almost over. decending, soon, vanishing beneath the horizon. a last glimpse of its beauty, before it is gone.
goodbye sun, see you tomorrow.

this is not the first night it snows – yesterday, flakes fell down as well. but this time, the snow is staying. not for long, i’m afraid, but at least for a little while. time to go outside and enjoy it, which i just did. not yet enough to play in it (that probably has to wait until the end of the year anyway), but great enough for some hopefully nice photos. enjoy!

last wednesday, i was with a friend at another concert in the z-7. according to orphaned land‘s singer kobi farhi, this concert was part of the first (european?) oriental metal tour ever. the tour features four bands: the french hardcore/punk/metal band artweg, the tunesian progressive metal band myrath, the algerian/french melodic death metal band arkan as well as the israelian progressive death metal band orphaned land.
the opening band, artweg, wasn’t my personal favorite, mostly because i’m not that much into hardcore. nonetheless, they delivered a very good stage show. the second band was myrath from tunesia (according to encyclopaedia metallum, the first tunesian (metal?) band to be signed on a label). they are playing very progressive metal, and influences from bands like symphony x and dream theater are very audible, but also their oriental influences. this band is really fantastic, and made me buy their two albums which were available on the merch stand ;-) after myrath, arkan entered the stage. during the first song, there were only screamed male vocals, which i didn’t liked too much, but as soon as their female singer entered the stage and the vocal quality increased a lot :-) from that point on, i really enjoyed their music. i ended up buying one of their albums as well… finally, orphaned land entered the stage. i’ve been waiting for some years to finally see them live, and i have to say that it was totally worth it. (no need to buy albums here, since i already have them all ;-) )
one thing i felt really bad about was that the concert was very poorly attended. there were maybe little over 50 attendees, in a hall which fits many hundreds. this was really a shame, as the concert was – at least for me – probably the best one this year. i really hope the bands are more lucky at their other gigs!

here’s my project 52 shot for the thirtyninth week. the topic was

zeichen der zeit.

and another photo from glarus, also taken in schwanden. from the beginning of this year on, the twentyfour (more or less) small cities in glarus were divided into three municipalities, among them glarus süd, of which schwanden is a part. having a population of less than 10,000, glarus süd is not exactly close to being metropolitan. nonetheless, some people might have a different opinion on this. and maybe eventually, we will all be broothers. whatever this is. please click the photo to get a larger version:

technical details: 1/40s, f/8, 35mm, iso 200.

here’s my project 52 shot for the thirtyeigth week. the topic was

froschperspektive.

i was thinking about this topic, until i was walking in elm and suddenly had this view of elm’s church. it was just perfect for this topic. please click the photo to get a larger version:

technical details: 1/250s, f/8, 28mm, iso 200.

here’s my project 52 shot for the thirtyseventh week. the topic was

frischluft.

there is nothing better than fresh air, coming straight out of a factory’s chimney. happy coughing.
photo taken in kemi. please click the photo to get a larger version:

technical details: 1/200s, f/5.6, 210mm, iso 200.

here’s my project 52 shot for the thirtysixth week. the topic was

märchenhaft.

a quite obvious choice for this topic was something from a certain night near ivalo in the finnish lappland. the scenery was so beautiful, just so fantastically, with the fog creeping around, at low level, not too dense, while the mostly clear sky depicted auroras. this shot has no aurora – i already used that here – but fits in my opinion even better to this week’s topic. i enhanced the colors a bit in gimp. please click the photo to get a larger version:

technical details: 25s, f/8, 50mm, iso 3200. modified using gimp.

here’s my project 52 shot for the thirtyfourth week. the topic was

tatort.

a mouse. killed from behind, while being trapped. gone to water. already dead, probably for some days. it’s hard to say who killed it. was it the boat owner, by leaving the boat there? was it the rain, by filling up the boat? was it suicide, as the mouse entered the boat by free will? or was it chased there? are there any witnesses? any alive ones, even?
photo taken at lake inari; an overview of the “crime scene” can be seen here. please click the photo to get a larger version:

technical details: 1/125s, f/5.6, 400mm, iso 800.

here’s my project 52 shot for the thirtythird week. the topic was

unterwasserwelt.

i took the photo near to kirkenes at the coast of the barents sea. please click the photo to get a larger version:

technical details: 1/160s, f/5.3, 220mm, iso 400.

here’s my project 52 shot for the thirtysecond week. the topic was

durch die rosane brille.

nature. mountains. cows. peaceful landscape. everything is beautiful. no bad things happening. everything’s clean. no dirt.
decide for yourself… photo taken at the almabtrieb in elm. please click the photo to get a larger version:

technical details: 1/320s, f/8, 400mm, iso 200.