New Images of Vienna

In September 2014 we visited Vienna for the first time. I took 22 rolls of 120 film on my Mamiya 7 cameras, with 10 shots to a roll.

In order to put them on my website I have scanned the first batch of negatives and edited them in Photoshop to look like darkroom images. This is so that I can print them in the darkroom as needed.

Here are some of the photographs. Click here for the Vienna photos on my gallery website.

Freyung Passage at Night

Hofburg Palace Skyline

 Spanish Riding School Stables

 Prater Park Ferris Wheel at Dusk

 Upper Belvedere Palace Reflections

Cathedral and Haas Haus

Hofburg Statue at Dusk

City Hall at Night

Vienna in the Sunshine

Jolly nice day in Vienna today. We took lots of photos. New places as well as some previously visited in poor weather in last 2 days.

I have some decent shots and hopefully they will appeal to people who know Vienna. Coincidentally someone asked for pictures of Vienna at our last show, at Crowthorne in August.

One of the places revisited was Karlskirche, with a reflection today.

So many iconic buildings in Vienna have scaffolding and shrouds around all or part of them. Tricky finding angles to avoid the distractions.

Jan was pleased too as we found time to visit the Hotel Sacher for the very special Sachertorte. It was excellent, allegedly!

Home tomorrow.

Vienna Wet and Dry

Today was a big day for us in more ways than one. Lots to photograph after the day time washout yesterday and lots of walking. In fact Jan's Fitbit said we walked just over 20 miles!

The distance came from walking to the Vienna Giant Ferris Wheel in Prater Park. This is the one in The Third Man film and is one of the main tourist attractions so was on the shooting list for 2 reasons.

I wanted day and night photos so we went over this morning as it was dry with rain forecast later. Then we walked there again late afternoon, in the rain, arriving in time for dusk which then led into the night photos, between showers.

In all I spent well over an hour this morning and an hour this evening photographing the wheel.

It was a half decent day between showers so I photographed lots of the iconic buildings too.

Forgot to take stuff on my phone so just a couple of shots from Belvedere.

Tomorrow is also forecast to be changeable so fingers crossed for more good skies.

In total I took 11 rolls of Ilford FP4 120 film, making a total of 13 with last night's 2 rolls.

Analogue Photography Alive and Kicking in Vienna

On our way back to our hotel for a break in the photography proceedings I noticed this shop window. Analogue photography is obviously still thriving here.

A large part of the shop window was given over to Ilford pinhole cameras, all three of them!

I'm not the only dinosaur in Vienna!

Vienna in the Rain

Jan and I are in Vienna for a few days. We seem to be just in time to catch the monsoon season! Lots of rain.

We arrived here late morning. There was a 2 hour spell in early evening just as it was going dark when it stopped raining and we even saw clear sky for a few minutes.

I ran off 2 rolls of Ilford FP4 120 film with my Mamiya 7 camera around the Hofburg area, New Town Hall and the cathedral.

I took a few on my phone too, converted to black and white in Snapseed,  to give you an idea of what it's like.

Thunderstorms, heavy rain and sunny spells are forecast for the next 2 days. I get the impression the forecasters are hedging their bets!