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OCOLOY March Review (Pt. 2/2)

Over a quarter of the year is already over and so is also the third month of my OCOLOY project. Back in March, I focused on slow shutter speed (maximum 1/30s) and these are my ten favourites I captured. Read more on my blog post.

https://marcelkapfer.photography/blog/2025/04/21/ocoloy-2025-march

#street #streetphotography #urban #urbanphotography #city #citylife #ulm #ricoh #ricohgr #ricoh_gr #ricohgr3x #GR #GRist #grsnaps #shootgr #pixelfed #fediart #fediphoto

Picture of blurred (due to the slow shutter speed) bicyclist driving though a park. They are framed by trees and in the background is a river.

Picture of a cyclist driving into an pedestrian underpass with bushes in the foreground. The cyclist is very blurred due to slow shutter speed.

Picture of four wheelie bins in a row on a sidewalk. In the background a road with two cars partly visible. These are quite blurred due to slow shutter speed.

Picture of a river from above with a lot of movement which is highlighted due to slow shutter speed.

OCOLOY March Review (Pt. 1/2)

Over a quarter of the year is already over and so is also the third month of my OCOLOY project. Back in March, I focused on slow shutter speed (maximum 1/30s) and these are my ten favourites I captured. Read more on my blog post.

https://marcelkapfer.photography/blog/2025/04/21/ocoloy-2025-march

Picture of a person with a red jacket on a bicycle framed by trees and bushes. The person is very blurred due to the slow shutter speed.

Picture of a person with they're bicycle sitting at a tree. The camera was rotated during exposure resulting in a circular effect.

Picture of a park with many trees and a cycle path leading between them. A cyclist driving by, heavily blurred due to the slow shutter speed.

Picture of a pedestrian crossing with red light. On the opposite side a person walks by with a pram, blurred slightly due to the slow shutter speed.

OCOLOY February Review (Pt. 2/2)

Since I was a bit late for my January review I'm also a bit late for February. Back in the second month of my OCOLOY project I added a side challenge: only square photos. Read more on my blog post.

https://marcelkapfer.photography/blog/2025/03/22/ocoloy-2025-february

#street #streetphotography #nature #landscape #ricohgr #ricohgr3x #GRist #grsnaps #shootgr #pixelfed #fediart #fediphoto #ocoloy #ocoloy2025

A person waiting at the opposite waiting area of a tram station. Photographed through the glass of the waiting shelter which has some lines printed on it.

The scenery looks like a tunnel but technically its a series of many bridges. The headlines of a car are at the end of the construction.

An all-metal outdoor basketball hoop in a park. A bit of snow lies on the ground.

A park with many trees in the frame. In the background a short stairway with a person swiftly walking by at the top end.

OCOLOY February Review (Pt. 1/2)

Since I was a bit late for my January review I'm also a bit late for February. Back in the second month of my OCOLOY project I added a side challenge: only square photos. Read more on my blog post.

https://marcelkapfer.photography/blog/2025/03/22/ocoloy-2025-february

#street #streetphotography #nature #landscape #ricohgr #ricohgr3x #GRist #grsnaps #shootgr #pixelfed #fediart #fediphoto #ocoloy #ocoloy2025

A person with a bright orange jacket on a pedestrian way in a park.

The sunset sky in the background is overlaid by the silhouette of a transmission tower and the branches of a tree.

A bench in something like a park. The scene is lit dimly by sunset colours.

Various high grasses silhouetted by the early sunrise.

OCOLOY January Review (Pt. 2/2)

Admittedly, I'm quite late for looking back on the first month of my One Camera One Lens One Year (OCOLOY) project. But February was very hectic. So here it is 🙂

https://marcelkapfer.photography/blog/2025/03/13/ocoloy-2025-january

#street #streetphotography #urban #urbanphotography #city #citylife #ricoh #ricohgr #ricoh_gr #ricohgr3x #GR #GRist #grsnaps #shootgr #pixelfed #fediart #fediphoto

A black and white photo of a car entrance to an underground carpark during evening. The architecture is perhaps from the 70s or 80s with a lot of visible concrete. A part of the spiral road can be seen in the entire fram and on the top right corner is a part of the pedestrian access. The area is lit by lights build into the railing.

A colour photo of a subground floor photographed from above. The view is heavily framed by the architecture of the building. Four parking ticket vending machines can be seen which are painted with a vibrant yellow. A person is sitting on a bench next to the machines looking at their smartphone.

A colour photo during late sunset of a waiting shelter at a train platform. The shelter is on the left and middle of the frame and on the right is a street lamp. The differnt colour temperatures of the sky, the street lamp and the lamp in the shelter work very well together.

A wide colour shot of a row of many smaller trees. Most of the area seems to be grassland. The trees are all of the same kinde and are similarly but. But each also a bit different.

OCOLOY January Review (Pt. 1/2)

Admittedly, I'm quite late for looking back on the first month of my One Camera One Lens One Year (OCOLOY) project. But February was very hectic. So here it is 🙂

https://marcelkapfer.photography/blog/2025/03/13/ocoloy-2025-january

#street #streetphotography #urban #urbanphotography #city #citylife #ulm #ricoh #ricohgr #ricoh_gr #ricohgr3x #GR #GRist #grsnaps #shootgr #pixelfed #fediart #fediphoto

A colour photo at night. In the middle is a pedestrian way well lit by street lamps. To the left and right is mostly grass and some trees. The circles of the light from the street lamps and the colour temperature of the light give the photo its style.

A colour photo on the minster place in Ulm. On the left and middle is the Stadthaus, on the right edge another building. Between is a gap between the buildings giving way to the descending sun which gives the whole scenery a rather warm colour. A person is standing in the middle of the beam of light and throwing a long shadow.

A black and white photo. On the right side is the city wall of Ulm, in the center and on the left is a pedestrian and cycle way. A person is currently cycling away from the photographer.

Black and white photo. The scene is framed by a rectangular archway. A row of of buildings all of the same architecture can be seen from the middle of the frame going towards the background. The buildings all have a small frontyard surrounded with brick walls.

Thank you 🙂

Great photos! I love the mood and the compositions 🙂

After being quite busy during February I finally had the opportunity to do some street photography again and captured the following scene as the sun slowly started to descent.

#street #streetphotography #urban #urbanphotography #city #citylife #ulm #ricohgr3x #darktable #pixelfed #fediart #fediphoto

A silhouette of two people, walking closely together on a patch of light. The scenery is the minster place of Ulm. There are two houses in the background, also mostly silhouetted by the descending sun standing just above the roofs.The rest of the images fades into black.

This morning I finally had the opportunity again to go out in nature a bit and look at the sunrise. I captured a lot of things, though most didn't work out as intended. However, I'm satisfied with a handful of the photos I captured. In this one I like the outlook into the land, still covered with fog and coloured by a beautiful sunrise. #landscape #nature #sunrise #fujifilmx

A landscape photo with the upper 2/3 of the frame being filled by colours of the sunrise. On the bottom third is the outlook on to a landscape from a higher plateau. However, the sight is limited by some fog. In the lower center of the frame a row of trees and bushes make room for a larger apartment building with smoke coming out on top.

Thank you 🙂

Thank you! Yes, it is. And it is absolutely stunning to observe it. 🙂

I don't usually do motion photos, but this weeks #PhotoFriendChallenge motivated me to give it a try. And so I walked around between a few bus stops in Ulm on an evening a few days ago. To my surprise I had much fun and was positively surprised by the battery life and IBIS of my Ricoh GR IIIx.

#street #streetphotography #urban #urbanphotography #city #citylife #bw #blackandwhite #monochrome #ulm #pixelfed #fediart #fediphoto

An evening scene at a bus stop. A person with a blue jacket and a red backpack is waiting at a bench. The person is photographed from behind while a tram rushes by. Due to the slow shutter speed the tram is very blur and more or less only visible as lines and stripes.

Great pictures! :)

I'm not only in the city doing some kind of street photography. I also try to go out in nature from time to time. Therefore, I put together a blog post featuring my five favourite nature photographs of 2024: https://marcelkapfer.photography/blog/2025/01/21/top-5-nature-photos-2024

(1) Sunset with Stripes (April near Ulm, Germany)
(2) Flowing (April near Lake Ossiach, Austria)
(3) The Pass Road (August in South Tyrol, Italy)
(4) The Mountain Mirror (October in the Tannheimer Valley, Austria)
(5) The Bell Tower (December in Augsburg, Germany)

#nature #landscape #naturephotography #landscapephotography #pixelfed #fediart #fediphoto

A picture of a sunrise with the sun just about the edge. The sky has high-hanging thin clouds in a stripe-pattern and it is fully lit in red to orange

A longer exposure of a small waterfall. There is a small rock in the middle with the water surrounding it. On the sides is a lot of greenery. The sunlight highlights the scenery very nicely.

A picture of mountains with grass on their slopes. A road is leading from the right edge of the frame over many curves into the distance.

A mountain slope which is mirrored in a lake. The top fourth of the picture (and thereby also the lower part) fades away in fog. The landmass has lots of grass and trees with relatively vibrant colours.

Great photo! I love the mood in it! 🙂

Something a bit different today. On a stroll last week I walked by a small distribution substation which was entirely (except the doors) covered with fresh graffiti. I was instantly drawn to it and took this quick close-up snapshot.

This is my entry into the this weeks weekly #PhotoFriendChallenge with the theme "Vibrant Colours".

#street #streetphotography #ulm #pixelfed #fediart #fediphoto

A picture of a part of an abstract style graffiti. The colours yellow, green and teal are very prominent.

My top 5 street photography pictures of 2024

(1) The wall (February in Ulm, Germany)
(2) On the lookout (April in Ulm, Germany)
(3) On top (June in Ulm, Germany)
(4) Selfie (August in Burano, Italy)
(5) A seat at the lake (September in Lindau, Germany)

Read the backstories in my latest blog post: https://marcelkapfer.photography/blog/2025/01/18/top-5-street-photos-2024

#street #streetphotography #urban #urbanphotography #grsnaps #shootgr #pixelfed #fediart #fediphoto

A shot of the city wall of Ulm in monochrome. The bricks and mortar of the city wall guide the viewer to the right side of the frame. There are two people on a platform atop the city wall looking further to the right.

A person with a dog on top of the city wall of Ulm. In the background are a few history houses next to some trees. The person is currently photographing with a smartphone something on the left with a quite relaxed pose. The dog put is forefeet on top of the wall and looks in the same direction.

A monochromatic shot of the Willhelmshöhe platform, a part of the city wall of Ulm. The platform is roughtly ten metre higher than the city wall. On the edge sites a person calmly, backlit by the sun.

A scene from Burano with its many richly coloured houses during harsh midday sun. Three houses are pictured (partly). The left is orange, the right red and the middle a bright teal colour. A person is standing in front of the middle house taking a selfie from above, using the colour of the wall as a backdrop. Their shadow can be seen on the lower part of the wall.

During the last days I went through all the photos I took during the last year and chose a few favourites. Based on these I analysed a bit, what kind of pictures I made and thought about that might change during 2025. Read my blog posts with the data and the pictures: https://marcelkapfer.photography/blog/2025/01/14/2024-review-analysis

#street #streetphotography #urban #urbanphotography #city #citylife #ulm #pixelfed #fediart #fediphoto

A picture of the top of the city wall of Ulm. One person is standing in the foreground with an umbrella looking towards the left side. In the background there are many people also with an umbrella. All looking to the right.

Throughout 2025 I'm doing OCOLOY photography challenge. Read more on my newest blog post: https://marcelkapfer.photography/blog/2025/01/09/ocoloy-somewhat

#pixelfed #fediart #fediphoto

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