Some of my favorite drone images from this week. The farmers are very busy right now trimming the fields for getting a rich harvest in September. Enjoy!
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Hop Fields, Hallertau, By Drone, May 2023
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Drone Photos, Hallertau, Lower Bavaria
Some impressions from last Sunday afternoon, being out with the DJI, shooting the blooming rape fields and the hop fields of the Hallertau, the largest continuous hop planting area in the world. The rape fields are not in full bloom yet, but the weather forecast did not look to good for the next days, so I gave it a try. Enjoy!
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Intersection...
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Lines…
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Rape fields and hop fields…
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My home…
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My first drone-pano…
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Solar panels…
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Hop fields…
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Lines at the hop fields…
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Ligurian Coast, Italy, Easter 2023
Impressions from my latest travels to the Ligurian coast, an area I’ve already been to in 2011, also during the Easter holidays. This time I traveled all on my own for six days, doing some 2000 km. It was pretty busy and often you couldn’t get everywhere because many towns were closed off due to the amount of traffic. A couple of times I got stuck with my sprinter in the narrow streets of the coastal towns, but somehow it kept going. The Italians are pretty relaxed about driving; so sometimes I wandered along the coastal roads into the towns or watched the goings on from afar. All in all, a nice short trip over the Easter holidays. Italy never disappoints. Enjoy!
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Poplar plantations along Po River…
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Transportation – then and now, Varese Ligure…
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Picturesque mountain villages along the way, Castiglione Chiavarese…
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Magnificent Portofino…
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What a light show at Portofino…
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Easter Saturday night, Portofino…
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View towards San Rocco and the Mediterranean Sea…
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Italian style development, Ruta…
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View from San Rocco to the north towards Genua on a sunny Easter Sunday morning…
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Corniglia, one of five coastal villages, the so-called ‘Chinque Terre’…
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Vernazza by drone, another ‘Chinque Terre’…
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View point, Vernazza…
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Everything prepared for the rush of tourists…
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One of the few occasions this time shooting the stars; Sirius, Orion, Mars, Hyades, Pleiades and Venus above the terraced hills of the Ligurian coast; for this post I used the new Lightroom version for the first time and the ‘Denoise’ function is incredible…
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Another shot from that night on Easter Sunday, highlighting the Big Dipper and Polaris...
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Riomaggiore, another one of the ‘Chinque Terre’…
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Manarola, Chinque Terre…
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Rugged coastline of the Ligurian Coast with the village of Monterosso al Mare, Chinque Terre…
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Beech trees along the Apennine Mountains…
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To find places that I did not know existed…
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Train station of Reggio Emilia, a piece of art…inside…
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…and outside…
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Sunset along the Po River on the way back home…
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One last goodbye to the stars before heading back home the next morning…
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Jupiter, Venus, Crescent Moon, Febr. 2023
On February 21, 2023, the setting crescent Moon was visible for the first time after new Moon, together with Jupiter and Venus. The two planets will continue their dance and will be very close together on March 1st and 2nd. Enjoy!
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Febr. 21th: Jupiter (top), Venus and crescent Moon, Hallertau, Lower Bavaria, Germany…
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Febr. 22th: Venus overtaken by the crescent Moon…
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Southern Italy, Daytime Impressions, Dec. 2022
So here are some of my favorite images from my trip to Southern Italy December last year. Editing thousands of images can be annoying sometimes, but the rewards are great – like with almost everything in life. Enjoy!
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Torre Sant’Emiliano…
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Polignano a Mare…
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Sunrise, Gargano Peninsula…
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Street art, Vieste…
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Where the sea meets the sky, Vico del Gargano…
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Sunrise, Torre di Porto Miggiano…
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Sunset, Torre Pali…
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Trabucco, Vieste…
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Waves at sunrise, Gargano Peninsula…
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Oak tree and fog, Foresta Umbra…
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Upper basilica, Basilica di San Francesco, Assisi…
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Parco Nazionale del Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga…
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Getting the shot, Trulli houses, Alberobello…
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Ready for sailing, Monopoli …
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Meeting new friends…
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Looking for shells…
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Public death announcements…
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Piano Grande…
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At the cemetery…
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Old harbor, Monopoli…
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Doggie…
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Where to go to…
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Church entrance, Monopoli…
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Meeting the sea, Castro…
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Lost in thought…
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Alleys of Monopoli…
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Catching some fish, Lido di Metaponti…
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What does the sign mean…
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For sale…
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Piano Grande…
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Cats waiting in front of a fish stand, Antrodoco…
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My Favorite Images From 2022
A bit late to bring up my favorite twelve images of 2022, but here we go. All the best for another turn around the sun! Enjoy!
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Comet Neowise, Stilfser Joch, South Tyrol, the raw data is from 2020, but I was not able to process the images properly until 2022, 32 x 61 sec., foreground added. Processing the fast moving comet with the lesser moving stars is a bit tricky…
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Orion nebulae, Scharnitzkehl, Upper Bavaria, 9 x 240 sec., foreground added from the same night, just different location…
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Chiemsee Lake at dusk, Upper Bavaria…
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Orion nebulae, 30 x 80 sec., constellation of Orion, universe…
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Mountain bike porn, Swiss Alps, feat. my son, the Moon and the stars…
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Spending the night above Rhone glacier, Switzerland, a dream came true…
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Where the sky meets the sea, Vico del Gargano, Italy…
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Rocca Calascio, Italy, shot by drone, on a foggy Sunday afternoon…
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Chiesa della Santa Maria della Pietà , Italy, on a crystal clear morning…
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Orion the Hunter, Sirius and yours truly, Abruzzi Mountains, Italy…
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Predawn, Piano Grande Plateau, Italy…
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Frescoes, Basilika San Francesco, Assisi, Italy, where the whole church looks like a full body tattoo…
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Southern Italy By Drone, Dec. 2022
When we were working in Southern Italy, my colleague Manu, who is also a vivid photographer, kindly let me use his drone; so here are my first drone photos. The feelings that this kind of photography triggered, for better or for worse, are almost impossible to describe. On one hand, I almost lost it in the sea one time or another, but on the other hand, the images that result with it are a new level, photographically speaking. The learning curve is steep and as with anything – no pain, no gain. Only stills, can’t upload videos with my basic word press subscription. Enjoy!
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Ship wreck along the Adriatic coast…
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Grotta della Poesia…
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Standing on the edge of a 50 m high cliff, learning how to maneuver the drone…
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Where the road meets the sea…
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A so-called Trabucco, for catching fish…
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Torre Sfinale, Gargano Peninsula…
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Rocca Calascio, waiting for hours on a steep slope…
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Chiesa della Madonna della Pietà , Abruzzi Mountains…
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Rocca Calascio…
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The Calascio area, my trusted Sprinter to the lower right, the ancient village of Calascio, the fortress and the church, with the snow covered Abruzzi Mountains in the distance…
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One of these moments…
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Piano Grande in the morning…
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Along the Piano Grande plateau…
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Southern Italy, From Dusk Till Dawn, Dec. 2022
Back from a five weeks trip to Southern Italy; two weeks of which I helped a friend to renovate the buildings on his garden plot in San Cassiano/Apulia and three weeks later on of traveling. Haven’t been on the road for that long by myself since many years, which made it a quite intensive trip. It almost felt like traveling Australia back in the days. As always, nightscape images first. Enjoy!
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Setting crescent Moon above San Cassiano…
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Getting the fire place fired up, San Cassiano…
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Crescent Moon, Gallipoli…
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Pre-dawn at Torre Pali…
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Ancient quarry by the sea…
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Torre di Miggiano…
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Dusk at Cocobay Beach…
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Fishing under Full Moon, Cocobay Beach…
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Pre-dawn, Cocobay Beach…
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Pre-dawn, Torre Chianca…
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Rise of the Full Moon above the Gulf of Taranto…
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Palm trees at Lido di Metaponti…
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Pre-dawn, Lido di Metaponti…
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Matera after sunset…
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Thunderstorm on one side, clear skies on the other side, a long anticipated imagination of mine came true …
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Startrails at Torre Sfinale, I have been to this place in 2011 before…
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Torre Sfinale…
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Crepuscular rays, Gargano Peninsula…
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Mirrored image, Foresta Umbra…
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Rocca Calascio, Abruzzi Mountains…
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Rocca Calascio before sunrise…
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Pre-dawn, Chiesa della Madonna della Pieta’…
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Belt of Venus and Earth’s Shadow, Chiesa della Madonna della Pieta’…
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Chiesa della Madonna della Pieta’ after sunset…
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Twilight colours…
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Pre-dawn, Rocca Calascio…
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Rising crescent Moon above Calascio valley…
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Twilight…
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The so-called California Nebula, 13 x 245 sec….
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Composite image of Orion the Hunter and a horse, which I photographed around the fields just a couple of hours before the night shot…
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Constellation of Orion, Sirius below and yours truly…
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Pre-dawn at Piano Grande…
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Crescent Moon and Mercury, Dec. 25th, 2022
Was just uploading images from my recent five weeks journey to Southern Italy, when my view got out of the balcony door. Beautiful clouds along with the Crescent Moon, and as a special treat I also spotted elusive Mercury, our innermost planet in the solar system. Enjoy!
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Mercury (enhanced) to the lower right…
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Sun Pillar, Nov. 7th, 2022
A very beautiful and rare sun pillar, seen from my terrace after sunset. Enjoy!
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Werner Priller 