2025-12-27 09:49:30
It's a bit frosty outside!
But we're thinking about a small cycling loop ...
#frost #photography #winter
It's a bit frosty outside!
But we're thinking about a small cycling loop ...
#frost #photography #winter
Moody Urbanity - Old & New II 🔆
情绪化城市 - 新与旧 II 🔆
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plus 400, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite
Well that’s not good. Was taking advantage of the mild weather to use the 3” chipper/shredder on a bunch of downed branches on the hill in the back yard.
Not ten minutes in and a 2.5” branch jammed it. I had to disassemble half the housing to clear it. Then it still wouldn’t start, upon which time I noticed that the jam must have pushed the moving blade into the housing with force enough to shear off a piece of the housing.
Obviously not safe to continue. Warranty support initia…
Feathery hoarfrost
Needles out from cold branches
Waving to the sun.
#dailyhaikuprompt - hoarfrost
#haiku
#poem
from my link log —
Maintaining shadow branches for GitHub PRs.
https://maskray.me/blog/2026-01-22-maintaining-shadow-branches-for-github-prs
saved 2026-01-23
Some City Some Nature V 🏙️
一些城一些自然 V 🏙️
📷 Nikon F4E
🎞️ ERA 100, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite
@… at least, some proof of your existence.
"In a twist, the findings lend credence to the Australian folk hoax of the “drop bear,” a ferocious, carnivorous variety of koala said to fall upon its victims from the canopy. Paleontologists think Thylacoleo was an adept climber and ambush predator that could dive upon its prey from tree branches or roc…
It was an error to describe the 3 branches of government as "co-equal." They are not. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people." The people are sovereign. We rule through Congress, and thereby have power to depose a president or a judge. A president is not a ruler, nor is a justice of the Supreme Court, nor a general, nor an admiral. They are servants of the people.
Just a hut under a tree in the mist ...
I saw this when I was walking back from a location scouting. When I was back at the car, I turned around - already ready to drive away when I noticed this gnarly tree in the field.
The fog was just light enough to create an interesting mood I think.
#photography
Student with Pogo Stick poses under the flags at Cornell's Club Fair at Barton Hall
#photo #photography #cornell
Grid managers have instructed the country’s largest electricity providers to postpone routine maintenance on power plants and lines
to ensure that those resources are available during and after the storm.
Heavy snow and freezing rain weigh down tree branches and power lines, causing failures that can cripple energy systems.
Frigid cold also drives up electricity demand as heating appliances require more energy and run longer
#WinterWonderland arrived early this year...
(From our #EveningWalk in the Ammergau Alps last night... 25-30cm fresh powder everywhere, -7℃, no people, but lots of animal tracks)
#SilentSunday
Hegseth to overhaul chaplain corps, toss 'unacceptable and unserious' Army spiritual fitness guide (John Vandiver/Stars & Stripes)
https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2025-12-17/hegseth-military-chaplains-20119952.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251217/p129#a251217p129
My contribution to #footpathFriday , just fresh from the press ;-)
I went to the local hill / mountain today to escape the fog / clouds. Well and also to see whether the fog would create some nice mood to capture along the way that I'm walking rather often.
And indeed it was a very pleasant experience to walk into the fog and breaking through it to see some blue sky.
Some City Some Nature III 🏙️
一些城一些自然 III 🏙️
📷 Nikon F4E
🎞️ ERA 100, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite
Fort Greely struggles to feed soldiers due to impact of cuts initiated by DOGE | Stars and Stripes https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2026-01-12/fort-greely-food-shortages-20385029.html
#lichensubscribe #lichen Southwater, #WestSussex
#silentSunday
White tail deer. May 2018
A chestnut-backed chickadee, Poecile rufescens, gleaning in the branches of a larch on San Juan Island
#naturalist
Uh #mountainMonday again?! where have the past days gone??
Anyways - this photo is from a quick Hike from early January. There was a bit more snow than right now. and as you can see the weather was grey and not too inviting.
But, the good side of it was that I was almost alone! :-D
When I came back the same route, I saw a chamois crossing from left to right. Unfortunately…
Hey, I’m your friendly neighborhood leftwing extremist; anarcho-syndicalist, anti-imperialist, non-binary mess (they/them, bi as fuck) from Bergen, Norway.
I overthrow capitalism in my free time because states are silly, bread is for the people, trans rights are sacred, and Thinkpads reign supreme 4eva, lol!! 🏳️⚧️💻
#Anarchism
Foggy afternoon on the boardwalk at Moonstone Beach, Cambria, California, USA. October, 2025. Fujifilm X100VI. #moonstonebeach #boardwalk #fog
from my link log —
A workflow for maintaining feature branches and submitting patches to PostgreSQL.
https://blog.2ndquadrant.com/maintaining-feature-branches-submitting-patches-git/
saved 2019-01-15
Yellow maples, not many leaves left.
#Photography #Autumn
Remind me again how the party that controls all three branches of the government is blaming their failure to pass a budget and cause completely unnecessary utter chaos on the opposition?
When I was walking down from the mountains recently I noticed the frost on the trees and branches -- and some single leafs that were still around.
I really liked this extra touch of color in the grey surrounding. And that it's just a little detail on the huge mountain.
#photography #winter
Moody Urbanity - Stand 🧍♂️
情绪化城市 - 立 🧍♂️
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plus 400, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite
Google Lens tells me that this is a Japanese Quince 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑗𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎
#photo #photography #bloomscrolling
Frozen forest
(From tonight's evening walk in the local woods...)
#SilentSunday #MonochromeMonday #LandscapePhotography
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Eliminate branches by melding IR instructions.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.22390
saved 2026-01-01 https://dotat.at/:/J3PP5.html
My contribution to #footpathFriday !
This was a really nice walk. Just as I like it: small paths along a nice mountain.
But I also remember that it was the time I was suffering from something called "frozen shoulder". It was a bit of a challenge to take off /on the backpack. As a wrong movement cause some REAL pain.
But this is over as well and I just try to rec…
Series D, Episode 05 - Animals
JUSTIN: Dayna. Dayna. Daynaaaaa!
[Scorpio lifts off from Xenon base]
[Servalan's flight deck. Dayna is strapped into a truth chair.]
SERVALAN: We must talk about your friends soon. But first, tell me about the animals.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/405/301
Some City Some Nature 🏙️
一些城一些自然 🏙️
📷 Nikon F4E
🎞️ ERA 100, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite
Kids school have branches in many countries and fully synced syllabus and teaching methods.
TIL they let us move to another school for a term.
I can see 4 months in Phuket on our horizon \o/
Something's brewing!!
#GitRaven is getting UI to switch branches and tags.
#opensource #cppdev
Odd story - criminals in Brisbane stealing 4WDs and shipping them to the United Arab Emirites for sale.
https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/news/2026/01/07/update-vehicle-theft-appeal-brisbane-region/
A this photo from yesterday's location scouting could fit for #thickTrunkTuesday , right?
It's been quite a time since I went to a new location with the clear intent of location scouting. - It took me a while until I was able to "see" something as I was so much in walking/hiking-mode.
But it was a good experience to do it again.
Internet #Uckermark Style #project25
A little clip from last night's city #fireworks here in Cambridge. I love these sparky ones in slo-mo.
Some City Some Nature II 🏙️
一些城一些自然 II 🏙️
📷 Nikon F4E
🎞️ ERA 100, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite
Some more #fog ? It was a bit chill but veeerry silent.
I liked the mood there and how the bushes & trees vanished in the fog. Especially the dead tree at the end that looks like reaching out into the water.
Enjoy the silence 🙂
#photography
Big Sur coastline, looking North from Ragged Point. Ragged Point, California, USA. October, 2025. Fujifilm X100VI. #bigsur #raggedpoint #coastline
Urban Spots ✴️
城市噪点 ✴️
📷 Nikon F4E
🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plus 400, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite
Good evening!
Here's a photo similar to one of my last - but this time without the stranger in the photo.
this spot was really pretty cool that day! with the fog and frost. Sometimes a person walking by ... there so many different .. hm moods/motives/situations to capture - just in a single spot.
Anyways, I hope you like it and don't see it as .. intimidating/strange as the one with the stranger in it ;)
The resistance is ascendant -- Donald Trump may still have a firm grip on the three branches ... (Dan Froomkin/Heads Up News)
https://www.headsupnews.org/p/the-resistance-is-ascendant
http://www.memeorandum.com/251105/p154#a251105p154
Photo in the fog that I took last week. I had hoped for more frost but - well. At least there was quite some #fog!
This spot is really interesting. I have there been only a few times now but it looks so very different each time I'm there.
#photography
Since we had temperatures of -15/-13℃ (5℉) the past few nights, I was planning to go on an early morning shoot of one of my favorite waterfalls, but decided against it due to severe black ice warnings and likely ensuing road chaos today... Hope there will be more cold nights this winter...
So instead, some close-up detail shots of ice structures at the same waterfall from exactly 364 morning ago. Enjoy!
#silentSunday
Ducks on a pond
Moody Urbanity - Past II 📴
情绪化城市 - 过去 II 📴
📷 Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta 533/16
🎞️ Ilford HP5, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite
I'm just walking a bit after I was hiking a local mountain. And this is really a #silentsunday photo for me.
Winter has arrived 😊
#badtölz #tölzerland
🦠 Genomes of 24,000 previously unknown microbes revealed by new tools
#microbes
Some photos from today's hike in the mountains. To escape the fog.
It was very very icy at the bottom. And I was super happy to have my micro spikes.
The way up was pretty calm. Right the #silentsunday I had desired. At the summit there were a bit too many people and I didn't see proper motives. So I just enjoyed the view and the really warm temperature.
On the wa…
After undergoing the ritual debate of Coopers Hawk or Sharp Shinned Hawk, we’ve unanimously decided this is a Coopers Hawk that swooped down in pursuit of a small bird hiding in a holly bush.
After playing it cool in this nearby tree, the hawk tried diving into the bush (ouch!), landing & coming up from underneath, but could not reach nor flush out its prey.
It then landed on the railing & became aware of us gaping at it from our front window. Rightfully spooked, it flew …
City Spot ⭕️
城市点阵 ⭕️
📷 Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta 533/16
🎞️ Lucky SHD 400
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite
It's been quite a day today. Quite ... challenging. But with a good end.
The mood of this photo is now exactly what I needed: a calm, chill hike in low hanging clouds. Just a few people - no stress, no expectations, no talking, no phone ...
#landscape #photo
Moody Urbanity - Past 📴
情绪化城市 - 过去 📴
📷 Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta 533/16
🎞️ Ilford HP5, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite
No Fishing on this morning walk...
(From a beautiful and positively frozen Sunday AM in late 2022... I shared those images already back then, but hey...)
#SilentSunday #LandscapePhotography
Double Double 🛗
成双 🛗
📷 Nikon F4E
🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plus 400, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite
Gloom & Bloom IV ☁️🌺
黑暗绽放 IV ☁️ 🌺
📷 Zeiss IKON Super Ikonta 533/16
🎞️ Lucky SHD 400
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite
Hello Stranger?
I took this photo recently on a hike on one of my local hills when I turned around and saw a stranger walking there.
I hardly ever have people in my photos, because I don't WANT people there. But this scene was so different.
The fog was just thick enough to see the person, yet I didn't feel like the person was "near". It all just felt so distant.
#hiking
US CHILDREN II 🧒
我們這些孩童 II 🧒
📷 Zeiss IKON Super Ikonta 533/16
🎞️ Lucky SHD 400
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite
City Random Manners ✴️
城市随机行为 ✴️
📷 Pentax MX
🎞️ Ilford Pan 100
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite
For #mountainmonday AND #monochromeMonday , here's the start (well and end) of my hike the weekend before last.
Usually I'm not a fan of photographing roads, but this one made a nice line over the saddle and into the fog so I just gave it a try.
And heck was it c…
Hey all. Just wanted to post the other two #photos from my recent blog post https://www.franzgraf.de/blog/2025/a-familiar-mountain-never-gets-old/
It's one o…
#FotoVorschlag 'Adventliches' / Advent
My wife was gifted two #Lego sets. And this was one of it. It fits super cool to the season and into our appartement.
Happy third #advent if…
Good morning! For this #silentSunday I want to share this #foggy path with you.
I was on my way down and when I entered the fog, temperature really dropped. Actually I didn't want to stop or slow down in order to avoid cooling out.
But at this spot I had to take a quick break for…
Metropolitana VII - 🆙 🆙 🆙
城 VII - 🆙 🆙 🆙
📷 Pentax MX
🎞️ Ilford Pan 100
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite
Oh #thicktrunkTuesday might be a good day for this photo that I took on a recent hike.
It's one of my usual hikes but clouds or fog always make it so special as the usual background is gone and I see the motives in a complete different way.
And believe it or not - I went this path over 10 times but I've never seen that tree the way like at that day.
Some more photos from my location scouting to the lake shore.
Obviously it was quite foggy and cold!
On location I was already pretty sure that these would be monochromes. but I struggled to really see motives at first. Luckily I went there just to take photos, not hiking.
Sometimes I just stood there for a while and was looking around to ... see whats around.
#photography
Moody Urbanity - Urbana Composita 🌆
情绪化城市 - 建构城市 🌆
📷 Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta 533/16
🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plus 400, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite
Heyo this is one of the #photos that I shared recently in my blog (or ON my blog? 🤔).
Anyways, this scene showed up during our walk near #ebersberg. This scene was one of the very unexpected ones during our walk. - I am really happy that I saw it while we were walking.
It's currentl…
Metropolitana VI - Asymmetry ✅
城 VI - 非对称 ✅
📷 Pentax MX
🎞️ Ilford Pan 100
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite
I'm a little behind with posting my recent photos. but here you see one of my favourite lokal "afternoon hills".
This is one of the RARE hills, where I often walk without camera. But that day the clouds were so low that I just brought it - hoping for some exceptional shots... Exceptional for the location - not wordlwide exceptional ;-)
Enjoy!
#photography
Good evening! Just a daily mountain photo for you ;-) I took it on my hike last weekend.
At this point I thought that it might have been beneficial if I would also have brought gaiters, then I would have walked a bit more into the snow.
But it was still a great day.
the #video of the hike is here:
Urban Adventure 🏞️
城市探险 🏞️
📷Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta 533/16
🎞️Ilford HP5, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite
One more photo today from my recent blog post. At first I really disliked the bright white spots in the background - okay I *still* dislike them.
But ... after a while now I think it's not a too bad photo overall. Anyways - let this be a relaxing start into your weekend!
Cheers! and if you want more context: check out the blog post or even follow my blog from the fediverse: @…
Oh almost missed #MountainMonday !
I was out recently just for a bit of training. Luckily I also packed the camera "just in case ..." and saw this frosty / snowy scene.
For those who cannot walk the mountains and see such scenese themselfes.
#photography
'Pfade und Wege' / 'paths and ways' (? Or trails 🤔) #FotoVorschlag
Yes, that's a topic for me again 😉
This is from a trail that I did a couple of times already in different seasons. And this sections just offers such a cool view to the south.
The trail itself varies quite a bit in all terms - which I totally like. Well - enjoy!
Urban Texture II 🧩
城市质地 II 🧩
📷 Nikon F4E
🎞️ ERA 100, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite
Moody Urbanity - In and Out of the Shadow II 👤
情绪化城市 - 阴影的内外 II 👤
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ ERA 100, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite
Urban Texture 🧩
城市质地 🧩
📷 Nikon F4E
🎞️ ERA 100, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite
'Ein weiter Weg' #FotoVorschlag "a long way"
We walked along a small part of the #schwarzwald #westweg - a 285 km long-distance hiking trail.
I thought that fits…
For #MonochromeMonday and #Photomontag ... I visited this spot twice now and it looked SO different. Once with a lot of fog in the evening, the other time earlier with less fog.
Not just was it the fog that ws different. But once there were NO birds at all. And the other time it w…