- Oberbaum Bridge, Berlin, at sunset
The 'golden hour' - before sunset - is my favorite time for photography, as the setting sun often provides ideal light for photographs like this: The Oberbaum Bridge across the Spree River in Berlin, Germany. I like the way the setting sun illuminates the bricks in the bridge. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberbaum_Bridge (July 28, 2013. Nikon D5000, 1/200s @ f/8, 24mm, ISO 200.) - "Walkable Roller Coaster", Duisburg, Germany
Perhaps my favorite wide-angle photograph from 2013. This large sculpture is a "walkable roller coaster" (except, of course, for the loop, which is gated closed anyway). Conditions were bad for photography - an overcast sky, with flat light - but I like the way that the 'arms' of the sculpture draw the viewer's attention into the center. (July 13, 2013. Nikon D5000, 1/1250s @ f/7.1, 19mm, ISO 200.) - The Berlin Wall was here!
- Oberbaum Bridge, Berlin, at sunset
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberbaum_Bridge - "Konzerthaus", Berlin
- "Bierpinsel", Berlin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bierpinsel - The mysterious bent trees of Gryfino, Poland (just across the border from Germany)
Noone's sure exactly how these trees ended up this way: http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/gryfino-forest - "Reichstag", Berlin
The German Parliament building from 1894-1933, and again since 1999. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_%28building%29 - Clock tower, Dahme, Germany
- The site of the WWII V-2 rocket factory, at Peenemünde, Germany
- A V-2 rocket, on display at Peenemünde, Germany
- A V-1 "flying bomb", on display at Peenemünde, Germany
- How former East Germans enjoy a summer day at the beach - at Binz, on the Baltic Sea coast
- Stralsund, Germany
- Stralsund, Germany
Another old Hanseatic League city (and UNESCO World Heritage Listed site) in northern Germany