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Aw
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Staggering through the fascinating world with a camera in my hand.

Currently shooting with Sony α7R V before that α7R IV ... and from time to time with my phone Pixel 9a

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The bird's body language is something like: "Hey, what are you doing? I see everything!" 🤣
#BirdOfTheDay #StareDown #birds 🪶 #photography #flyday #naturephotography #BirdLife #sony
A brown-black Myna bird on green grass, its forward-leaning posture and intense gaze saying: "Hey, what are you doing? I see everything!" ©Aw
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A beautiful view of a Viennese Art Nouveau building at Wienzeile 38. The building is adorned with golden ornaments by Koloman Moser. The sculpture of the Caller, perched on the roof, is by Othmar Schimkowitz. The architect was Otto Wagner.
#photography #UrbanGaze #Architecture #vienna #sony
The top floors of a Viennese Art Nouveau building adorned with golden ornaments; behind them, a blue sky with a few white clouds. On the roof, a sculpture of a woman calls out to the heavens (only her upper body with hands supporting the call). The sculpture is called: The Caller. ©Aw
February 19, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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If architecture is indeed music frozen in time.

#photography #Architecture #BlackAndWhitePhotography #ClassicMono #UrbanGaze #italy #sony
Grey concrete ceiling with silver organ pipes in front. In black and white. ©Aw
February 18, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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A small, curious bird I met in the Bulgarian mountains.
#RockinTuesday #birds 🪶 #photography #ColorADay #flyday #naturephotography #BirdLife #sony
A small bird sits on a grey stone, the blue sky behind it, and looks down at us curiously. ©Aw
February 17, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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A skyscraper rises into the blue sky in Tokyo, Japan.
#BlueskyMonday #photography #UrbanGaze #Scape #Architecture #tokyo #東京 #japan #sony
A glass skyscraper rises alone into the blue sky in Tokyo, Japan. ©Aw
February 16, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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Green moss in Nara, Japan.
奈良の緑の苔
#photography #Stunday #nara #japan #奈良 #sony
Green moss on a temple stone is gently illuminated by the sun. ©Aw
February 15, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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A crane at the historic shipyard site in Gdansk, Poland.
#photography #Scape #UrbanPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #ClassicMono #UrbanGaze #poland #sony
An old crane at the historic shipyard site in Gdansk, Poland. In this black and white photo, it stands like a spider on the old factory grounds. ©Aw
February 14, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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For #BirdOfTheDay a bird that will be #DivingForFood
#photography #birds 🪶 #gull #sony
A young seagull hovers just above the sea; below it is something in the water. We see it from behind as it prepares to plunge into the rippling water. ©Aw
February 13, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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On the Baltic Sea in Poland, however, it's a lake in a forest near Łeba.
#photography #ForestFriday #ClassicMono #BWFri #naturephotography #forest #poland #sony
Black and white photo. Trees stand in the water at the edge of a lake; the light finds its way through and is reflected in the water in which the trees stand. ©Aw
February 13, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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Gdańsk - Monumental Painting Collection - mural by Rafał Roskowiński & Jacek Zdybel (2016)
#photography #mural #UrbanGaze #StreetArt #art #poland #polska #Gdańsk #sony
A mural on the side of an apartment block shows a propeller plane high in the sky, and below, in a close-up, a woman, a pilot, adjusting her aviator goggles upwards. ©Aw
February 12, 2026 at 12:33 PM
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The Sensō-ji Five-Storied Pagoda in Tokyo. 浅草寺 五重塔
#photography #五重塔 #tokyo #japan #urbangaze #sony
Night view of the Sensō-ji Five-Story Pagoda. @Aw
February 11, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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I searched for a while, but here's my contribution to #OddCouples a pelican and a cormorant.
#BirdoftheDay #Birds 🪶 #Nature #Wildlife #photography #sony
A black cormorant sitting on a branch above the water looks at a white pelican on the shore. @Aw
February 10, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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This flower breaks through the lava rock.
#RockinTuesday #photography #rock #flowers #sony
A pink flower with greenish-red leaves grows among black lava rock. Photographed from above. ©Aw
February 10, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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The bird's body language is something like: "Hey, what are you doing? I see everything!" 🤣
#BirdOfTheDay #StareDown #birds 🪶 #photography #flyday #naturephotography #BirdLife #sony
A brown-black Myna bird on green grass, its forward-leaning posture and intense gaze saying: "Hey, what are you doing? I see everything!" ©Aw
February 9, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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Trumpet cup lichen (Cladonia fimbriata). This lichen is a symbiotic relationship between a fungus and an alga. A specialty for #fungifriends and #MushroomMonday
#photography #mushrooms #lichen #ShroomScrolling #Mycology #ForestFind #MycologyMonday #Nature #fungi #austria #sony
Trumpet cup lichen, a green, trumpet-shaped fungal lichen growing here in a group, a small patch lying exposed in the snow and ice. ©Aw
February 9, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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Arriving at the campsite on Big Island (Hawaii), we were amazed early in the morning by dolphins performing tricks.
#photography #dolphin #Stunday #scape #sony
A dolphin, frozen the moment it leaps out of the water, upside down as if performing a somersault, completely out of the water. ©Aw
February 8, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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When I walk along the beach with my friend 🎶 always keeping an eye out for food 🎶
Common Myna, non native bird to hawaii
www.mauiforestbirds....
#birds 🪶 #photography #hawaii #usa #birdphotography #naturephotography #BirdLife #sony
Two brown birds (Mynas) with some distance between them, photographed from behind as they waddle along the beach towards the sea. ©Aw
February 7, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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For #ForestFriday 🌲
The light makes its way through the forest.
#photography #Scape #Hiking #forest #sony
Dark trees towering upwards, brownish-green grass in the middle, light pushing through a gap in the forest, partially touching the grass and gently illuminating it. ©Aw
February 6, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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Crows in the fog.
#birds 🪶 #photography #crow #forestfriday #flyday #BWFri #classicmono #coloraday #naturephotography #BirdLife #sony
Black and white photo of crows flying in the fog, with trees and a grey sky in the distance. ©Aw
February 6, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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A wave at the end and at the beginning of its journey.
#photography #wave #monochrome #blackandwhite #classicmono #sony
black and white photo of a small wave breaking white spray towards the beach. ©Aw
February 5, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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"Here's looking at you, kid"
A young Balkan chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra balcanica) in the bulgarian mountains.
#photography #chamois #дива коза #シャモア #gams #sony
A portrait of a young chamois with very furry ears; the horns are only hinted at; it is looking directly at us. ©Aw
February 4, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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A lizard in the mountains of Bulgaria thinks it's doing well, well, not so much on the rocks :)
#photography #RockinTuesday #lizard #bulgaria #sony
A brownish-colored lizard sits on a greyish-white rock and looks over at us. ©Aw
February 3, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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George slaying the dragon, Venice, Italy. Poor dragon. 🐉 💚
#venice #photography #UrbanGaze #monochrome #blackandwhite #classicmono #sony
The image shows a marble relief of Saint George slaying the dragon in Venice, Italy. Black and white photograph. ©Aw
February 2, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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"Fly not too close to the sun"
#birds 🪶 #photography #kauai #hawaii #usa #birdphotography #naturephotography #BirdLife #sony
A black-feathered bird flies high in the sky. ©Aw
February 1, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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A flower for the last day of the month, goodbye January.
#flower #photography #macro #sony
A close-up of a dense white flower. ©Aw
January 31, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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The Daido Moriyama retrospective opened at Foto Wien. Great photos, a fantastic exhibition, but there was a long queue and it was very crowded. I'll have to come back when it's quieter so I can see it properly.
#Vienna #fotowien #daidomoriyama #photography
www.fotoarsenalwien.at/en/
January 30, 2026 at 8:57 PM