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2013-05-23 19:17:19 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 22 +1s)

The Trabant ...

is one of the two cars manufactured in East Germany.The car is seen as a symbol for the decline and final collapse of the country itself. The average wait period from ordering the car to driving it home was 10 years. Used cars were often much more expensive than a new one since they were available while new cars weren't. The average life span of a Trabant was 28 years and people took care of it. 

The car was made of a steel frame while the rest of the body is made of duroplast a hard, bakelite like plastic produced with cotton waste and phenol resins.. So it is the first car made of recycled material. The car had a 26hp 2-cylinder 2-stroke engine having the problems of a smoky exhaust and the pollution it produced. 
When the production was stopped in 1991, 3.7million cars were produced and a Trabi cult still being alive in the East of Germanyst... more »

2013-05-21 21:27:23 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

I played with a Russian Horizon 202 panoramic camera and some long expired Up400. During scanning I realized that the right edge is always out of focus. First I blamed it on the rather disturbing vibration when the rotating lens hits the end but after checking a widelux on ebay and the camera itself, I realized I didn't insert the film correctly .... Anyway, it seems like a fun camera to shoot.

#horizon202   #up400   #ultrafin  

2013-05-21 18:19:26 (10 comments, 0 reshares, 29 +1s)

 Suburbia, seen by a wandering kitty

The Suburbs (Part 3)- Arcade Fire

+Repetitive Tuesday  curated by  +Frank Schillinger +Ping Doherty +Andy Q. #RepetitiveTuesday

#zeroimage69   #ilfordhp5   #rodinal  

2013-05-21 17:26:56 (10 comments, 0 reshares, 25 +1s)

The stars are long gone but we can still see their glow
Long after they´ve skidded off into oblivion

You tell me how I can fly away

Really cool song by the danish band Volbeat 
http://www.universal-music.de/volbeat/videos/detail/video:291615/cape-of-our-hero

+TransportTuesday  curated by  +Gene Bowker +Joe Paul +Michael Earley +Annie Irving #TransportTuesday

#zeroimage69   #ilfordhp5   #rodinal  

2013-05-21 15:37:44 (14 comments, 1 reshares, 20 +1s)

Life's a learning curve

This is a portrait of my parents shot with a 6x9 pinhole camera. Exposure time is about 10sec. They can't hold still anyway. But maybe that does the trick.

When  their lives flow by, nothing's gonna be in focus anymore.

+PortraitTuesday  curated by  +Laura Balc +Tana Teel #PortraitTuesday

#zeroimage69   #ilfordhp5   #rodinal  

2013-05-20 11:00:54 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

Gorilla pod comes in handy with the zero image pinhole

2013-05-20 08:49:01 (12 comments, 0 reshares, 31 +1s)

Shiny chrome ...

+Monochrome Monday  curated by  +Hans Berendsen +Jerry Johnson +Steve Barge +Dominique Hilbert +David Orr +Martin Heller #MonochromeMonday

2013-05-19 13:22:45 (9 comments, 1 reshares, 39 +1s)

Shadow and sun ....

Android shot and snapseed editing

2013-05-19 07:47:49 (12 comments, 1 reshares, 9 +1s)

Here the highlights of yesterdays eurovision song contest in Sweden.

My absolute favorite ... "Alcohol is free" from Greece ...
Koza Mostra & Agathon Iakovidis - Alcohol Is Free (Greece) 2013 Eurovision Song Contest

best rainbowy performance and last place by far ... Ireland
Ireland's Official Eurovision entry 2013 : Ryan Dolan "Only Love Survives"

I liked the Italian Marco Mengoni even though he does sound a lot like Eros Ramazzotti Marco Mengoni - L'Essenziale (Italy) 2013 Eurovision Song Contest Official Video

and Bonnie Tyler is back with her strong voice 
Bonnie Tyler - Believe In Me (United Kingdom) 2013 Eurovision Song Contest Official Video

finally the winner from Denmark, Emmelie de Forest ...
Emmelie De Forest - Only Teardrops (Denmark) 2013 Eurovision Song Contest

2013-05-18 14:29:26 (11 comments, 0 reshares, 35 +1s)

Simplify your life ... Cheers

2013-05-18 09:25:02 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 19 +1s)

coffee shop

#streetpics   #streetphotography   #nikond3  

2013-05-16 20:10:46 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 18 +1s)

Hey, +Vit Baloun here is the entire first roll ... 

#zeroimage69   #ilfordhp5   #rodinal  

2013-05-16 05:58:45 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

First roll is ready ... This is one of the first images taken with the Zero Image 6x9 pinhole camera. True, it's a bit soft but what to expect from a tiny hole. Anyway, I think I kind of get the picture what you can do with it. Key is: long exposure. Don't even bother with a couple of seconds That will get you out fo the shaking of the camera, blur out everything that moves and have the rest sharp and crisp ...

#zeroimage6x9   #ilfordhp5   #rodinal  

2013-05-15 19:06:19 (9 comments, 0 reshares, 16 +1s)

Just got this beauty in the mail today. It's a wooden pinhole camera made by Zero Image. About 20min after UPS dropped it off, it was loaded with an Ilford HP5+ and the first roll in 6x7 format was shot in about 30min. I developed it right away in Rodinal and while I'm writing this the film is drying in the bathroom.

I'll show you tomorrow ... I can't wait to scan them.

#zeroimage   #ilfordhp5   #rodinal  

2013-05-12 18:16:29 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 18 +1s)

My colorful pasta

I looked into the fridge and came up with this. There was a lonely sausage, some already cooked shrimp, cherry tomatoes, garlic, onion, some pesto, tomato juice, a chili which has gone dry a while ago and some fresh herbs ...

2013-05-12 15:21:18 (10 comments, 0 reshares, 16 +1s)

When the little hunger comes, have a rice cracker

here with some cream cheese, smoked salmon and dill

2013-05-11 18:03:49 (10 comments, 0 reshares, 25 +1s)

Romantic light in Bavaria ....

I just like the way this came out. It's all film and all fun ....

#hasselblad   #ilfordpanf   #acurol  

2013-05-11 10:51:21 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 24 +1s)

Taking  a break ...

I tried a new type of film in my Hasselblad last Thursday: The Ilford PanF+. I wasn't sure how to develop it but I took the Acurol risk and I think it really worked out just fine.

The grain is nearly invisible. The detail and sharpness is great. The in focus parts even pop out a bit. After developing the film looked like it had a lot of contrast and I had to turn down the curve during the scanning quite a bit.

Here is the recipe:

Ilford PanF+ shot at ISO25
Developed in SPUR Acurol 1+100 at 22C for 22.5min. Agitation for the first 30sec and afterwards twice every five minutes.

2013-05-10 20:10:01 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 27 +1s)

Hey, it's the simple things that count ....

#floralfriday  by +Tamara Pruessner 

2013-05-09 19:55:45 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 24 +1s)

I'm in a mountain mood today ...

2013-05-09 19:40:22 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

I finished a roll of ilford pan f rated at 25 today. Today was quite bright with high contrasts.
What's your favorite developer for this film?

2013-05-08 06:09:58 (12 comments, 0 reshares, 39 +1s)

A nightmare ...
beheaded and placed
with the herbs
in front of truely
ugly curtains.
Talk about fairness

+#Window Wednesday  curated by  +Simon Davis-Oakley +Jules Falk Hunter +Jason Kowing +Cheryl Cooper +J.J. Bentley +Catherine Furet #WindowWednesday

2013-05-07 18:31:51 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 18 +1s)

Just something I've found the other day

+Repetitive Tuesday  curated by  +Frank Schillinger +Ping Doherty +Andy Q. #RepetitiveTuesday

2013-05-06 19:29:01 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 35 +1s)

Hey, here is something from the kitchen ....

What is it?

+Macro Monday  curated by  +Kerry Murphy +Jennifer Eden +Kelli Seeger Kim #macromonday

2013-05-05 20:43:59 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 36 +1s)

The spider web

2013-05-04 20:08:15 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 13 +1s)

More flowers

http://blog.dirkvietzke.de/?p=169

2013-05-04 07:04:46 (10 comments, 0 reshares, 35 +1s)

Curiosity killed the cat ....

+CATURDAY!  curated by  +Christophe Friedli +Lee Daniels +Shantha Marie Fountain +Cicely Robin Laing #CATURDAY

2013-05-04 06:45:55 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Hey, just wrote some bakelite wonder camera here ...

http://blog.dirkvietzke.de/?p=129

2013-05-03 19:17:18 (17 comments, 1 reshares, 59 +1s)

Something else for somebody called +Victor Bezrukov 

And I truly went out in the mud and rain today to take this picture ...
#floralfriday  by +Tamara Pruessner 

2013-05-02 18:06:09 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 23 +1s)

It's an orange kind of day ....

2013-05-02 05:59:45 (13 comments, 1 reshares, 23 +1s)

Hey, it's underwaterthursday and you should join me for a little dive. This pigmy seahorse I found in one of the best places for macro photography: Lembeh Straits on the island of North Sulawesi in Indonesia. I realize the focus is just a bit behind the seahorse but it shows how they almost disappear in the coral. It is quite difficult to find them. They have the size smaller than a finger tip and they usually live deeper than 20m. But they dive guides know where to find them. They don't seem to change place very often.

C'mon, girls and boys, join +Underwater Thursday  curated by  +Kjetil Greger Pedersen +Snekker Anders +Beat Gretler +Terrie Gray +Dirk Vietzke +Shaun Doyle +Scotty Graham #underwaterthursday

2013-05-01 17:43:31 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 22 +1s)

Light-shade-and-blue

Done with my galaxy s2 and snapseed

2013-04-30 12:45:40 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 15 +1s)

It's tree for tuesday ... and it's done with a vintage camera as well ... long live bakelite

+Tree Tuesday  curated by  +Christina Lawrie +Shannon S. Myers #TreeTuesday
+Vintage Camera Tuesday  curated by  +Gerhard Müller +Manfred Berndtgen #VintageCameraTuesday

2013-04-30 05:35:06 (19 comments, 5 reshares, 28 +1s)

Hey, Vic ... you've been crossed ...

... Fuji Provia 400 slide film and afterwards developed in C41 for color negatives. The results are moved colors, weird saturation and a bit more grain.

#portraittuesday  by +Laura Balc and +Tana Teel 
#hasselblad   #fujiprovia400   #c41  

2013-04-29 19:55:00 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 32 +1s)

Hey, +Victor Bezrukov ... they are brothers and sisters ....

#perfekta2   #ilfordhp5   #rodinal  

2013-04-29 05:51:50 (15 comments, 0 reshares, 23 +1s)

Sometimes...
a storm is brewing
and you see the clouds
through a blurred
plastic lens
and you know
love is stronger


+Medium Format Monday  curated by  +Antoine Bonfort #MediumFormatMonday
+Monochrome Monday  curated by  +Hans Berendsen +Jerry Johnson +Steve Barge +Dominique Hilbert +David Orr +Martin Heller #MonochromeMonday

#reflekta2   #ilfordhp5   #rodinal  

2013-04-29 05:03:46 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

In the remote Lower Omo Valley of Ethiopia twelve expressions were recorded on film of a young boy from the Mursi Community. Spoken language was unavailable to us, so we exchanged expressions for words and exposed frames of film like clockwork for perhaps one minute or less. Behind me was his community, talking to him and helping him feel at ease in front of the camera. Like children everywhere the reactions are quite familiar and have proven to me the interconnectivity that binds us all regardless of cultural, religious or political differences.

With this small community I spent the majority of my three weeks in Ethiopia, and was almost unable to break free from this collaboration to pursue the next community on our short list. We stayed at a local village less than two hours away, a distance normally traveled in perhaps thirty minutes under different road conditions. The two locations were... more »

2013-04-27 16:46:56 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 32 +1s)

Some thing for #caturday
Mhhh grungy

2013-04-26 05:25:03 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 20 +1s)

The first flower pot I got for my rather large balcony. If you can't guess, they are yellow and got some fancy latin name. However, I like the look of them when I come home after work. They make me happy and give me the feeling of belonging. 

+FloralFriday  curated by  +Tamara Pruessner #floralfriday
+Film Friday  curated by  +Richard Call #filmFriday

#ilfordhp5  developed in #ultrafin  

2013-04-24 06:02:12 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 31 +1s)

Hello, is anybody in there?

Something quick for #tuesdecay  by +Ian Ference taken with the latest addition to my camera family, the Leica R4. Film was Up 400 and is expired for about 10 years. At least this time around I didn't push it. I guess either overexposing it or leave it longer in the soup might also help.

#leicaR4   #up400   #ultrafin  

2013-04-24 05:45:25 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Here is some info to the exposure and scan tests I did. Film is ilford HP5+ developed in Tetenal Ultrafin. Afterwards scanned with a Canon 9000F using Vuescan. 

http://blog.dirkvietzke.de/?p=112

2013-04-30 05:31:58 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 34 +1s)

no name, no future, just past

#repetitivetuesday  by +Ping Doherty +Frank Schillinger and +Andy Q. 

#hasselblad   #ilfordfp4   #rodinal  

2013-04-21 14:10:58 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 16 +1s)

Added photos to The Selfy Sunday Project.

2013-04-21 07:28:55 (10 comments, 0 reshares, 19 +1s)

To eat or not to eat. Is there a healthy choice?

Another shot with from the bakelite wonder, the Perfekta. Shoot first and check results later since there is hardly any control on the thing. Yes, and it is the ugliest camera ever built. I'm going to edit the other 2 images and blog about the camera ... oh, and include it in todays selfy :)

Hey, +Erwin Vindl, that's not too far from you :)

#streetpics  by +Arnold Goodway 
#breakfastclub  by +Gemma Costa 

#perfekta  

2013-04-20 18:13:12 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

I'm watching Dr. No, the very first James Bond. 

What's your favorite Bond?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055928/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

2013-04-20 16:15:06 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Just felt like writing another blog entry today. I took my Pentax 645N to the balcony and shot it with my Nikon D3. After editing the photo I wrote the blog ... Check it out.

http://blog.dirkvietzke.de/?p=88

2013-04-20 06:53:16 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 31 +1s)

Resting on the couch or what he left of it ... 

+CATURDAY!  curated by  +Christophe Friedli +Lee Daniels +Shantha Marie Fountain +Cicely Robin Laing #CATURDAY

#pentax645   #ilfordhp5   #ultrafin  

2013-04-19 18:53:25 (12 comments, 0 reshares, 16 +1s)

This one is taken with a combination of

Pentax 645
Ilford FP4+
developed in SPUR Acurol

Even though Acurol increases sharpness and acutance, I'm not happy with the outcome. There is weird things going on in the sky and sharpness isn't really good either. I did expose for the shadows and developed 20% less. It also seems that the zoom lens on the camera isn't the sharpest ever made. 

The film before was an HP5+ and sharpness and contrast is much more to my liking

#pentax645   #ilfordfp4   #acurol  

2013-04-19 07:02:27 (7 comments, 3 reshares, 33 +1s)

Domestic vultures
... waiting for food

for my bird lover friends +Lee Daniels and +Sumit Sen 

#pentax645   #ilfordfp4   #acurol  

2013-04-18 05:21:05 (15 comments, 1 reshares, 33 +1s)

The feeling of being a fish


+Underwater Thursday  curated by  +Kjetil Greger Pedersen +Snekker Anders +Beat Gretler +Terrie Gray +Dirk Vietzke +Shaun Doyle +Scotty Graham #underwaterthursday