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Berlin-based Brazilian blogger and photographer who enjoys discovering new places and showcasing the world one moment at a time.

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January 3, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Back in May, I was lucky enough to find a deal on a 135 mm lens for my Canon rangefinder. And the first thing that I did was to load it with some cheap film and go for a walk.

https://pixelfed.social/p/ftrc.blog/912747144810619358

#believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #filmphotography #analogphotography
January 3, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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I certainly hope the EU can put the same sanctions on the US for attacking Venezuela as they did on Russia for attacking Ukraine. This is indefensible.
January 3, 2026 at 8:41 AM
I picked up my Mamiya RZ67 almost accidentally at the end of 2024. Although I wasn’t planning to buy this particular camera, I felt compelled to do so when the chance came up.

It came with different lenses and film backs, and it belonged to someone who […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
January 2, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Every time I pass by this sculpture between Wittenbergplatz and Breitscheidplatz, I try to find a way to take a different picture of it. This routine started a few years back, and I keep trying to find new ways.

Currently, I think I like the view from below […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
January 1, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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December 31, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Like I often do, I went out with some friends in February 2024 to walk around Berlin-Mitte and take pictures. I had my Canon F-1 and wanted to try out Safelight Berlin Double XXL film.

I fell in love with the black-and-white footage from Oppenheimer, which […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
December 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
If you are curious about the concrete here, I even wrote an article about this place a few years ago

https://ftrc.blog/aerodynamic-park-berlin-adlershof/
**The Aerodynamic Park in Berlin-Adlershof is located in the northwest part of the Humboldt University Quarter campus.** There you will find three unique pieces of architecture that connect the area with its aerospace past, like the Silenced Engine Test Bench, the Turbine Tower, and the Great Wind Tunnel. All these buildings were part of the old Flugplatz Johannisthal and part of the German Research Institute for Aviation and were built between the 1920s and 1930s. **They are what is left of the first German entrepreneurial airport that operated between 1909 and 1952.** I learned about Flugplatz Johannisthal on a long bike ride south of Neukölln. Still, I wasn’t aware of the Aerodynamic Park in Berlin-Adlershof until a couple of weeks ago when I saw somebody posting a picture of what looked like a bunker on Instagram. After the app refreshed, I lost what it was and searched for “ _bunkers in Adlershof_.” This is how I learned about the location of the Turbine Tower called Trudelturm. **A few days later, I had to take my bike from Neukölln to Köpenick, and I managed to take a shortcut through Adlershof, where I took all the pictures you can find here.** Aerodynamic Park is an exciting place to visit if you like concrete architecture, something in the direction of what some people would call Brutalism. But these are just concrete buildings. The only problem is that the park is far from the city center and it might be complicated for some people to get there. **But there is a map at the end of this article if you feel like exploring outside the Berlin Ringbahn.** ## The Aerodynamic Park in Berlin-Adlershof * Trudelturm * The Silenced Engine Test Bench * The Big Wind Tunnel * How to get to the Aerodynamic Park But before you see the map, you should learn a little about Aerodynamic Park in Berlin-Adlershof. **You will see some historical buildings first, depending on how you enter the Aerodynamic Park**. But central to it are two main structures: the Turbine Tower and the Silenced Engine Test Bench. In German, they are called Trudelturm and Schallgedämpfter Motorenprüfstand. In the southeast, you will see the Big Wind Tunnel that delimits the park. In the middle of the grass field, you are going to see some red objects. They’re part of a permanent sound installation called AIR BORNE, created in 2006 by Stefan Krüskemper with the support of the composer Karlheinz Essl. It points to the history of the Aerodynamic Park with sounds from the German Radio Archive in Potsdam-Babelsberg. When you start walking around the area, you’ll find yourself surrounded by a series of new-looking buildings from Humboldt University. On one side, you will see the Institute of Chemistry, on the other side, the Institute of Physics, and on the northern edge of the square, you can see the auditorium. But you didn’t come all the way there for these buildings. **Let’s talk about the Silenced Engine Test Bench, the Turbine Tower, and the Great Wind Tunnel.** ### Trudelturm: The Turbine Tower in Adlershof The first thing that captured my attention and made me cycle all the way to Adlershof was the Trudelturm. **This technical monument from aviation research was built between 1934 and 1936 to test dangerous laboratory spinning states.** This was useful to understand the complex processes that involved spinning in aircraft. Today, only the outside area is original. This egg-shaped building looks like something alien, and it was even used in the science fiction movie Æon Flux back in 2005. The Trudelturm was also the main visual element for Rammstein’s 2022 album Zeit. This is clearly the primary location for the entire visual identity of the album, which makes a lot of sense since this is truly a unique piece of architecture. **If you are looking for where Rammstein shot the cover of Zeit, we have an answer for you.** > View this post on Instagram > > A post shared by Rammstein (@rammsteinofficial) ### The Silenced Engine Test Bench in the Aerodynamic Park The Silenced Engine Test Bench was built between 1933 and 1935, and it’s called Schallgedämpfter Motorenprüfstand in German. This building is located in the middle of the Aerodynamic Park in Berlin-Adlershof, and it used to be where air motors with propellers were tested for their effectiveness, load capacity, and service life. It’s easy to distinguish this from the other buildings due to its two lateral exhaust towers that give the building a weird futuristic look. **The towers are 15 meters tall and have rims on top that make it look like there is something even taller above it.** Or, maybe, this was just my impression. ### Großer Windkanal, aka the Big Wind Tunnel When I arrived at the Aerodynamic Park in Berlin-Adlershof by bike, I first saw the silver curves of the Big Wind Tunnel. **This tubular system measures between 8 and 12 meters in diameter and was built between 1932 and 1934 as part of the German Research Institute of Aviation.** The Big Wind Tunnel was used for aerodynamic investigations in air streams with air being flown in a measuring room to aircraft parts, so measuring their air resistance behavior was possible. **Today, the unusual architecture of the building makes it useful for science fiction movies.** It was included in the film Æon Flux in 2005 and in Hanna, that used the Spree Park as well, back in 2011. If you are interested in concrete architecture and historical buildings, the Aerodynamic Park in Berlin-Adlershof is a hidden gem waiting for you to discover. **Look at the map below and find the best way to get there.** #### In the Heart of Innovation: The Aerodynamic Park’s Time-Tested Structures in Berlin-Adlershof Brook-Taylor-Straße 2, 12489 Berlin
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December 30, 2025 at 7:04 AM
One day, back in May 2024, I woke up too early and decided to go for a photographic bike ride to #berlin-Adlershof so I could test an Ilford HP5 with some red filters.

My idea was to take medium-format pictures of the concrete structures around the […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
December 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I took these pictures early in January 2024 when it started getting freezing cold. I wanted to take some black-and-white photos of the snow around Neukölln, so I took my Mamiya C330 to the streets when the first opportunity showed up.

You can even see me […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
December 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@BasicAppleGuy/115790109958571644

If I ever get a Mac Mini, I know I will get this.
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December 27, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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Finally got the shot that's been eluding me before the year's end!”
u/akogcak869 (Reddit)
#Moon #Photography
December 27, 2025 at 6:36 AM
One of the films I took to ICC was a heavily expired Kodak Ektachrome 160T. I knew that some of these old slide films have a color shift toward magenta, and that is what I believe happened here. As a way to salvage this roll, I turned some pictures into […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
December 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
As I mentioned before, it always feels a bit awkward to carry around a big camera like the Mamiya RZ67, but I love doing it.

Especially after you see the results that this camera can capture, like in this example from the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church here […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
December 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Six years ago today, I went on a walk around a forest in #brandenburg looking for the Winden Cave. All of that to answer a question: Where can I find the cave from the series Dark?

Now I know where they filmed that part of the series.

https://ftrc.blog/dark-filming-locations-winden-cave/
December 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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What do you mean you don't obsessively count the number of chocolates in a tub of Celebrations every year and put the results into an Excel spreadsheet!?

Anyway, the 2025 results are in:
Bounty x5
Galaxy x5
Galaxy Caramel x5
Maltesers x5
Mars x9
Milky Way x9
Snickers […]

[Original post on mas.to]
December 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
These pictures here are from March 2025, and I remember them perfectly. I was on my way to the office after a morning walk around a cemetery in Weißensee, and my train had issues.

For that reason, I had to stop and wait for a new train on the Schöneberg […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
December 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The last few days, every time I open Lightroom, I try to go back to one of the film rolls I never properly edited and shared. Like this black and white roll from the summer in Nuremberg.

https://pixelfed.social/p/ftrc.blog/908033757400345471

#believeinfilm […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
December 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's always a bit awkward to carry around a big camera like the Mamiya RZ67, but I love doing it.

But taking this picture was even more awkward since I almost laid down on the ground just to point the camera up and find a way to focus. At least, it worked […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
December 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Eight years ago today, I was exploring Noisy-le-Grand and its postmodernist architecture with a camera at hand. And it was one of my most memorable trips…

https://ftrc.blog/architecture-in-noisy-le-grand/
December 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Dear internet,

we need to have a serious conversation. Why didn't you tell me how stinkin' cute coatis are?

I'm disappointed in you...

Bonus 1: in German, the #coati is called "Nasenbär", i.e., "nose bear"
Bonus 2: one of them did get into out backpack […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
December 18, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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I've finally switched to the @Vivaldi browser. I've been using Firefox for as long as I've been on the internet, but the focus on AI means it's no longer the browser for me. Thankfully unlike Chrome, Vivaldi supports the uBlock Origin extension which is the most important extension for being […]
Original post on mastodon.social
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December 17, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I went to West Berlin with some friends on a rainy summer Friday to try out some ideas. I believe this picture is from under the S-Bahn Savignyplatz with the neon lights that they have under the station.

The look here is due to the film going green, but the […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
December 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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March 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM