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In the past I have already taken several pictures of these buildings, which attract me because of the cubic, symetrical layout.

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Pentax K5
Pentax FA77mm Limited
Cropped to 1:1, vignette added

Another day I had the urge to take my DA15 limited out. Somehow I could not really decide where to go in Berlin, so I chose the obvious - Potsdamer Platz. First, I did a number of shot with my Seagull 4a. When the roll was finished, I took out the K5, set up the tripod and earned quite a number of curious looks. It was freezing cold, so I only took a few pictures.

In the end I am not that happy with the shot. It's one of the rare ones where would have needed a wider lense. I also did some postprocessing in LR3 & PSE10....

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Pentax K5
Pentax DA15mm Limited
B+W ND3.0

This is my current setup, covering 22 to 450mm in 24x36mm terms. Only my newly acquired FA100mm Makro is missing. I did this shot when I compared my K5 to the Canon 5D Mark I, realizing that a comparable setup from Canon would be twice as heavy and that extra stop in DOF is nothing I need.

Currently I am tempted by microfourthirds, since this setup still requires an extra bag and is too big for business trips. Hope the new K-01 from Pentax will solve this issue

Last weekend I visited the Seidensticker exibit in Berlin. Friedrich Seidensticker was a street photographer of the 30s, 40s and 50s. He had a very distinctiv way of approaching street life and capured some really curios pictures.

The sculpture infront of the gallery inspired me to take some different perspectives as well.

Pentax K-5
Pentax DA15mm Limited

First still life I ever did. Natural light, JPEG out of Camera

Pentax K-5
Pentax DA21mm Limited