Saturday, 26th of December 2009 at 12:23:26 PM

My new camera, a Canon EOS-7D

After long evaluting both the Nikon D300S and the Canon EOS 7D I finally was more convinced from the Canon. Having worked and appreciated for long to shot with a Nikon D80 this is definetly a change. Sometimes its good to go through changes, It gives you the impression to be dynamic and always open for New thoughts. Thanks Santa for this nice Xmas gift! After playing wth it I am really convinced the shift away from Nikon was the right decision. To be able to upgrade later to full frame Santa was clever enough to bring me also a 24-105 L-class lens. I believe I will stuck to Canon for a while …

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Friday, 2nd of April 2010 at 09:58:28 PM

My second trip to China

After my first time visit to China end of January I was lucky enough and had the second oppurtunity to visit China on March 5th 2010. This time two weeks for work and I added another week of vacation, this time not to see Hong Kong but visit some spots in China mainland. Together with my colleague who also owner of a Canon DSLR we visited 3 days Shanghai, then we took train to Suzhou where we stayed one day. From here with the bus to Hangzhou and Westlake which we both liked very much. Finally another flight to Guilin to see the famous Li river landscape everyone in China knows from the backside of the 20 Yuan bill. We stayed 3 days in Guilin, and then back to work in ZhongShan.  

The chinese 20 Yuan bill with the famous Li River landscape at Guilin

Me with two cormorants on the Li River.

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Wednesday, 7th of April 2010 at 02:33:08 PM

Recommendation: Letizia Battaglia – Sizilianische Fotografien 1976–2009

 

 

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Foto: Letizia Battaglia

Letizia Battaglia, 1935 in Palermo geboren, hat ihr Leben als Fotografin, Stadträtin, Verlegerin und politische Aktivistin dem Kampf für Gerechtigkeit und Freiheit gewidmet. In ihrem leidenschaftlichen Engagement gegen die Mafia wurde die Kamera zu ihrer Waffe, ihre Bilder rüttelten auf und gaben der Mafia und den Opfern ein Gesicht. In ihren herausragenden Fotoarbeiten dokumentiert sie gesellschaftliche Verhältnisse, die von Gewalt, Trauer und Ungerechtigkeit geprägt sind. »Ich glaube wirklich, mein Leben hat erst mit der Kamera richtig begonnen«, sagt Battaglia. »Damit meine ich meine Freiheit, meine Stimme.«

Letizia Battaglia ist mit international renomierten Preisen ausgezeichnet worden. 1985 erhielt sie den W. Eugene Smith Award und 2007 wurde die »kämpferische Photographin aus Italien für ihr engagiertes Werk« von der Deutschen

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Sunday, 13th of June 2010 at 06:11:55 PM

The Herzogstand - Heimgarten Hike 2010

Last year I was in bad shape it took me 7 1/2 hours for the whole hike. Kind of alarming. This year I have improved again. 1 1/2 hour to Herzogstand, 1 hour on the rim and 2 h descent and finally 1 hour back to the car. In total 5 1/2 hour, … back to normal!

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Friday, 5th of August 2011 at 05:18:38 PM

The Herzogstand – Heimgarten Hike 2011

me at the heimgarten peak (1780m)
After my hikes on my GSNM phototrip in may/june this was my first long home hike in 2011. Like every year I hike the Herzogstand to Heimgarten rim loop starting in Urfeld. 
Herzogstand hike 2011 over time axis
A total of 20km (12.5 miles) and a summed elevation difference of 1376 m (4500 feet) in climbing.This year it took me 2h from Urfeld to Herzogstand peak, 1h on the rim from Herzogstand to Heimgarten 2 hours down to Walchensee village and finally another hour back along the Walchensee lake back to the car park. This time I had exactly tracked the Hike on the GPS to compare it with one of the more strenous hikes in USA, the Observation point hike.
Herzogstand hike 3D map
Doing those hikes in US I never could really rank how difficult they were. The Observation point hike in Zion N.P. was with 4h quite short but the one I had the most elevation difference. I was surprised when comparing the GPX tracks that the summed height difference there was only 780 meter (2560 feet)..
comparison of Herzogstand with Observationpoint hike
In both hikes my pace was quite high being in good shape this year. Hope this gpx and screen logs will motivate me in the coming years to keep the pace and shape.

here my 2011 GPX track of the Herzogstand-Heimgarten loop hike

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