Wo ist mein maß ?
Greetings All,
Nice to get an invite to join the group (Thanks, Robert!). Have people done introductions at all? I'm familiar with a couple of the member's blogs...
Seeing as I'm just returned from a couple weeks in Europe, I'll start with one of my vacation shots from Munchen. A lovely city. This was taken in the Englisher Garten, a large, very pleasant city park running through the city along two rivers. There are a couple of delightful beer gardens in it--this one is by the "chinesischer turm" (chinese tower). The fellow with the hat is the driver of a tourist carriage, and he's posing with one of the passengers. I believe her husband was taking their photo. The horse looked like he wanted some of what the driver was drinking, thus the title. I don't like the way I caught the van behind her head, but the whole thing happened in a few seconds, so it was basically a street-type grab. Still, I'm pleased with the overall lighthearted feel of the image that so captured the way the place felt. Germans sometimes call Munich the "village of 1 million".
It was very calm when I snapped this, a lazy Friday. A week before when I showed up here it was the night of the Germany-Spain European cup final and the place was a madhouse. All the youth of Munich turned out, faces painted, patriotic songs, horns, mugs crashing together,... quite the contrast.
I saw this picture at your own blog a couple a days ago, and I like the humor in it. I like the light and dark shapes formed by the trees in the background, and the fact that you found what appeared to be a peak moment.
You should of course have used your vaporizing gun to blast away that van in the background, or maybe have found a lady with a much bigger head, but I might be asking for too much ;-)
Comment by Kjell [Member] · http://blog.lentic.net/ — 19/07/08 @ 07:35
The beer drinking horse more than makes up for the van - and even the van isn't all negative as the tones set off the lady's hair well.
Comment by Colin [Member] · http://www.auspiciousdragon.net — 19/07/08 @ 18:44
Colin,
Hmm, hadn't thought about it that way, but you're right. Her hair might kind of blend with the vegetation otherwise.
--E
Comment by Eric [Member] · http://redskiesatnight.com/ — 20/07/08 @ 05:06
Nice happy photo.
I agree with Colin's comment regarding the ladies hair. Also the man's top hat stands out nicely too from the background. I think I like Germany because you can drink on the job....hehe.
Comment by Irena [Member] — 20/07/08 @ 23:18
Comment by Kjell [Member] · http://blog.lentic.net/ — 21/07/08 @ 07:36
this picture reminds me of my Godmother in Koln, she likes her beer and insisted that we try a beer and a mustard made using the beer as an ingredient in a pub near the Dom when I was there last. The fact that beer is not really my drink did not matter.
I'm finding it interesting that the bottom half of the picture is made up of solid shapes and tones and the top half is so variagated with all of those leaves.
Keep an eye on that beer, I'm sure the horse gets a bit sometimes.
Comment by Robert [Member] · http://www.roberthoehne.com — 21/07/08 @ 10:17