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    Empty space, Völklingen

    (ISO 100, f11 @ 25mm, 1/10sec., 20:20) This is right next to the exhibition grounds, taken from a bridge over the railway and not a part of the heritage site. While I was composing this image an old man passed by behind me on the pedestrian strip of the bridge, followed by two kids on their bikes and a young couple very much in love with each other. All these…

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    Völklingen Ironworks, view from the charging platform

    (ISO 100, f8 @ 30mm, 1/125sec., 14:21) I am standing on the charging platform here approx. 27m above the ground and we are looking towards one of the three slag heaps of the ironworks. The slag mountains are locally called “Hostenbacher Alps” and reach a height of 90 to 130m. Interestingly the heat inside these slag heaps might have contributed to the development of a great variety of lichens. Scientific…

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    Parking lot, Völklingen Ironworks

    (ISO 100, f11 @ 25mm, 1/30sec., 19:46) This was one of the first images I took after I arrived in Völklingen and the making was a bit bizarre: While I positioned my tripod some guys in their 20’ies surrounded me with their cars. They circled around me with their engines roaring. I completely ignored them and tried to compose the frame. After a while they stopped it and parked a…

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    Spillway, Bleilochtalsperre, Thuringia

    (ISO 100, f8 @ 24mm, 1/25sec., 19:11) The name Bleilochtalsperre literally means “lead hole reservoir” and is derived from the former lead mines in this valley. Geologically the surrounding area is mainly made of volcanic rock, dolerite and slate rock which gives the ground an unusual dark character.  

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    Bleilochtalsperre, Thuringia

    (ISO 100, f8 @ 24mm, 1/10sec., 19:15) Build by thousands of workers between the years of 1926 and 1932 this is the biggest reservoir in Germany by volume. The dam is 65m high and 205m wide and holds 215 million cubic meters of water of the river Saale. The electricity from the power station is used for load balancing in the region of Thuringia.

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    Yard #4, Berlin Marzahn

    (ISO 100, f8 @ 28mm, 30sec., 23:25) This is my last shot from this location. I was on my way out here. The light all over this place is not from the sun, but from a monstrous floodlight, quite like the ones which were used on the inner German border during the cold war. A great source of light for night shooting of course but it felt a bit uncomfortable…