Trier Elephants, Frankfurt, Grindelwald Walk and Wetterhorn Avalanches

We left Trier after a good morning taking photos around the town, and the elephants! There was an exhibition of ceramic elephants across the town. Jan took a photo of me taking a photo of the only black and white one.

Then it was on to Frankfurt to stay with my image licensing agent, Antje. We stayed with her and her family and had a very nice time. Before we left we had a meeting and talked over the new Berlin photos and a few issues. Then it was time to move on to Grindelwald in the Swiss Alps.

Today we walked on the First side of the valley. Lots of avalanches in the heat, 26°C. I took photos of one on the Wetterhorn. No clouds so may be a day for panoramas!

As usual I forgot to take photos for the blog so all except the avalanche photos were taken by Jan on her Nikon D90. The avalanche photos were taken on my Samsung Galaxy S3. All were edited using the Snapseed editor.

New Images - Frankfurt

There are 4 new images of Frankfurt on the web, all taken at night. Lots more to come but no time to sort and scan them yet. Maybe soon.

Frankfurt skyline from underneath the Holbeinsteg footbridge over the River Main

The DZ Bank Tower at night reflected in the glass of the building on the other side of the street.

The others are on the web: www.davebutcher.co.uk

Frankfurt Photos

We are heading south from Frankfurt. Came off the motorway to avoid traffic jam, driving towards Bavaria, hot and sunny.

Frankfurt was good for photos, interesting buildings, the River Main, clear blue skies and hot. Ran off 120 rolls of Ilford FP4 (10 shots a roll), both day and night.

The modern skyscrapers were better lit on Thursday evening than Friday. Apparently they turn off the lights on environmental grounds for part of the week. Luckily I took my night shots on Thursday.

Had a useful meeting with Antje, an artist agent that we met 3 years ago at licensing show in New York - our stands were opposite, about working together. We have a contract to go over but we agreed to go forward and just sort fine detail. We actually bumped into Antje on the street while looking at the map on Thursday afternoon and went back to her house for a coffee and met her 2 sons.

Last night we had an nice time with Antje and husband Steffen. First they took us to a pub in Sachsenhausen for a meal and beers then along to a bar at the river.

Tonight we arrive in Garmisch-Partenkirchen for 4 days in the Bavarian Alps.