Bryan McCarvey

Standing still



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Up close on the Hohenzollern Bridge. Because of the high metal fence, it is hard to get a good view of oncoming trains. So, here, I slid the camera under the metal railing, and then slid my arms through other slots, praying that I would not be so clumsy and lose hold of the camera and then not being able to retrieve it. Holding the camera steady was another challenge, especially as the train roared past.



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5 Minute exposure, the passing barges created waves, flooding the rocks for 10 or 15 seconds at a time.

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Cologne Skyline - You can see 4 churches, the Great St. Martin, the Dom, St. Mariahimmelfahrt, and St. Kunibert.

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Spider in the golden sunlight

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Close-up of the Kölner Dom and Hohenzollern Brücke

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Normally the crows don't heckle the herons...there were some tall trees casting shadows on the wings, therefore look almost black.

Cormorant swarm, Deutzer Hafen.

Swallows in flight are extremely challenging. This is a panning shot at 1/5000th of a second, moderately cropped.

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Blown highlights, but I hope it emphasizes the "cross" motif in the image.



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Blood Moon 2019

Conditions were nearly perfect, very clear, very cold. The one challenge was that the Blood Moon started turning white before descending down through the towers. This is a 15 or 20 second exposure, which was kind of an afterthought. But I think it captures a bit of the magic of that night, in a way that is rather different than pictures with the full blood moon.

And for those that care, this is the actual size of the Moon from the Deutz side of the Rhine near the Hyatt Hotel, where you have all the steps. To get a bigger looking moon, you have to get further away from the Dom. But, the further away from the Dom you are, the higher the moon is in the sky. This means that from the Hyatt, which is about 600 meters from the Dom, the moon hits the top of the towers about 1 hour and 10 minutes before moonset. From the Zoobrücke, which is about 2000 meters from the, the moon would hit the top of the towers at about 40 minutes before moon set. The Blood Moon had gone back to 100 percent white about 45 minutes before moonset. So, long story short, it was impossible to get a bigger blood moon between the Dom Towers.



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Kölner Dom, 10 seconds, single exposure, rotating camera



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Taken in December 2018. The trees on the right were cut down earlier this year, so now the view from this point is "unobstructed". #koeln#kölnstagram #köln #cologne #kölnerdom #ig_nrw #deutschland_greatshots #ig_cologne #alluring_deutschland #deutschlandkarte #meindeutschland #visitgermany #homeiswherethedomis

Moon setting over the Hohenzollern Bridge



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Bridges of Cologne



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5 second single image, 90 degree rotation of camera, basic adjustments in post, some heavily applied.



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3 Seagulls over the Hohenzollern Bridge

2 minute exposure, the moon came out from behind the clouds for 2 seconds, so the moon is not really smeared and centered between the spires. In other words, got lucky.



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Seagulls passing by the moon look like leaves falling from the tree.



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The S-Bahn train gliding by the Dom



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