Another ferry

Just a quick sign of life.  Due to my new job, I haven't shot a single photo in the last ten months or so.  And I'm not trying to lament - the job is cool and I like it.  It's just that I currently can't find enough time to concentrate on photography.  I'm sure this will change sooner or later, though.

(OK, I was lying.  I took exactly one photo when I was on vacation in July.  This one.)

Merry-go-round

This is more about what I wanted to see than what I actually photographed, so some post-processing was needed.

Siesta, part 2

This one is from this year's summer holiday on the small island of Wangerooge. Both my wife and I noticed this couple sleeping in their beach chair and the only camera we had with us was her GX200. My wife took a photo but didn't dare to move close enough to them, so I borrowed the Ricoh, crawled closer (feeling a bit like Capa for a few seconds), and shot this picture. Not a great photo, but I think it's kind of funny. And it's already the second photo in this blog of a siesta at the beach.

(And, while we're at it, always be very careful with cameras on the beach! Sand is at least as dangerous as water and it turned out we had to send the GX200 to Ricoh after the holiday because there was sand in the lens.)

ISO 200, f/10, 1/1000, converted to black and white using Silver Efex Pro. The focal length was 7.3mm which would have been 35mm on a film camera.

Update: This photo was published by Spiegel Online on September 28, 2010. I guess I'll rarely have that many people watching one of my photos again.