Wednesday 30th June 2010

Another painted garage door in Neunkirchen.

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 70-200mm f2.8 : f4 : 1/1000" : 170mm : ISO 800: 30.06.2010 14:57:10)

Tuesday 29th June 2010

Yet another painted garage door in Troisdorf !!

(Nikon D60 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f6.3 : 1/160" : 44mm : ISO 200: 29.06.2010 14:52:56)

Monday 28th June 2010

Another painted garage door in Troisdorf !!

(Nikon D60 : Sigma EX 18-50mm f2.8 : f7.1 : 1/200" : 22mm : ISO 200: 28.06.2010 14:22:34)

Sunday 27th June 2010

This is the Alexian Hospital in Cologne-Porz.

(Nikon D60 : Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 : f14 : 1/800" : 29mm : ISO 800: 27.06.2010 12:53:25)


Another view of the Alexian hospital.

(Nikon D60 : Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 : f13 : 1/640" : 18mm : ISO 800: 27.06.2010 12:54:42)

Saturday 26th June 2010

This is the footbridge from Bad Honnef across to Insel Grafenwerth ("Grafenwerth Island").

(Nikon D60 : Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 : f4 : 1/20" : 22mm : ISO 200: 26.06.2010 20:31:38)


On the bridge, looking north towards the Drachenfels ("Dragon Rock")

(Nikon D60 : Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 : f5 : 1/80" : 32mm : ISO 200: 26.06.2010 20:33:42)


One of the stands around the open air concert stage was selling freshly-baked pizzas.

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 70-200mm f2.8 : f2.8 : 1/200" : 70mm : ISO 800: 26.06.2010 21:35:33)


This little girl was enjoying herself, racing along the banks of the river Rhine !!

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 70-200mm f2.8 : f2.8 : 1/320" : 160mm : ISO 800: 26.06.2010 21:11:02)


Of the five bands playing at the open air concert, top of the billing was "Just Pink" - allegedly Europe's best Pink cover band, they certainly were very impressive !!

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 70-200mm f2.8 : f2.8 : 1/40" : 82mm : ISO 200: 26.06.2010 22:48:09)


You can see more details of this band on their web site

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 70-200mm f2.8 : f2.8 : 1/60" : 70mm : ISO 450: 26.06.2010 22:13:51)

Friday 25th June 2010

Another painted garage door in Troisdorf.

(Nikon D60 : Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 : f8 : 1/250" : 42mm : ISO 200: 25.06.2010 14:07:17)

Thursday 24th June 2010

Back to Troisdorf for the side of a house that had this figure carved into the plaster and then painted.

(Nikon D60 : Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 : f6.3 : 1/160" : 50mm : ISO 200: 24.06.2010 14:17:49)

Wednesday 23rd June 2010

Another painted garage door, this one is in Neunkirchen.

(Nikon D60 : Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 : f4.5 : 1/50" : 28mm : ISO 200: 24.06.2010 18:58:47)


The side of a painted house in Niederwennerscheid (near Neunkirchen).

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 70-200mm f2.8 : f7.1 : 1/800" : 70mm : ISO 200: 23.06.2010 18:51:18)


Across the road, there was an old well in front of this house.

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 70-200mm f2.8 : f3.2 : 1/160" : 78mm : ISO 200: 23.06.2010 18:52:30)

Tuesday 22nd June 2010

Another painted garage door in Troisdorf.

(Nikon D60 : Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 : f5 : 1/40" : 34mm : ISO 200: 22.06.2010 18:30:06)

Monday 21st June 2010

It was officially the first day of summer today, although the weather didn't seem to agree.
Optimism still abounds, as shown by these German football fans !!

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 70-200mm f2.8 : f3.2 : 1/160" : 130mm : ISO 200: 21.06.2010 19:07:26)

Sunday 20th June 2010

Another painted garage door, this one is in Bruchhausen.

(Nikon D60 : Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 : f4 : 1/40" : 22mm : ISO 200: 20.06.2010 11:52:20)


Also in Bruchhausen, this painted garage belongs to www.arizona-bikertours.com

(Nikon D60 : Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 : f3.5 : 1/50" : 18mm : ISO 200: 20.06.2010 11:58:43)

Saturday 19th June 2010

In order to help raise some money for All Saints Church in Cologne, I set up my portable studio next to the organ at the Summer Fete, and took some portrait photographs.

Kendra Pilling (far left) and friends.

(Nikon D5000 : Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 : f5.6 : 1/60" : 32mm : ISO 800: 19.06.2010 15:38:53)


Eleanor Kelley's two children.

(Nikon D5000 : Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 : f5 : 1/60" : 34mm : ISO 200: 19.06.2010 14:13:45)

Friday 18th June 2010

A painted building belonging to the Troisdorf City Works, located near the main railway station.

(Nikon D60 : Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 : f6.3 : 1/160" : 24mm : ISO 200: 18.06.2010 16:05:07)

Thursday 17th June 2010

Another painted garage door in Aegidienberg.

(Nikon D60 : Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 : f5.6 : 1/40" : 55mm : ISO 200: 17.06.2010 19:29:38)


These wigwams were just across the road in the Catholic Kindergarten.

(Nikon D60 : Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 : f5.6 : 1/80" : 55mm : ISO 200: 17.06.2010 19:26:19)

Wednesday 16th June 2010

This is the wheel of the Ölmühle in Waldbreitbach after the workmen had finished their restauration work on it yesterday.

(Nikon D60 : Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 : f4 : 1/50" : 18mm : ISO 400: 16.06.2010 11:11:15)


And this is the house alongside the other water mill wheel.

(Nikon D60 : Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 : f7.1 : 1/200" : 22mm : ISO 400: 16.06.2010 11:10:49)


Because I am in the process of replacing the hand railings on my balcony (work temporarily suspended here due to a lower back infection since last Sunday !!), I have started to notice other peoples' balcony railings !! This one is above a seamstress / tailor shop in Rossbach.

(Nikon D60 : Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 : f7.1 : 1/200" : 55mm : ISO 400: 16.06.2010 11:03:16)

Tuesday 15th June 2010

In Waldbreitbach, there are two old mills almost next to each other. The one on the right ("Ölmühle" or Oil Mill, because plants like rape seed used to be ground down by the mill to extract their oil) is currently being repaired.

(Nikon D60 : Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 : f5 : 1/100" : 18mm : ISO 200: 15.06.2010 12:26:01)




(Nikon D60 : Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 : f5.6 : 1/30" : 55mm : ISO 400: 15.06.2010 12:29:29)

Monday 14th June 2010

A painted house wall just a hundred metres from my house .... of course, being out in the sticks, it had to be a couple of deer !!

(Nikon D60 : Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 : f5 : 1/30" : 34mm : ISO 400: 14.06.2010 21:05:12)


I often wonder - especially now in the ever-worsening economic crisis that has caused house prices here to plummet - why I decided to buy my house here. But when I look at a typical sunset like this, my question is answered. I was going to take a local sunset photo on the last day of this blog as my closing shot, but when I saw this today, it made me think of a good friend who passed away last week (although he was only 5 years older than me). RIP Jerry, you will be sadly missed by so many friends.

(Nikon D60 : Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 : f8 : 1/250" : 55mm : ISO 400: 14.06.2010 21:07:40)

Sunday 13th June 2010

On the way home from church, I stopped off in Bad Honnef to take a few photographs at the "Rosentag" (Rose Day).

Here is Dietmar Preibisch receiving some instructions on how to ride a Segway roller - apparently it is not quite as easy as it looks !!

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 70-200mm f2.8 : f2.8 : 1/500" : 70mm : ISO 400: 13.06.2010 12:39:35)


Of course, every "Rosentag" should have a "Rosenkönigin" (Rose Queen) - and here she is ....

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 70-200mm f2.8 : f8 : 1/200" : 130mm : ISO 400: 13.06.2010 13:31:28)


.... ably assisted by the two "Rosenprinzessin" (Rose Princesses) !!

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma EX 70-200mm f2.8 : f10 : 1/200" : 70mm : ISO 400: 13.06.2010 13:30:46)

Saturday 12th June 2010

This was what the wooden hand rail on my balcony looked like this morning.

(Nikon D60 : Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 : f4.5 : 1/80" : 18mm : ISO 200: 12.06.2010 12:34:09)


I tried to replace it with horizontal galvanised steel bars (onto which I will later secure some vertical wooden slats), but rain kept stopping play.

(Nikon D60 : Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 : f3.5 : 1/15" : 18mm : ISO 200: 12.06.2010 21:03:46)



(Nikon D60 : Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 : f3.5 : 1/13" : 18mm : ISO 200: 12.06.2010 21:05:07)

Friday 11th June 2010

When I collected some galvanised steel bars to renovate the hand railing on my balcony, the workshop was cutting plates out of a large sheet of steel using a computer-controlled torch.

(Nikon D60 : Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 : f5 : 1/40" : 34mm : ISO 200: 11.06.2010 14:49:11)



(Nikon D60 : Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 : f4.8 : 1/30" : 32mm : ISO 200: 11.06.2010 14:51:44)

Thursday 10th June 2010

During a massive storm yesterday evening, 40cm per square metre of rain fell - almost as much as in the entire month of June normally. Hence this little waterfall appeared near Unkel.

(Nikon D60 : Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 : f3.5 : 1/5" : 18mm : ISO 800: 10.06.2010 18:32:03)

Wednesday 9th June 2010

This is the bus stop shelter in the little village of Fiersbach in the Westerwald, about 20 km from where I live.

(Nikon D60 : Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 : f4.5 : 1/20" : 28mm : ISO 200: 09.06.2010 19:41:16)



(Nikon D60 : Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 : f4 : 1/20" : 18mm : ISO 200: 09.06.2010 19:42:17)

Tuesday 8th June 2010

The next village, about 2 km west from my house, is called Wuesscheid.

(Nikon D60 : Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 : f5.3 : 1/80" : 44mm : ISO 200: 08.06.2010 19:49:47)


I wonder which football team the residents of this house support ??

(Nikon D60 : Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 : f5 : 1/100" : 29mm : ISO 200: 08.06.2010 19:48:49)


.... or their neighbours ???

(Nikon D60 : Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 : f4.5 : 1/50" : 26mm : ISO 200: 08.06.2010 19:48:25)

Monday 7th June 2010

In Rolandseck, I found this row of painted garage doors !!!

(Nikon D60 : Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 : f5.6 : 1/125" : 18mm : ISO 200: 07.06.2010 18:51:15)



(Nikon D60 : Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 : f6.3 : 1/160" : 32mm : ISO 200: 07.06.2010 18:50:38)



(Nikon D60 : Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 : f5.6 : 1/125" : 29mm : ISO 200: 07.06.2010 18:50:21)



(Nikon D60 : Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 : f4.8 : 1/100" : 32mm : ISO 200: 07.06.2010 18:49:47)