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Happy Orthodox Easter :-)

Taken back in 2016 on an unusually warm (for late March) and also strangely "sunny-hazy" Easter Monday at the Berlin Zoological Garden. I remember well that the sun managed to break through the clouds only a few times, and by the time we were about to leave the Zoo, the sun was all but a pale white disk behind the muggy layer of clouds. It was a weird "sunshine without sunshine" atmosphere, difficult to describe. When I look at this image now, after four years, the tree somehow reminds me of Earth, and the fruits look like all the different places, cities, countries, villages, all the individuals who live on Earth, and who are seperated from each other, but who are also connected to each other by the planet we live on / share, and nowadays we are connected with each other through social media, too. I guess it's the current "Corona situation" which gave me this idea...

The strange light on that day provided me with some nice tree silhouettes, and the dull grey, slightly yellowish sky made this perfect for some colour processing (or colour adding, actually) fun in Color Efex Pro. I re-processed this image only last week, but since I had processed it the first time around in Color Efex, I decided to stick to it. All that I changed this time is that I've used the "Bi-color Filter" on three different layers (in PS) for an even more colourful look, and I've also smoothed the image in Topaz DeNoise.

Actually I had wanted to upload this last Sunday both for Easter and for Sliders Sunday, then somehow didn't get around to do it (I seem to "not get around to do things" a lot lately during these strange indoors days...), then wanted to upload it last Monday, but, heck, there is no Sliders Monday, is there? But then I was delighted to learn from dear Flickr friend Cami mire (fdlscrmn) that the Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter this Sunday, so this is my slightly belated, yet also right on time Easter greeting and Sunday slide in one :-)

Ist alles so schön bunt hier...

Letzte Woche kurz vor Ostern habe ich mich an diese Aufnahme aus dem Berliner Zoo von vor vier Jahren erinnert - aufgenommen damals an einem seltsam diesig-sonnigen und für Ende März auch ungewöhnlich warmen Ostermontag. Die Sonne hatte es an jenem Tag durchaus auch einmal direkt durch die Wolkendecke hindurchgeschafft, aber gegen Ende des Zoobesuchs am späteren Nachmittag war sie am dunstigen, gelblich-grauen Himmel nur noch als blasse, helle Scheibe wahrnehmbar. Als Ergebnis war das Originalfoto fast so eine Art "Farb-Schwarzweiß-Bild" und schon damals hatte ich mit diversen Farbfiltern in Color Efex herumgespielt, um dem Himmel etwas mehr Leben einzuhauchen. Für den heutigen Sliders Sunday habe ich es dann jetzt noch einmal farblich aufgepeppt, wie schon 2016 ebenfalls unter Verwendung des "Bi-Color Filters" in Color Efex. Dieses Mal habe ich aber gleich drei verschiedene Farbebenen kombiniert und das Bild in Topaz DeNoise auch etwas entrauscht. Eigentlich hatte ich es schon letzte Woche an Ostersonntag hochladen wollen, aber irgendwie komme ich momentan zu nichts, obwohl nicht nur das Foto-Archiv lockt, sondern mir u.a. auch meine Wohnung jede Menge kleinere (und auch größere) Hinweise gibt, was eigentlich alles zu tun wäre, das man doch jetzt, in den vielen Stunden daheim, auch so wunderbar tun könnte, aber... nun ja. Immerhin aber ist der Osterbezug erhalten geblieben, denn die orthodoxen Christen feiern Ostern an diesem Sonntag :-)

Taken in: Germany / Land Berlin / Berlin, Stadt / Hansaviertel (show map)

Taken on: March 28, 2016

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Camera: Olympus E-M5, f/16.0, 1/1000 sec, 42mm (=84mm), ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Olympus E-M5
Lens:	OLYMPUS M.12-50mm F3.5-6.3
Aperture:	f/16.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1000)
Focal Length:	42mm (35mm equivalent: 84mm)
ISO:	800
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Auto, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	High gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 9.2.1 (Windows)
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