the approach

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wordless wednesday - everybody is asked to use her/his imagination to find a storyline. enjoy.

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rosserer pilgrimage music

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another small series from the rosserer pilgrimage. btw: rosserer is austrian/salzburg dialect for horse breeder. fascinating for me here was the surface of the instrument.

usually you see high gloss, like in the last shot, but this guy's bass tuba did not pretend to be new and without blemishes. it looked old, well used and beaten, no pretending possible.

but the sound was great, without doubt. and having my traditional 'bratwurst' on a table in the back of the band gave me sufficient opportunity to watch the details. the guy sitting next to the bass tuba had one of those shiny, proper, straight instruments, and so i just had to make use of the reflection.

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rosserer pilgrimage maria plain

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the traditional horse breeders' pilgrimage from salzburg and surroundings to the church of 'maria plain' (see the 2nd image in this post) took place in marvellous weather. as a father of 3 girls, anything horse related of course is an attractive goal for an excursion, and hoping for photographic opportunities of course i did not oppose.

my first take on portraying horses and teams of horses was more so so than successful, but among the better shots are some nice portraits of coachmen and -women.

over the next days i will fill up the flickr set of this event and maybe post some more here.

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