japanese landscape, bavaria

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japanese layered mountains were my immediate association when i saw the clouds moving up on mt. predigtstuhl, seen from the middle of my hometown bad reichenhall. in fact this shot was quite extreme with a 450mme tele lens, so i had to massage the raw file quite a bit in lightzone to bring out those tufts of the clouds moving in and out, obscuring and revealing.

last week our city council voted against the construction of a statue of lord jesus on the top of predigtstuhl. it seemed a bit to be 'adabei' (bavarian slang for someone who's pretending to create to participate in public attention) and even the churches objected because the feeling was only too overwhelming, that this was just an imitation of rio de janeiro's statue and only for economical reasons.

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vista

so this title might attract some traffic (makes me grin, as I will go to great efforts in order to avoid having to use this), but it's just the correct translation for the german "durchblick". i found this view in the bavarian chamber of industry and commerce in munich. their building has a really nice patio, and from the round windows of the stairway i had this look down to the ground floor.

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