07/12/2020
Between the Bielefeld districts of Schildesche, Brake and Baumheide the 'Johannisbach' - a small brook - flows through a hilly landscape with fields and some farms. Originally it was planned to build an artificial recreational lake here. Fortunately this never happened. In the meantime it is a nature reserve in large parts: The so-called 'Landschaftspark Jerrendorf'. Above the valley, on a small hill, there are some erratic blocks. From there you have a nice view and it is especially beautiful in the evening. I go there occasionally and almost always there are opportunities for nice photos. On 10 and 11 July 2020 I was there again. The following photos were taken on these two days.
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Landscape with erratic rocks #1
Landscape with erratic rocks #2
Clouds over Baumheide #1
Clouds over Baumheide #2
Landscape with erratic rocks at dusk #1
Landscape with erratic rocks at dusk #2
Landscape with erratic rocks at dusk #3
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07/10/2020
When you think of lavender, most people will probably have violet-blue fields in Italy, Spain or southern France in mind. In fact, not far from my hometown Bielefeld there is a little village called Fromhausen in the district of Lippe where lavender is grown on a small area. I did not know this until recently. But it seems to be getting more and more popular and this year there are obviously crowds of photographers going there to take pictures. I was not there.
Nevertheless, I took the opportunity once to dedicate myself to the photographic theme of lavender. I don't have a real studio and therefore I always have to improvise a bit in such situations. The results realized in my kitchen table studio can be seen here. The three photos were taken with the Fujifilm GFX 50R camera and the lens Fujinon GF 4/ 120 mm Macro R LM OIS WR.
Lavender #1 (Lavandula angustifolia)
Lavender #2 (Lavandula angustifolia)
Lavender #3 (Lavandula angustifolia)
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07/05/2020
I was once again on the 'Johannisberg' in Bielefeld. From up there you have a wonderful view over the city and the 'Sparrenburg'. And probably there are only a few places in Bielefeld where a comparable number of photos are taken. The pictures I took there this time are not really original. But since we had a change of weather last week, which almost always promises nice cloud formations, I added a few more to the number of pictures.
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Beautiful clouds #1
Beautiful clouds #2
Silhouette with clouds - Sparrenburg #1
Silhouette with clouds - Sparrenburg #2
Cloudy sky at Sparrenburg Castle #1
Cloudy sky at Sparrenburg Castle #2
Cloudy sky at Sparrenburg Castle #3
Framed Sparrenburg Castle
07/03/2020
Not far from my apartment is one of the main roads in Bielefeld - the 'Detmolder Straße'. There is a tram line crossing this street and of course there are also stops. The photo below was taken about half an hour before sunset at such a stop. The sun is only a few weeks a year in the evening at this exact position above the street and the 'Sparrenburg'. So you have to wait for the right time. Up to now I have never been able to do that but this year it worked.
Sunset on Detmolder Straße
20/06/2020
Where I have already photographed the wind turbines in 'Brönninghausen' a few days ago, I have been on the way with the same aim in the district 'Jöllenbeck' last weekend. In 'Jöllenbeck' there are not so many, but there is one that is really beautifully located. It is located at the 'Bargholzstraße'. There were no dramatic clouds, but a beautiful pastel coloured sky.
Some people do not like wind turbines in the landscape. I don't really understand it. At least not when I think of the hype about old windmills. They're very popular. Modern wind turbines are basically nothing more than the rediscovery of the possibility of using the wind as a source of energy.
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Wind turbine in Jöllenbeck #1
Wind turbine in Jöllenbeck #2
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06/12/2020
Somewhere there are always poles of high voltage lines in the picture. At least that's how it is in German landscapes. Many wild landscapes no longer exist in Central Europe, but there are many towns and communities that need to be supplied with electricity. The expansion of renewable energy sources also makes it necessary to build more power lines. I have consciously integrated power lines into my pictures and in the end it is more honest than always taking pictures around them or retouching them out of pictures.
In this case the power line itself is the motif. Near Halle in Westphalia new lines with special big pylons are under construction.
High-voltage line under construction #1
High-voltage line under construction #2
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06/11/2020
When you go on a forest hike, you don't usually look for cement or asphalt mixing plants. I haven't done that either. But during a 20-kilometre hike in the Teutoburg Forest from the castle 'Ravensburg' near Halle in Westphalia to Steinhagen I came across the asphalt mixing plant in Hesseln. It is located in the middle of the forest in a small valley. I found it photographically very interesting.
Asphalt mixing plant Hesseln #1
Asphalt mixing plant Hesseln #2
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06/08/2020
In the early Middle Ages the region of Westphalia belonged to the area where the historic Germanic tribe of the Saxons settled. Until the conquest of the area by Charlemagne in the years 772 to 804 AD, the inhabitants of the region were not Christianised and it may have taken several centuries before the Christian faith finally asserted itself against the old Germanic religion. From this early time there are hardly any architectural testimonies left. This is also due to the fact that stone buildings were practically unknown. An exception are church buildings and monasteries. One such early church building was erected before 789 AD by the nobleman Waltger von Dornberg in the area of today's Bielefeld district 'Deppendorf'. The old church of 'Müdehorst' is one of the oldest churches in Westphalia. The location of the church was long unknown. In 1949 the foundations were rediscovered. In the 1990s, systematic archaeological investigations took place.
The outlines of the church building, which was already of considerable size for that time, can be seen well in the field today. I had always intended to photograph the place. But the foundations for a photo are not very impressive. I solved the photographic problem by choosing an evening with a beautiful sunset and dramatic clouds to take a picture.
More information about the 'Kirche von Müdehorst' is available in German on the website of the 'Historischer Verein für die Grafschaft Ravensberg e.V.'.
Old church of Müdehorst #1
Old church of Müdehorst #2
Fields at the church of Müdehorst
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06/07/2020
Friday, 5 June 2020, was a day of rather stormy weather here in Bielefeld. Clouds and rain. After I had already photographed the wind turbines in Bielefeld-Brönninghausen a few days before in the morning with nice weather, the completely different weather situation offered itself to take pictures again. With completely different mood. When I was there at about 8 o'clock in the evening, the conditions were really terrible. Grey sky, rain showers, wind. However, the sky opened from time to time. And to wait for these moments was worth it.
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Wind turbine and cloudy sky #1
Wind turbine and cloudy sky #2
Wind turbine and cloudy sky #3
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06/05/2020
From last weekend I still have two nature photos, which are worth to be shown. I walked along the 'Beckendorfer Mühenbach' - a small brook in the hilly country - in the Bielefeld district 'Theesen'.
Both pictures were taken with the Fujifilm GFX50R camera. The photo of the foxglove with the lens Fujinon GF 5.6/ 100-200 mm R LM WR OIS and the second photo of the ox-eye daisies with the Fujinon GF 3.5/ 50 mm R LM WR. Unfortunately I did not have a macro lens or an extension tube with me. But then it worked quite well.
Common foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)
Ox-eye daisies (Leucanthemum vulgare)
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