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Ostermärkte

April 16, 2012 by kleineklein Leave a Comment

One of the things I love about spring in Vienna is visiting the Easter markets. I can ever own enough of the beautiful hand-painted eggs. I enjoy them so much that I leave them out year round – totally against tradition, but that’s OK because they make me smile.

ostermarkt

blooms

candles

daffodils

flowers

loads-of-eggs

red-tulips

the-kiss

romanian-beaded

the-lords-prayer

the-world

houses

Filed Under: Celebrations

Frühling in Wien

April 12, 2012 by kleineklein 1 Comment

Spring is here. Well, sort of. It’s been trying to be spring for a few weeks now, but winter keeps working to reclaim its territory. I went for a little walk on one of the sunny days.

donau-kanal

white

brown

yellow

rosa

green

pink

Filed Under: Flowers

Unintentional Hiatus

April 11, 2012 by kleineklein Leave a Comment

Wow, this little blog has been sorely neglected for the last couple of months. That’s what basketball season will do around here. I did try to work on some photography skills during basketball by shooting on manual as much as possible. I feel like the function I’ve learned the most about is the ISO setting. Not well enough to explain it to someone else yet, but I’m getting there! Here are a couple of my favorite shots from this season.

boys-huddle

dribblin

Keeping Guard

Girls' Huddle

Playing for Fun

Sacrifice

Run the Ball

Starters

Watching the Game

Take the Shot

So Buff

Filed Under: Sports

Family Fun

January 16, 2012 by kleineklein 6 Comments

The challenge at I Heart Faces this week is “Family Fun.” I love, love, love this picture of my friends, the Lundquists. They let me take pictures of their family this fall, and the circus just happened to be in town. I love how giggly they all are in this photo!

Check out the rest of the fun families here:

Filed Under: Faces, I Heart Faces

View from the Flakturm

January 10, 2012 by kleineklein 2 Comments

The Haus des Meeres is located in one of the old Flaktuerme from World War II. You can walk around the balcony of the Flakturm and get a 360 degree view of Vienna. It’s kind of awesome.

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Filed Under: Architecture, Light, Sun Flare

Haus des Meeres

January 8, 2012 by kleineklein 1 Comment

We spent an afternoon at the Haus des Meeres (Vienna Aquarium). I decided that since there is no flash allowed, this might be a good opportunity to practice my manual focusing skills. It was a good exercise, and I got some fun shots. I think I like using the manual focus when shooting through glass and water. It gives me a bit more control. I still definitely need to practice this skill, not only to become better at focusing, but to be able to do it more quickly. I’m a lot slower at focusing than the creatures are at swimming. Especially those hammerhead sharks. Speedy suckers. Here are some of my favorite creature shots from the day.

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Filed Under: Animals

Happy New Year! Prosit Neujahr!

January 1, 2012 by kleineklein Leave a Comment

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Filed Under: Celebrations, Light

Furry Faces

December 12, 2011 by kleineklein 8 Comments

This week’s challenge over at I Heart Faces is “Furry Faces.” The photo doesn’t necessarily have to have a furry face, but it does need to be a photo of an animal. I’m sharing a photo of the little ladybug that kept me company during my early morning photo shoot.