Über Eck / On the Edge

During the recent 2-on-2 photo walk with Shuwen here in Burghausen, at some point I had the idea of mounting the camera on the monopod and then lifting it high up into the air (combining my height and the height of the monopod:-). Shuwen documented it here because she was not too excited about my previous attempt of getting a higher point of view for this photo. :-)

It didn't take me long of course to alter that technique and use the monopod to get the camera "where no camera has gone before" - right above a street in Burghausen's old city center, for example:

"Über Eck / On the Edge" (NIKON D700, 1/125s @ ISO 220; f/8, 17 mm)

(Clicking on the photo will open it in 800x800 pixels size in a lighbox, so don't do that if your screen is not big enough, it will just look strange - sorry)

And sometimes, it takes me a little longer to fully realize what I have with some of my photos - especially with those that I do not exactly consider "my kind of thing" - and well, making photos in the city isn't exactly my idea of having a good time with the camera (there's nothing like being out in the fields and forests, alone - I love the contemplative quality of making photos there).

But thanks to the friendly comments I received when I first showed the photo in my Picasa Web Album, I looked at it again and thought "hmmmm... yes... that's quite a funny combination of graphical elements" - so I submitted it to SeenBy, and guess what, it was accepted! Cooooool. :-) So now that photo is available as a fine art print (and I have to update the page again *grin*).

And you can be damn sure that the monopod will be my regular companion more often now!