Sanpshots 2012-01-02 Welcome to 2012. I seem to have a problem with motivation at the moment. Two days ago I picked up the camera - after a week without. There was a bit of sun, so I went downtown in Vienna to photograph 'interesting stairs' and ended up with these shots - more like snapshots than my usual quality. These all come from the area that used to be next to the Danube before it was regulated (i.e. before 1860). Top right Maria am Gestade baroque church, bottom right Ruprechts chuch (oldest in Vienna - around 1200), bottom left a stairway down to the Danube Canal, top right the Kornhäusl Tower with no stairway or even a ground floor door at all (1837 - built by the architect as a haven away from his wife).
Just a Lamppost 2011-11-10 and an autumn bush and a crow, in the afternoon sun.. Captured in front of the Votive Church in Vienna, Austria. Many thanks for your comments on the rower. Much appreciated.
Viennese vineyards 2011-10-15 "downtown" is downhill to the right. These vineyards are fields are still within the city limits. The skyline shows the Kahlenberg and Leopoldsberg hills. The Kahlenberg has had some modern buildings added - a hotel, a conference center, and a university. This vineyard looks to be a young one and the wires have already been strung for training the vines so that they get maximum sunshine. Thanks for the many nice comments about the carving on the Karlskirche portal - much appreciated.
