Blaue Maschine

Photography blog. No smartphone - well, mostly -, no Instagram filter clownpuke madness. Looking for inspiration and hoping to give some, too. Want to see more? www.blaue-maschine.de

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The only way to talk to these people.

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PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT

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how about

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Excerpt from Bishop Mariann Budde's sermon at the inaugural prayer service Tuesday:

"Let me make one final plea. Mr. President.

Millions have put their trust in you. And as you told the nation yesterday you have felt the providential hand of a loving God. In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country. And we're scared now.

There are gay, lesbian and transgender children in Democratic, Republican and independent families -- some who fear for their lives.

And the people, the people who pick our crops and clean our office buildings, who labor in poultry farms and meatpacking plants, who wash the dishes after we eat in restaurants, and work the night shifts in hospitals. They may not be citizens or have the proper documentation. But the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals. They pay taxes and are good neighbors. They are faithful members of our churches and mosques, synagogues … and temples.

I ask you to have mercy, Mr. President, on those in our communities whose children fear that their parents will be taken away. And that you help those who are fleeing war zones and persecution in their own lands to find compassion and welcome here.

Our God teaches us that we are to be merciful to the stranger for we were all once strangers in this land. May God grant us the strength and courage to honor the dignity of every human being; to speak the truth to one another in love. and walk humbly with each other and our God. For the good of all people in this nation and the world."

photo: David Castenson

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Funny old cameras, next one: This was shot with a nineties Pentax Optio S. Strange little thing, pretty crappy outside but not so bad in rooms. Scene: A so called “Wiesenfest” - think the Oktoberfest, but way smaller and waaaaay better,

And yes, I edited this one. But you need at least some quality to do this, don’t you?

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Two slides from the seventies. Digitalized by taking a shot with a DSLR, the slides laying on an old iPad with a white screen. Unedited.

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Self-Portrait, Marianne Breslauer, Berlin (1933)

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„Our house is a very, very, very fine house with two cats in the yard

Life used to be so hard

Now everything is easy ′cause of you…“ (G.Nash)

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Going analog with the smallest SLR ever built, the Pentax 110 Auto and a lomographic film. Strange, dreamy results.

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Legion of Super-Heroes Couples

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Just great.

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And off to Bluesky I went. Who needs x anyhow?

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Miniatures, seen at the Raccoon Rumble in Hof.

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A rainy evening, and you can see a glimps of the blue sky, too.

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Shooting for the social democratic campaign in Bavaria.

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Meet the crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission, the next astronauts to fly around the moon:

Christina Koch visited the International Space Station in 2019, where she took part in the first all-woman spacewalk. She began her career as an electrical engineer at Goddard Space Center.

Jeremy Hansen was a fighter pilot before joining the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), and currently works with NASA on astronaut training and mission operations. This will be Hansen’s first mission in space.

Victor Glover is part of our 2013 class of NASA Astronauts and was the pilot for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission. He’s logged 3,000 flight hours in more than 40 different aircraft, and will pilot Orion around the Moon.

Reid Wiseman lived and worked aboard the ISS as a flight engineer in 2014. He also commanded the undersea research mission NEEMO21, and most recently served as Chief of the NASA Astronauts.

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Alley Perugia Umbria

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Berlin at night. Shot with an old D-Snap (Panasonic). Old tech can be nice.

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This is the Ospedale Marino Piemontese, an old and deserted hospital in Liguria (Italy). Is has been abandoned thirty years ago…

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You have so love those old, manual focusing lenses. Great colors, super bokeh. This is an old Helios 58mm on a Sony Alpha 7/III, all natural light, out of cam. No Lightroom, no filters.