1093! What a number, and this number is the date of the founding of the Benedictine Wiblingen Abbey. Europe is full of very old buildings. Being from the States, and although I have lived in Europe for many years, I am still amazed by these numbers. Old here is very, very old.

Places like the abbey are always so awesome to photograph. 

Here's a story in Black & White

Matthew G. Beall Photography   Wiblingen Abbey (Kloster Wiblingen)   2013

 Matthew G. Beall Photography   Wiblingen Abbey Church  (Klosterkirche)    2013

 Matthew G. Beall Photography   Wiblingen Abbey Courtyard      2013

 

Matthew G. Beall Photography   Wiblingen Abbey Morning Shadows   2013

Matthew G. Beall Photography   Wiblingen Abbey Apartments   2013

Matthew G. Beall Photography   Wiblingen Abbey Middle Court Yard   2013

Matthew G. Beall Photography   Wiblingen Abbey Light   2013

Matthew G. Beall Photography  Wiblingen Abbey Sliver of Light    2013  

The Danube river, the Alps and a valley help to make Ulm a foggy place. Fog can be gloomy as well as mysterious. Fog can affect mood.

 The foggy way through the German forest.

Matthew G. Beall Photography   The Foggy Way    2013

Matthew G. Beall Photography   Inside the Forest   2013

Matthew G. Beall Photography  Deep Inside the Forest   2013

Matthew G. Beall Photography  Rise to the Fog   2013

Matthew G. Beall Photography  The Foggy Way Never Ending   2013

Matthew G. Beall Photography  The Clearing not Clear   2013

Food for thought 

(On a Sunday)

We see what we call black, which is the absence of light. If black is the absence of light, then how can we see black?

In the complete absence of light, our eyes could not perceive black at all because no light is reflected off whatever object there is. Hence, there is no reception, so to speak, to our eyes.

The same would be true for white.

Nevertheless, Black and White are colors ... to me

Also posted on my art blog :: Inside the Studio
http://www.matthewgbeall.com/2013/12/black-white-are-colors-to-me-food-for.html 

Winter day 

breeze calm

Winter day

wind strong

Leaves sway

Matthew G. Beall Photography  Winter Day Leaves Calm  2013

Matthew G. Beall Photography  Winter Day Leaves Sway  2013

Matthew G. Beall Photography  Winter Day Leaves Swaying  2013