Historic Car 2013-06-01 A somewhat more serious shot today. This is the car in which the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were riding when they were assassinated by a gunman in Sarajevo on the 28th of June 1914. The car is a Graf & Stift Double Phaeton, 4 cylinder, 28 HP. It is in the Military Museum in Vienna (Heeresgeschichtliches Museum). The consequences of the "shot heard around the world" started the first World War. There was very little light in the room, except single spots - and no daylight. This shot was underexposed at ISO 2000, then the raw shot brightened in Canon DPP, denoised with Topaz DeNoise (I tried Noiseware, but liked Topaz better) and "pepped up" with Color Efex. I had to use my wide angle to get the shot so the max aperture was 5.6. I tried ISO 4000 and ISO 6400, but they were no more detailed - the additional detail was 'eaten' by the additional noise.

District 11 The Gasometer City. Until 1984 this cylindrical buildings were used to store "City" (i.e. coal) gas. They were then converted to housing, shopping complexes, and event centres, using a variety of architects, including the 'leaning apartments' in this view.