Author: kenritley

Spectacular Bubble Architecture in Strasbourg – 8

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I call it bubble architecture. But probably nobody else does.

I’ve said that France is the all time master at turning beautiful historical buildings into hideous monstrosities by encasing parts of them – or sometimes all of them – in giant glass bubbles.  Well, they seem to be getting mildly better at this. But the famous Gare de Strasbourg — or main train station in Strasbourg — is in my view a case where the French got things right!

Dessinheim Sprinkler

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As of July 2025 it seems all the cornfield in Alsace – everywhere – including in this little area called Dessinheim – are undergoing tremendous irrigation. Probably a side-effect of the European drought. Interestingly, Dessinheim is rather famous — historically — since a famous French combat pilot was shot down and killed here. I’ll post a snap to his memorial in a coming post.

Second shot at the Moon

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My first attempt at the Moon was a disaster – a huge white splash. So I tweaked with the settings and have now gotten this, my second shot at the Moon:

According to my photography tutor (Chatgee Pee-Tee) my camera has a built-in image stabilisation that I never deactivated and which, although it is helpful for hand-held snaps, introduces “microwiggles” in tripod-snaps such as this. So, I am not sure if what I see here is the inherent roughness in the lens (my 24-120mm / F4 S “kit” lens) or the micro-wiggles?

So . . . am anxious to see what I can do next month!