Main image, Dialogue of the Facades NL 2021

Above, Uni Facade Germany 2022

Above, Abstract Facade Compo VI NL 2023

Above, Wall Accents

Above, Waterfront Wall Lanzarote 2022

Above, Wall Abstraction UAE 2018, processed 2023

Above, Stripes and Shadows II Germany 2023

Above, Shapes and Shadows Switzerland 2017

Above, Terminal II Shanghai 2009, processed 2022

Above, Zaandam Gable Zaandam, NL 2021 abstract

Above, Abstract Facade Compo XVIII Germany 2024

Above, Pertly Red Duesseldorf 2017

Above, Parking Bays St. Petersburg, Russia 2017, processed 2020

Above, Red dotted Peak NL 2021

Above, Guggi Hub NY Manhattan 2007, processed 2020

Above, Metallica Dresden, Germany 2015, processed 2021

Part 1 here

Main image, Downpipe Germany 2022

Above, Cube Geometrics NL 2022

I am taking pictures since 1980. After participating in several national competitions I decided in 1985 to participate in international photographic salons and specifically in the sections of color slide, nature and travel photography.

Above, Longyearbyen Facade Svalbard 2016

Above, Red Traffic Light Germany 2021

Above, Hooked NL 2021

As an active competition photographer since 1985 I was 1400x successfull [sic] with more than 200 different pictures in several international competitions until 1999 and had won 166 prizes.

Above, Wall and Windows Germany 2021

Above, Yellow Shutters Germany 2023

Over the past 30 years I had been a member of the Photographic Society of America (PSA), the DVF (German Association of Photography) and the Royal Photographic Society of England. I was awarded with EFIAP from the FIAP, an ARPS from the Royal Photographic Society of England and PPSA of the Photographic Society of America.

Above, Counterpoint Svalbard 2016, Idea and processing 2024

Above, Coloured Struts Stockholm 2017, processed 2021

The last 15 years I took my pictures with a digital camera, first with Olympus E10, then with Canon digital SLR cameras.

Above, Twins Duesseldorf 2020

Above, Oase Part of The Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf, Abstract in 2020

Above, Coiled Rainbow Muenster, Germany 2020

I take pictures form everything that interests me. My pictures are always coming out of my head and then realized with focal lengths ranging from 10 to 400 mm.

An important tool for me is the polarizing filter.

Above, Coloured Living Space Dresden, Germany 2017

Above, Reitdiep Haven Groningen, NL 2019

All photos and text by Hans-Wolfgang Hawerkamp

Hey Neighbour by Dan Arsenault

More condo goodness!

Das Wellenhaus by Angeline - by arp

... steht in Rotterdam

BWE- 0228- La boite jaune by egoteabs

Airportcity [sic] Lamp by Hans-Wolfgang Hawerkamp

Duesseldorf 2018

La lumière en jeux by Julian

"Le rythme ressemble au temps, à la fois un et changeant, il ressemble à l'architecture, c'est-à-dire à notre univers qui est une construction."

Yves Bonnefoy

Institut du Monde Arabe (1988)

Architecte : Jean Nouvel

Looking up at UC Utrecht by Marja van Bochove

View on black

Looking up at UC Utrecht by Marja van Bochove

View on black

Lights of Aquarius by Jim Beucler

This was part of the outdoor sign at the Aquarius Casino / Hotel in Laughlin, NV

Portrait of a Springtail by Ulrich Vogl

Collembola sp.

Mitutoyo 50 NA 0.55, tube lense 200mm (Nikon)

Illumination: Dark field and coaxial

At 50x illumination and stacking starts to become hard..

cross posted from !topview@lemmy.world

'La Défense, Paris' by DeCo2912

'Rusty abstract' by Etienne

5327 by Mikael Laaksonen

'Silverfish scales' by Ulrich Vogl

Lepisma saccharina

The scales of silverfish are a good test for the resulotion of any optics, and a true challange for any stacking algorithm.

Mitutoyo 50xHR NA 0.75, tube lens: Raynox (125mm)

Illumination: Back light and oblique

'green paint 2' by Barbara Ingersoll

'Punchcard Architecture' by Pneumococcus

I quite like the random pattern of the windows on the left, but do wonder whether they let in enough daylight. It seems to me the architect pays more attention to design rather than functionality. I should know, I happen to work in a building designed by the same chap ...

'Les couleurs du monde' by Julian

« Le poète, pour représenter l'univers visible, est bien en dessous du peintre, et pour l'univers invisible, il est bien en dessous du musicien. »

Léonard de Vinci

Cheminée Moretti (1995)

Sculpteur : Raymond Moretti

'The Wing (Hemerobius humulinus)' by Ulrich Vogl

Hemerobius humulinus, wing detail

Also the wings of Hemerobiidae are nicely structured. Here some UV fluorescence lets the veins glow.

Eye detail is shown here

A portrait is shown here

Mitutoyo 20x NA 0.42, tube lens: 200mm (Nikon)

Illumination: Dark field and polarization, white LED light, UV fluorescence

'Skylight I, Herzog & de Meuron' by JuanVan

One of the skylights of the Forum Building. Edificio Forum Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Architects: Herzog & de Meuron, 2004

The triangular building measuring 180 meters on each side and 25 meters in height. The building has an auditorium with a seating capacity of 3,200 and an exhibition hall covering nearly 5,000 square meters.

It was the symbol of the 2004 Universal Forum of Cultures.