Summer’s just around the Corner

Long Exposure, taken at the Lido in Biel/Bienne, Canton of Bern, Switzerland.

Canon EOS 60D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
Aperture: f/8
Exposure time: 90s
Focal length: 24mm
ISO Speed: 100
Manfrotto Tripod 055XPROB with 410 Gear Head
B+W 110 ND Filter (10 Stops)
Processed with PS CS5 and Nik Software’s Color Efex Pro 2

I know what I told you…but never say never again…so here we go…

Summer’s now really just around the corner, enjoy!
Long Exposure, taken at the Lido in Biel/Bienne, Canton of Bern, Switzerland

Canon EOS 60D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
Aperture: f/4
Exposure time: 20s
Focal length: 70mm
ISO Speed: 100
Manfrotto Tripod 055XPROB with 410 Gear Head
B+W 110 ND Filter (10 Stops)
Processed with PS CS5

This is definitely the last Picture of the Series “Summer’s just around the Corner”.

I took this pic two days ago at the Marina in Faulensee (at Lake Thun, Canton of Bern, Switzerland) during heavy Snowfall. Summer (not even Spring) wasn’t in sight at all…

Enjoy!

Canon EOS 60D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
Aperture: f/22
Exposure time: 152s
Focal length: 45mm
ISO Speed: 100
Tripod Manfrotto 055XPROB
B+W 110 ND Filter
Processed with PS CS5 and Nik Software’s Silver Efex Pro 2

PS: Photoshopping was very hard in this case, due to a lot of snowflakes and Western union online water on the lens…

Can’t stop the Series “Summer’s just around the Corner”, even though we have heavy snowfall actually…

So here’s #7, enjoy!
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Canon EOS 60D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
Aperture: f/11
Exposure time: 68s
Focal length: 24mm
ISO Speed: 100
Manfrotto Tripod
B+W 110 ND Filter
Processed with PS CS5 an Nik Software’s Silver Efex Pro

I decided to expand the series “Summer’s just around the Corner” with one more pic.

Taken in Gerolfingen at Lake Biel.

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Lake Biel or Lake Bienne (German: Bielersee, French: Lac de Bienne) is a lake in the west of Switzerland. Together with Lake Morat and Lake Neuchâtel, it is one of the three large lakes in the Jura region of Switzerland. It lies approximately at 47°5′N 7°10′E, at the language boundary between German & French speaking areas.

The lake is 15 km long and up to 4.1 km wide. Its surface area is 39.3 km², the maximum depth 74 m. The lake is located at 429 metres above sea level.
Lake Biel has a catchment area of about 8,305 km². Water remains in the lake for an average of 58 days. The river Aare, the river Zihl/Thielle flowing from Lake Neuchâtel, the Twannbach draining water down from the surplombing first Jura mountain range and the river Suze draining water down from the Vallon de St. Imier, are the main tributaries. The river Aare was redirected into the lake in 1878, in order to prevent the flooding of the nearby area called “Seeland”, and drains the water out of the lake down to Büren through a simultaneously man-made channel. The level of all three lakes is being controlled by a dam built across the channel, in Port.

The largest settlement along the shores of Lake Biel are the bilingual city of Biel/Bienne and its sister city Nidau, both located on the northern end The Sankt-Petersinsel (island) attracts tourists, mainly families. The island is located near Erlach. Jean-Jacques Rousseau once spent a few months on the island.
One of the main business in the area is the watch and affiliated microtechnic industries. World famous watch brands have their sites and headquarters in the area, including the Swatch Group and Rolex movements manufacture.
The lake’s surface is the lowest point of the canton of Neuchâtel.
[Source: Wikipedia]

Canon EOS 60D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
Aperture: f/9
Exposure time: 31s
Focal length: 32mm
ISO Speed: 100
Processed with PS CS5 and Nik Software’s Silver Efex Pro