Your Canon Photos No. 22: 1st to 7th October 2023

Dunlin,

It's good to see your woodland scene with the path and wooden walkway. I often take similar pictures. It's just so nice to be out in nature.

Here are a couple more churches from my walk last week.

The first is the church of St. Augustine, dating from 1327. There is not much to see of the actual outside of the building beyond the spire. Inside the church are kept the hearts of most of the imperial family, who are buried in sacophagi in the Capuchin Church round the corner, that I showed some weeks ago. The building on the right is the Palais Lobkowitz, which is now the Theater Museum. Prince Lobkowitz was a major patron of Beethoven and one room in the palace is called the Eroica Saal. Not very large it has amazingly lively acoustics and is the place where Beethoven's Eroica Symphony was first performed.

The second church is called the Minoritenkirche. Dating from the 13th and 14th centuries, it is in the midst of many government buildings, including the State Archives. On the left of the picture, behind the church, one can see the Palais Liechtenstein. This is one of two, as the Prince had, and has, another palace a mile or so away! This second one is called the summer palace, as it was actually outside the city walls in what was until about 1870 still countryside. His successor still owns much of the small country named after him, and of which he is constitutional ruler.

As usual, there is lots of additional information on the history of these buildings in Wikipedia.

David

David,

It is interesting to see the churches and other buildings and hear the history. Are you able to go inside any of them and take photographs? Seeing the Eroica Saal would be neat. How many people could be seated in that palace? Do they still have musical performances there?

Subject: Looking For Wood Ducks

A few weeks ago I was looking for wood ducks in a different location. I walked through a dark forest right after it rained. I looked across the pond and saw them on some branches. But I didn't have the Tamron 150-600mm lens with me. But I thought they looked neat just they way they were at 200mm focal length. I hope you all do too.

Photo No. 1

Model - Canon EOS M50m2
ExposureTime - 1/160 seconds
FNumber - 8
ISOSpeedRatings - 3200
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 55 mm
Lens Model - EF-M55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM

Photo No. 2

Model - Canon EOS M50m2
ExposureTime - 1/160 seconds
FNumber - 8
ISOSpeedRatings - 320
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 200 mm
Lens Model - EF-M55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM

Photo No. 3

Model - Canon EOS M50m2
ExposureTime - 1/250 seconds
FNumber - 8
ISOSpeedRatings - 400
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 200 mm
Lens Model - EF-M55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM

Subject: Crow

The other day was out walking and I saw this crow. I was able to sneak up close to it and only got one chance to take its photograph before it flew away. Since it was cloudy I was able to capture a lot of detail without shadows. I straightened and cropped it a little. It's possible to get close to wildlife without a large telephoto lens in excess of 250mm FL. I've found that if you walk towards the bird with the camera in front of your face real slowly, you take away a little the human aspect. It least it seems that way, so I can get close.

Model - Canon EOS M50m2
ExposureTime - 1/500 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 2500
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 200 mm
Lens Model - EF-M55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM

Dig,

I loved your bench picture.
It tells the story of all the people who have sat there and just listened.

Steve Thomas

@davidwien you need to change the title of this thread, to no.22.

Thanks, Dunlin. Well caught! Sorry -- my fault.

David

It is fatal for me to take my dog for a walk at this time of year. The chestnuts are really falling fast now, and some are hitting me as I walk under the trees. They are also larger than usual. Here is a snap of those I couldnt resist picking up today. The two green ones are still completely closed.

David

Yes. I will revisit some later in the year.

At a guess, it seats about 100. I was at a conference in there about 20 years ago and may have photos from then. There is a recording on YT of the Eroica done in there. I will look for it.

David

Steve,

Thanks. I'm glad you liked the bench picture. I like the affect the rainwater has on the path too. A lot of times, I don't stop taking pictures because of a little rain (if it is not too windy), so I hope to find more opportunities to capture photos like this.

David,

Hearing about the falling chestnuts, reminds me of when I was caught in a thunderstorm with hailstones (without an umbrella). They hurt!!! Fortunately they were only pea sized, but the rain is so cold too. Yes, we must avoid falling objects like those. 😀

The acorns round abouts here are really falling (being blow down).
This year I discovered that most of the brown acorns lying on the ground have some sort of insect larva ("grub") eating the core. I didn't see that coming.

This is really nice - great balance of the colors and beautiful light in the background.

simplejoy,

Thank you.

Steve Thomas

Then and Now 1

An old photo of Seilerstätte 22 in 1900 identifies it as the Imperial and Royal Court for the first district of Vienna. (It also housed a sub post office.) If you walk past today you might be forgiven for not being aware of the history of the building. The long exposure of the old photo captures the movement of the people on the right!

David

Then and now 2

This building, the Österreichische Postsparkasse (Austrian Postal Savings Bank), was designed by Otto Wagner and built in 1904-6, using reinforced concrete (then a new material) and faced with marble ornamented with aluminium rivets. The scuptures on top are cast aluminium. Until recently the building served as the main post office and was open 24 hrs a day. In 1980 I had to go there one night to make a long distance call to the USA, as you couldnt do this from a public call box in the street!

The black and white photo also shows the memorial to Georg Coch (1842-90), the first director of the institute. This was placed in 1913, when the square was named after him, and resited in 1985, when a car park was built under the square.

More information on Wikipedia.

David