Hello down there…

Raaawww!

It started raining soon after.

Didn’t have the time to shoot my food lately. But I took the time to bake a quick cake.

Going to town.

Going home.

Finally made it up there again, first time this year. Went up twice, got to train at least a little bit for what’s coming next week.

Gathering data.

Was bei den Geologen so alles rumliegt…

Genug davon, los geht’s…

Bestes Wetter um draußen zu arbeiten.

Der erste Meter, komprimiert auf knapp 30 cm.

Unscheinbar, aber 3 m tief.

Der schlammige Teil…

Mal was ganz anderes zur Ablenkung ^^

Mmmh.

Tag 1. Fertig.

Physiker…

Genug gespielt, die Sonne geht schon unter.

Langer Tag, schöner Abend.

2. Tag. Ein erster Eindruck davon, was das Wörtchen „Arbeit“ in „Diplomarbeit“ zu suchen hat ^^

Bohrdings mit Chefsessel im Hintergrund.

Hoch…

…und runter. Das ganze ein „paar“ mal.

6 m Loch fertig. Nix gefunden außer Dreck und Steinen, dabei nur Schweiß und ein wenig Blut verloren. Alles wie’s sein soll.

Summer. Lots of it.

But finally some rain, and a tiny bit of cool air.

Chasing goslings.

To create a little contrast, this sunflower shot is followed by a shot from work…

Physicists playing with mud again.

Another contrasting theme…

Fifth game.

Lost.

Another hot day, spent cycling the maze that is the Neuenheimer Feld in search of ground water measuring wells.

Found one…

…and another one.

University.

Shadowcat.

Nice evening with friends on the Neckarwiese.

Again!?

Weinfest in Kirrweiler.

Saturday morning. Free day, took my time to hike a little bit.

Up to the Hambacher Schloss.

Not very stirring…

Descending through the forrest.

Anthill. Haven’t seen one of these since I was a kid.

The 24-70 F2.8 makes for a decent macro lens, at least when you don’t have a dedicated macro at hand.

Maikammer.

This would have been a good place to spend a few hours reading the literature I carried with me.

Quick peek at the map decided otherwise.

Going up again…

Wish I would have had my road bike with me.

The last few hundered meters up the Kalmit. Walked about 17 km that day.

There’s always something new to learn.

Back to Heidelberg.

Fourth game.

Rain.

Rain & sun.

Rain, sun & I.

Playing with fire.

Stars. Test shots.

Ugly plastic + sunset & blue skies = a little less ugly.

First try bombed. Back to black. This time it went much better.

Third game. Anticipation…

Tasted much better than the weird color combo might suggest the eye.

Trying to shoot some images for future eBay auctions. Little bit disappointing.

Three in a row.

Another rather rare (and really good) one

Going to try more after dark shooting… if I find the time.

Slacklining.

First steps to become an environmental physicist… it’s just mud. As you might have noticed I don’t post new entries as often as usual any more. That’s because of all the mud, well, more likely because of what is behind it: I finally started to work on my diploma thesis.

I’m hardly any good with compliments, but since many people told me lately how much they enjoy my pictures, both in the comments of the blog as well as in person, I’d like to say this… Thank you! =)

Dirty business.

First game. Goal.

Fish. Watching this while I ate didn’t make it better.

Work.

The last shot with the D70.

Cleaning the old D70’s sensor before it appears on eBay.

I also cleaned the newer bodies – even though the D700 even has a built-in cleaning mechanism it does collect significantly more dirt than any other camera body I had before. Good thing I’m comfortable cleaning the sensor myself. The best one so far was the D5000 – it’s cleaning mechanism was so good I never had to clean the sensor myself during the 10 months I had the camera.

Working on some ads.

Morning guest.

Second game. No Goal.

Autschn!

But first: lot’s of cat content from Lemgo.

Cat on a string. I had a great puppeteer with me ;)

Going back to Heidelberg. Cheesy sky recovered from the overexposed shot…

Backpack.

The old ones. I sold the D5000, the D200 will stay for work and the D70 on the right (which I got back from where I sold it, it’s my very first DSLR) will be on eBay soon, probably some time after the football world cup.

At work. Finally.

Wouldn’t have thought I’d find an application for this, but I guess paper still has it’s benefits.

I also wouldn’t have guessed that I’d ever have to buy a LAN cable again…

Cycling snapshot.

Thunderstorm approaching Heidelberg. Before it started to rain, the strong winds brought lots of dust and sand. Never experienced something like that ever before in Germany.

Hand held against strong winds. It’s nice to be able to shoot at ISO 6400 ^^

And another round of shots from the weekend, back at home in Lemgo. Good to have a polarizing filter when the sky is that clear. This one is a little bit long, many sport shots at the end.

Having a break, trying Pickert, a local dish even I haven’t had in a decade.

The usual shot of Schloss Brake.

The last handball game of the season, had to try the D700.

Those referees are always in the way. Well, the shot isn’t that good anyhow. By the way – unlike 99% of all other shots in this blog, the handball shots are cropped. It’s a game way too fast and hard to predict to get really good compositions right out of the camera.

A contact sport. It’s not unusual to have a player with a ripped jersey on the field, without a resulting penalty.

Lucky shot: back pass from a simulated attack jump to throw off the defense (and in most cases the trailing photographer).

Lovely expression =)

7m penalty shot.

The goalie waiting for the game to return to his goal.

‚Ceremonies’ on the field after the game. A big lens get’s you in anywhere.

Players leaving the team at the end of the season. I always wonder who is behind these awful prints they get…

That’s it for today.