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France, Hiking, Photography

Hike Dambach-la-Ville

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Start/Finish: Dambach-la-Ville train station
Length: ~16 km
Itinerary:

Dambach-la-Ville hike
Dambach-la-Ville hike

Photo gallery:

Memorial
Memorial
Fountain
Fountain
Can you find the stork?
Can you find the stork?
EuroVelo 5
Véloroute du Vignoble d’Alsace (part of EuroVelo 5) goes via Dambach-la-Ville
Chapelle Saint-Sébastien
Chapelle Saint-Sébastien
Ossuary
Ossuary: ce que vous êtes nous l’étions et ce que nous sommes vous le deviendrez.
View over Dambach-la-Ville
View over Dambach-la-Ville
Bibelefelsen rocks
Bibelefelsen rocks
Château du Bernstein
Château du Bernstein
Château du Bernstein
Château du Bernstein
Sign(ed) poem
Sign(ed) poem
Forest track
Forest track
Ortenberg Castle
Ortenberg Castle; do not confuse with Ortenberg Castle in Schwartzwald.
Scenery
Scenery
Hiking path
Hiking path
Tic tac toe wall
Tic tac toe wall
Coat of arms
Coat of arms
dogwood52, Europe, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Photography

Dogwood52: week 5: landscape: black and white

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The challenge of the week is:

Look for a scene with great contrast that will make a great black and white.

I had this in mind when the challenge started so I started shooting pictures a bit early while doing other shootings. As a person keen on colorful stuff, it’s not that easy to think black and white; but I think I have managed to work on the topic a little bit and made a little pre-selection; also each picture has been given a name and is in the gallery.

The selected picture is “The end of the road trip”, a city landscape shot during a misadventure when the car engine started burning down. They say I am going too far with my bicycle activism :-). The good news is that no one was hurt and the insurance company took care of it.

The end of the road trip
The end of the road trip

Other than that, I have been playing with black and white transformation with many of my pictures, and decided to save a few of them after fiddling with the black and white mix.

Le Grand Dagoda Blanc, a K-Doll in Bertrange
Le Grand Dagoda Blanc, a K-Doll in Bertrange
A tree and playground at night
A tree and playground at night. Shot during the Dogwood52 artistic red challenge.
An evening at "Parc des Contades"
An evening at “Parc des Contades”
Two floating stones
Two floating stones
Somewhere over a monochrome rainbow
Somewhere over a monochrome rainbow
Water under the bridge
Water under the bridge

Now I’m looking forward to the candy challenge.

Cycling, Europe, France, Germany

Cycling from Strasbourg to Offenburg

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On cycleways, mostly dedicated. Easy to ride, the total distance is about 60 km long on a flat surface, mostly on asphalt; only one small segment is on a track and another one on gravel. The North segment to Offenburg is nicer than the South back to Strasbourg via Illkirch.

Download GPX file.

Elevation map
Link on GPSies.