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It has been a while since I have been in Tokyo but I definitely plan to come back, soon! Some days ago my Japanese exchange student friends left and I am really sad about it.

I actually watched the movie: LOST IN TRANSLATION two times just because of the good old times… If you don’t know it yet, watch it. It is a strange but really awesome movie.

This shot is from the top of the government building. I did some other photos from the same location. You can see them in the comment section.

As I am browsing through your Flickr streams I see that the Tokyo Sky Tree is close to be finished. I think it is going to be the highest building in Tokyo so I really have to come back soon, to bring you some new and fresh Tokyo shots from above.

The shot you see here has been taken shortly after the blue hour. One can still see enough light to recognize the buildings. It is just enough light to get a nice gradient between the light coming from the buildings and the buildings themselves.
I think the mood of the photo is pretty awesome!

Love

Ben

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Hey guys! Over here in Germany we have winter. But the streets aren’t paved with white snow and the smell of Gluehwein everywhere. We have constant rain and bad wheather over here.
I really dislike bad wheather. That’s why I upload a shot of the Potsdamer Platz in Berlin from the better times. I tool this on a warm summer day some month ago.
I wish a fun weekend to all of you!
Ben

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I think this is an important question! What do you think?

No more words today! Have a save and creative week everyone!

Ben

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This shot is unique. I can understand that a lot of you photographers might say this is not a photo. Be sure it is not meant as a photo. It is shall be seen as art.

As I worked in Photoshop on this one I thought I want to depict the Petronas Tower in a way you might not have seen it until now. Was my aim successful?

To all tech- guys: I worked with different layers and blended them in. The only thing I wasn’t able to remove is the Halo at the towers tip. Still I really like the burning feeling of the clouds which are illuminated by the Spotlights.

By looking at the original file I am astonished which Information you can get out of a D90 and the NEF Files. The Photo has been shot with 3 Exposures. -2, 0 +2. Actually it is a stitched Panorama from three Photos.

I didn’t use my 12-24 Lens. I therefore used my 17-55 mm Lens and shot at 24mm.

The first shot was the upper part. Then I shot the middle and the bottom Part. Photoshop was so nice to sticht the shots together after I processed them in Photomatix.

Ben

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This is a verse from the Bible I discovered a while ago and I always wanted to use it for a photo of mine. I think it is obviously why I choose the title for this shot. There is the “Brandenburger Tor”, the most known gate of Germany and there is the Quadriga which looks as if they want to enter the gate in all their Glory. To emphasize the effect of entering something with glory and speed I used the Radial Blur Filter in Photoshop.
It wasn’t easy to not destroy the image with it but I think the effect turned out pretty well.
As I look at the image my eyes get really dizzy! What do you think? Is the image Top or Flop?

Also I decided to talk a bit on statistics on this image.
Lately a lot of my contact hit the 100.000 views mark. I am really proud of you. The reason why I want to share statistics with you is not that you think “how cool is he” or “man what an ass”.

The reason is motivation.

I want to motivate you to set a goal for 2012 and pursue it. I hit the 100.000 views exactly two years ago. A month ago I hit the 1.000.000 views. It wouldn’t have been without you that I could have reached this. So of course I am really thankful for all of you supporting me and viewing my Images.

If you are good in mathematics you see that it took me nearly two years to reach 1.000.000 views.
As I sat down and started my Flickr vision for 2012 I thought what do I want to achieve this year. After thinking a while I thought to change the two years into one year and the 1.000.000 into 2.000.000.

This means I actually need 2.000.000 views this year which is approximately 5479 views each day :-).

I really don’t know how I should do this but at the end of the year I will let you know if I was able to achieve this.

Again I want to motivate you to set your goals for 2012. If you are like me making crazy plans which cannot be achieved without much luck please write your Flickr goals for 2012 into the comment section.

I am really interested to see what you are planning.

Please remember that we are not competitors but friends . If your goal is to reach one view each day let me know. I am really interested to see it!

Ben

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