Berlin 2007.

I recently bought a Minolta 28-70/2.8 G zoom, the first and only ‘G’ glass so far in my arsenal! Minolta’s (or now Sony’s) ‘G’ series consists of top of the line lenses that are made using the highest quality optics and materials. This zoom carries with it a legendary reputation for image sharpness and bokeh so I took it out for a spin yesterday along the Rhine here. Here is one result from that shoot. I wish I had taken a tripod along as this shot would have been so much better with it. As it is there is some camera shake. I wish I could have avoided the distraction of those bright lights on the lower left but I wanted to include the human element on the lower right and therefore was forced to include the lights as well.

A different angle. A different scene.

At night, the lights lit up like god’s laughter.

Thanks for the nice comments yesterday. Coming to today’s photo, played a bit with the color temperature and tint during RAW conversion. Does it seem a little too much?

…there was a town where heavenly light flowed like honey.

…and he’s bought a stairway to heaven.

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