Florian Ziegler📷 [078/366] https://florian.photo/2024-03-18
Happy to report that I am still able to manually focus on fast moving subjects. 🙂 […]
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Had to fix a flat tire today. […]
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Room with a view.
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I love photographing people taking photographs. […]
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[…] Out photographing with my dad. […]
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We visited the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi yesterday. […]
2024-03-25
We visited the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi yesterday. I have been here before, nine years ago. What an utterly different experience it was! Back then, there was no registration, no visitor center (with StarBucks and McDonald's, basically a full-fledged mall below the mosque!), and no people. Well, at least not that many! It's Ramadan, so a lot of visitors are expected, but the sheer amount of tourists really shocked me. That being said: This place is still amazing and worth a visit, even with that many people around. The guy in the last picture asked me to take his photo, because I had a proper camera. He is from Pakistan and his friend Sajawl (you can see him on the left, grinning) gave me his WhatsApp contact, so I can send them the images.
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We went to the top of the Burj Khalifa […]
2024-03-26
We went to the top of the Burj Khalifa yesterday. Again, I did the same nine years ago, but since then they added one more level (well three, 152-154) for visitors – with an open (!), outside balcony, which means you do not have to photograph through glass. Unfortunately visibility wasn't good, but the experience was still pretty great. We spent at least three hours at the top – there is also a very nice all you can eat/drink buffet included. Choosing the highest level also affords you the advantage of skipping all the lines going up (and down!). I'd say the (fairly high) admission price is worth it. Would recommend.
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Still got lots of images to go through, so I will be posting some of them over the next couple of days […]
2024-03-27
Made it back home! Still got lots of images to go through, so I will be posting some of them over the next couple of days – before going back to the regular ol'. The images above are from our visit to Burj Khalifa the other day. Make sure to also check the time lapse video I made.
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We actually experienced rain while in Dubai! […]
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Night shot of some high-rises in Dubai. […]
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Made lots of photos of my dad taking photos while in Dubai.
2024-03-31
My parents. I took this photo on our way back to the hotel on the last night of our trip. Not sure I mentioned any details about going to Dubai, besides it being my mom's 70th birthday. I went with my parents and my sister. This has been the first trip of just us four in probably 25 years and it was great. This marks a quarter of the 366 project done! Time is flying. It will be another 60 days until this becomes the second longest streak on this blog. I enjoy posting here immensely, even though I did not produce any new (shareworthy) images in the last couple of days due to being sick. Anyways, looking forward to getting back to the regular old photos from home and around the neighborhood tomorrow.
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Painting with watercolors. […]
2024-04-01
Painting with watercolors. I am very glad my daughters can play and do things together for very long periods of time. There is the inevitable clash after a couple of hours, but I guess that is expected, especially at that age. Haven't left the house since last Wednesday, but I am finally starting to feel at bit better.
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Finally made it out of the house today. […]
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Short afternoon walk and I brought my camera. […]
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Long time, no A41 image. […]
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Tattoo artists in the making.
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Enjoying the nice weather […]
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Quick visit to Gruga park after kindergarten.
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Spring is finally upon us.
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The backyard is a sea of blossoms.
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Quick trip to the citizen center today […]
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Spent lots of time outside today. […]
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Finally made it to the lookout […]
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Cutting down the Christmas tree. […]
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Playing inside a cardboard box. […]
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Took out a longer lens than usual for this latest A41 shot.
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Heavy rain flooded the backyard. We obviously had to check it out.
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[…] the girls built a blanket fort […]
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They were quite impressed by the training session going on next to the playground.
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Observing reflections.
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The girls wanted to go for a walk with their dolls yesterday afternoon […]
2024-04-23
The girls wanted to go for a walk with their dolls yesterday afternoon. Often I have to convince them to go outside, so this was very refreshing! 🙂 Once we are out the door everything is great, but the getting there can sometimes be… a bit exhausting. Anyways! The sun was out, so strolling through the neigbourhood we went. This is when I took the image above.
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I only took this one photo today.
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Enjoying some waterfront ice cream.
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Hanging out in the backyard.
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Just met this little fella during my evening walk.
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Family trip to Gruga this morning. […]
2024-05-01
Family trip to Gruga this morning. We've been here dozens of times (come to think of it, it's probably rather hundreds of times) but we are still finding areas we have not exhaustively explored. I took out the 56mm 1.2 again. It is my favorite Fuji lens – besides the OG 35mm 1.4.
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Observing light and shadow.
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[…] Image from two days ago, when the weather was still nice.
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Someone left their trampoline at the park. […]
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Another Kidical Mass ride took place in Essen yesterday. […]
2024-05-05
Another Kidical Mass ride took place in Essen yesterday. First time the girls took their own bikes. Lumi cycled the whole distance (a bit over 10 km), Suvi hitched a ride (aka we loaded her and her bike onto the Tern) after about one km. I think that many people felt a bit overwhelming still.
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Waiting for her turn.
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Walking home in the rain.
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All the snails she finds on the sidewalk will be helped to safety.
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[…] I like capturing the world form their perspective […]
2024-05-09
Based on the images I post on this blog, it would seem that I only photograph my children from behind. Which is obviously not the case. 😊 But I like capturing the world form their perspective. With scenes like the one above, I usually take several shots, one of my children in focus, and another one – depending if it makes for an interesting image – focused on the thing they are looking at. (In this actual case, they were looking at an airship, but I couldn't get it and them into the same frame. Wrong focal length…)
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We visited the zoo in Duisburg today. […]
2024-05-10
We visited the zoo in Duisburg today. I don't know, I always feel heavy-hearted in these places, especially in the presence of the more intelligent/sentient animals, like elephants. Anyways, I think the kids enjoyed seeing some of these animals for the first time (aside from in books of course). Watching the little suricates being busy was their favorite.
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[…] two more images from yesterday's visit to the zoo […]
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Smelling the Mother's Day bouquet of flowers. […]
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A couple of impression from day one at @btconf Düsseldorf 2024. Speakers today were Chris Campe, Adrienne Tacke, Oliver Schöndorfer, David de Léon, @maggie and Stefan Sagmeister.
Exhausted, but pretty happy with the results. See y'all tomorrow!
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Impressions from day two at @btconf 2024 in Düsseldorf, featuring speakers @laura, Ferdinand Ulrich, Sophie Tahran, Natalya Shelburne, Michael Trautmann and David Thomas. The full gallery will be available in the coming days, so stay tuned!
Thanks @marcthiele for having me! It is always such a pleasure!
2024-05-14
Impressions from day two at beyond tellerrand 2024 in Düsseldorf, featuring speakers Laura Kalbag, Ferdinand Ulrich, Sophie Tahran, Natalya Shelburne, Michael Trautmann and David Thomas. The full gallery will be available in the coming days, so stay tuned! Thank you Marc for having me – it is alway such a pleasure!
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While editing my #btconf images I found these in-between, backstage, during-the-breaks moments, which I like very much.
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[…] Daniel's reflection in a piece of mirror sticking in a fence […]
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Talking about reflections: Hotel elevator = obligatory mirror selfie. […]
Laura Kalbag@florianziegler gorgeous!
@laura Thank you! 🙏
Marc Thiele
beyond tellerrand
Bucky 🇪🇬@florianziegler nice pic i like it
@bakhoum Thanks! 🙏
xsv (mode: mixed)@florianziegler f1,8 DoF on FF equivalent, right? Love that look.
@tffmh Yep. I love that lens, should take it out more often. It’s a bit close for what I am used to.