by Isa Genzken at the Willy-Brandt-Platz
Clouds over Willy-Brandt-Platz
Early morning walk
City Library at Paulusstraße
Early morning on Alfred-Bozi-Straße
05/29/2021
Of course, I also know that there are enough photos of sunrises and sunsets. But I still can't let it go, they are just too beautiful for that.
Here is a small series that was taken in the 'Hoberger Feldmark'. It is a landscape in the west of the Bielefeld city area, which lies directly on the Teutoburg Forest and is still very rural. And this despite the fact that it is not far from the city centre at all. There has been a distinct change in the weather here in the last few days. The month of May has been very cold and rainy so far, and then came the change in weather. Such days are very interesting photographically. You get clouds, sun and rain and usually beautiful light.
A sunset in May over the fields in Hoberge-Uerentrup
Fields at the Teutoburg Forest
A field at the Teutoburg Forest at dusk
Farm and fields at Bielefeld-Dornberg
> Nature
05/23/2021
The weather over the last few days has been very changeable. Rain, occasionally sun and mostly lots of clouds. It was actually too cold for May. But even puddles can be used photographically.
I went to the old Ravensberg spinning mill (Ravensberger Spinnerei) and took some photos there. The building dates back to the time of industrialisation in the 19th century. Back then, Bielefeld was a centre of the textile industry. A lot of flax was grown in the surrounding area, which was then processed in factories in Bielefeld. Today there is no longer any flax cultivation and most of the textile factories have also disappeared. The building of the old spinning mill now houses the adult education centre and the city's history museum.
Pond in front of the old Ravensberger spinning mill
Old Ravensberg spinning mill after a rain shower
Rainy day in the Ravensberger Park
Puddle in front of the Ravensberger spinning mill
05/13/2021
Ascension Day is a public holiday in Germany and this morning, 13 May , the weather was also good. We have had to wait quite a long time for spring this year. So it was a good opportunity to start a little photo walk. I didn't have a particular goal, I just looked around to see what spring motifs were available.
I started in the district in Bielefeld where I live and then paid a visit to the old cemetery in Bielefeld city centre.
On a meadow in Bielefeld-Sieker
Common bugle on a fence in Bielefeld-Sieker #1
Common bugle on a fence in Bielefeld-Sieker #2
Common bugle on a fence in Bielefeld-Sieker #3
Tulips at the Old Cemetery
Pink rhododendron at the Old Cemetery
White rhododendron at the Old Cemetery #1
White rhododendron at the Old Cemetery #2
Little white flower at the Old Cemetery
> Nature
05/12/2021
Lately I have been going to Minden more often. Minden is a city in the very northeast of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia with a very nice city center. Mostly I took the train and therefore I always had some waiting time until departure. On the occasion I had the opportunity a few days ago to photograph a beautiful sunrise at the main station Bielefeld. The photo was taken with the Fujifilm GFX 100S and the lens Fujinon GF 3.5/ 30 mm.
A few days before I photographed a sunset as well. Namely behind the city hall at the 'Nahariyastraße', which runs close to the Bielefeld main station. Here I used the lens Fujinon GF 4/ 45-100 mm.
Sunrise at 'Ostwestfalen-Platz' at the main station
Late afternoon at 'Nahariyastraße'
05/11/2021
And here again some photos from Bielefeld University. I was there late in the afternoon, when the sun was already very low. Actually, I just wanted to try out how the Fujifilm GFX 100S performs in shots where a very bright light source is visible in the picture. Since digital image sensors are the standard, there are always unsightly reflections that the sensor surface creates and which are difficult to correct afterwards. Unfortunately, the GFX 100S is not completely free of this, but the effect is not as noticeable as with the older Fujifilm GFX 50R. In these images, almost none of it is visible and the Fujinon lenses also cope well with very bright light sources in the image.
Shortly before sunset at Bielefeld University #1
Shortly before sunset at Bielefeld University #2
Shortly before sunset at Bielefeld University #3
04/18/2021
After I have photographed two weeks ago the sunset at the Datteln-Hamm Canal in Hamm, I have now also been there early in the morning. The intention to take photos there was a bit of a gamble. According to the weather forecast from the evening before it should be very cloudy and in order to be on time on site, I had to make myself already at 4:00 o'clock in the morning on the way. I just took a chance. Also because the government plans to impose evening-to-morning curfews starting next week due to the COVID-19 pandemic. If it makes a difference, good. However, even without any government restrictions, I hardly met anyone.
Anyway, in retrospect, it was the right decision to make a try and go there. I took pictures from a bridge that crosses the canal at the north harbour. The oil mill and the barges on the right bank were a nice scenery and from clouds was at 6:00 o'clock still nothing to see. But instead a beautiful dawn in the eastern sky.
I shot with the Fujifilm GFX 100S camera and the lenses Fujinon GF 3.5/ 30 mm and GF 4/ 45-100 mm. To get a better handle on the high contrast, I used an ND graduated filter on some of the photos.
Dawn on the Datteln-Hamm Canal
North Harbour and oil mill on the Datteln-Hamm Canal #1
North Harbour and oil mill on the Datteln-Hamm Canal #2
Bridge over the North Harbour at sunrise
Sunrise over the North Harbour #1
Sunrise over the North Harbour #2
North Harbour and oil mill at sunrise
Oil mill on the Datteln-Hamm Canal on early morning
At the Datteln-Hamm Canal
