twilight – Page 7 – markus lehr

Behind the railway tracks (Berlin Alexanderplatz)

(ISO 100, f8 @ 15mm, 4sec., 22:13) I passed by this place on the way home. Heard some angry voices coming out of this urban pocket. I wouldn’t have noticed the place otherwise but when I turned my head to see what they were up to, I was immediately drawn in. Two guys had a fight over something and then one of them got in the car (with the lights…

Berlin Alexanderplatz

(ISO 100, f8 @ 22mm, 4×0,5sec., 21:40 – 21:46) This mini series wouldn’t be complete without the most famous place in Berlin called Alexanderplatz. I have to admit that I tried to avoid going there ever since I moved to Berlin. So this was kind of a challenge for me – and an experience. First thing I usually do is walking around the place trying to find a point of…

Breitscheidplatz, Berlin Charlottenburg

(ISO 100, f8 @ 26mm, 1/13sec., 21:20) One of the most iconic places in Berlin and by some regarded as an awkward yet typical Berlin combination of the old and the new, the cultural and commercial. On the left there is a part of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, the highrise in the center houses offices, restaurants and the Berlin Waldorf-Astoria and on the right is one of the oldest…

Potsdamer Platz Station, Berlin Center

(ISO 100, f4.5 @ 26mm, 0.6sec., 22:01) If there is one thing I love about Berlin, then it is the contrast in all possible ways. This image is in five minutes walking distance from the last one I posted (Matchbox) but literally it is worlds apart. I experimented with PS here, combining three shots in a smart layer stack and used the median filter to achieve a cleaner image. This…

Völklingen heritage site, view from the parking lot of a supermarket

(ISO 100, f8 @ 35mm, 5sec., 21:10) Völklingen has a population of roughly 40.000. At the economic height in 1965 almost every second citizen was working for the iron works. 30 years later there were only 3.500 of those jobs left. Luckily the UNESCO declared Völklingen a World Heritage Site in 1994 which now attracts more than 200.000 visitors per year and makes the city the 2nd biggest center of…

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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