April 14, 2016 | Categories: Colours, Flickr, Flowers, Nature, Spring, Tulips | Tags: 2016, April, complementary, green, red, tulip | Comments Off on Tulip
During a rally of high schoolers, students and young citizens on a Saturday afternoon in the year 1991 (or 1992) at
Pestalozzi park near Bahnhofstrasse in Zurich there was an operation of the city police to break up the rally. Police used tear gas grenades to clear the park and surrounding area and then occupied it. Hereafter there were some acts of vandalism in the surrounding area.
The picture shows a police officer trying to arrest a woman who stood together with a man (to the right in the picture) at the corner Lintheschergasse and Heinrichstrasse (in front of McDonald’s), watching the event.
The Pestalozzi park had been cleared successfully by police, the protesters had moved on to Schweizergasse and Löwenstrasse. The woman and the man weren’t standing far to the right of me (I was standing pretty in the middle of the crossing Lintheschergasse and Heinrichstrasse, observing the event with my camera). Suddenly, two police officers wearing riot-control gear wormed through the hedge that delimits Heinrichstrasse from Pestalozzi park. They were coming for the woman. The second officer kept in the background, while the first one engaged in a sort of dance with her. In addition, two plain clothes officers moved up. They didn’t care about the man. But, as the picture shows, he didn’t let go of the woman.
I didn’t understand (and still don’t understand) why the officer wanted to arrest the woman. She and the man were standing passively in front of McDonald’s, watching. There was nothing suspicious about them. That is, I didn’t and still don’t understand why police assaulted her. It seemed that the mere sight of her brought the officers to the scene, reflexively.
I managed to take four pictures of the scene (Minolta X-700 & motor drive MD-1, manual focus, 3.5 frames per sec, Ilford XP2 SUPER ISO 400 35mm film). Since the situation occurred suddenly and unexpectedly, I had to react very quickly.
Because of the tumult I moved away after taking these pictures, towards Schweizergasse. I didn’t observe whether the woman got away. At the corner Lintheschergasse and Schweizergasse, in front of the „Globus“ store, an elderly man wearing a raincoat (probably a plain clothes officer) asked me, for whom I was photographing. The answer was, „from the association of Swiss youth press, do you want to see the card?“ (I’ll never forget the situation). Undisturbed I continued my business. I was actually photographing for the school magazine of my school, and I was a member of the aforementioned association. We had planned to have our eye on the periodic demonstrations in connection with the
Wolgroth squatting, the occupation of an abandoned factory complex in the heart of Zurich from 1991 to 1993. A reportage was to be published. As conscientious young journalists we asked ourselves, why „city walks“ and „open-air discos“, organised regularly by youths from Zurich, often led to clashes between participants and police. We asked ourselves, if and why youth riots could be on the agenda. Finally, it is another story why the coverage never got published.
January 3, 2016 | Categories: Demonstrations, Documentary, Flickr, ImageTime!, People, Retrospective, Street | Tags: 1991, 1992, Bahnhofstrasse, demonstration, Pestalozzianlage, police, protest, Switzerland, Zurich | Leave a comment
April 12, 2015 | Categories: Art, Cities, Documentary, Flickr, People, Street | Tags: alte Kaserne, graffiti, police, police officers, politics, Zeughaushof, Zurich | Leave a comment
The pictures have been taken on 26 February, 2015, during a staff outing at the Zurich Zoo.
The Masoala Rainforest Building
The Elephant House
Outside
March 18, 2015 | Categories: Animals, Birds, Flickr, Nature, Plants | Tags: 2015, Elephant House, February, Masoala, Rainforest, Zoo, Zurich | Leave a comment
These pictures have been taken on January 23, 2014.
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The Masoala Rainforest Building





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January 23, 2014 | Categories: Animals, Bats, Birds, Flickr, Monkeys, Nature, Tour | Tags: 2014, animals, bats, birds, January, Masoala, monkeys, plants, Rainforest, Zoo, Zurich | Leave a comment
January 16, 2014 | Categories: Flickr, Moments in Time, Nature, People, Seasons, Waters | Tags: 2014, branches, January, leaves, path, people, river, Sihl, Sihlhölzli, Trees, Zurich | Leave a comment

January 5, 2014 | Categories: Atmosphere, Christmas Time, Flickr, Moments in Time, Night Photography, People, Street | Tags: 2013, Christmas, christmas market, December, Dezember, Hauptbahnhof, main railway station, market, Markt, Weihnachten, Weihnachtsmarkt, Xmas, xmas market, Zurich | Leave a comment

May 20, 2013 | Categories: Animals, Birds, Ducks, Flickr, Nature | Tags: 2013, Anas platyrhynchos, animals, birds, ducklings, ducks, hatchlings, mallard ducks, mallards, May, Schanzengraben, squeaking | Leave a comment
May 15, 2013 | Categories: Colours, Flickr, ImageTime!, red | Tags: 2013, Brunnen, fountain, Hegibachplatz, Mai, May, red, sculpture, Zurich | Leave a comment
April 3, 2013 | Categories: Buildings, Flickr, Transitoriness | Tags: Burgruine, castle ruin, historical site, historische Stätte, Manegg, ruin, Ruine, Zurich | Leave a comment
March 30, 2013 | Categories: Atmosphere, Documentary, Flickr, Forests, Nature, Spring, Transitoriness, Trees | Tags: 2013, Baumfällen, cut down, Entlisberg, Fällen, felling, forest tending, March, März, Waldpflege, Zurich | Leave a comment
March 19, 2013 | Categories: Colours, Flickr, Lakes, Landscapes, Moments in Time, Nature, Summer, Waters | Tags: 2013, Blau, Blue, Grau, grey, lake Zurich, March, März, Weiss, white, Zürichsee, Zürisee, Zurich | Leave a comment
February 13, 2013 | Categories: Architecture, Artificial Light, Atmosphere, Buildings, Cities, Flickr, Seasons, Winter | Tags: Kai, Limmat, Limmatquai, Quai, quay, Zurich | Leave a comment
February 10, 2013 | Categories: Architecture, Artificial Light, Buildings, Colours, Flickr, Nature, Night Photography, Winter | Tags: 2013, Bahnhof, Februar, February, fluorescent light, Geleise, Leimbach, neon light, Neonlicht, rails, Schnee, snow, Station, Zurich | Leave a comment

January 19, 2013 | Categories: Buildings, Clouds, Flickr, Moments in Time, Nature, Sky, Trees | Tags: 2012, Adliswil, Blau, Blue, church, clouds, contrail, contrails, Europa, Europe, Flickr, Himmel, Schweiz, September, Silhouette, sky, skyline, steeple, Switzerland | Leave a comment
January 17, 2013 | Categories: Buildings, Cities, Colours, Flickr, Rivers, Seasons, Waters, Winter | Tags: 2013, Fluss, Januar, January, river, Schnee, Schneeweiss, Sigi-Feigl-Terrasse, Sihl, snow, snow white, Weiss, white, Zurich | Leave a comment
July 13, 2012 | Categories: Animals, Birds, Flickr, Nature, Sparrows | Tags: 2012, July, Lindenhof, sparrows, Spatzen, Zurich | Leave a comment
July 8, 2012 | Categories: Clouds, Colours, Dawn, Flickr, ImageTime!, Light, Moments in Time, Nature, Sky, Sunlight, Sunrise | Tags: 2012, Adliswil, Blau, Blue, clouds, dawn, Dämmerung, Gewitterwolken, Grau, grey, Himmel, July, Morgen, morning, orange, rain clouds, red, Regenwolken, Rot, sky, Sonnenaufgang, sunrise, thunderclouds, Wolken, Zurich | Leave a comment
June 29, 2012 | Categories: Clouds, Colours, Flickr, Light, Moments in Time, Nature, Sky | Tags: 2012, Adliswil, June, Juni | Leave a comment
The Venus Transit on June 5 and 6 was a historical event in astronomy. It will take 105 years to repeat itself. Unfortunately, I was not able to view it in the sun, although the transit was observable in Zurich, Switzerland, after sunrise at 3.31 GMT (5.31 MET summer time) until 4.49 GMT (6.49 MET). First, it was cloudy. Second, I didn’t have suitable sunglasses. Whoever wants to be prepared for 2117 should consider welder glasses with filter no 14. Without such equipment you could watch the event even closer through live transmissions by observatories. I highly recommend the images collected by NASA’s “Solar Dynamics Observatory” (SDO). Watch the impressive three-minute-clip on NASA’s YouTube channel.
I did not witness the transit myself. Nevertheless it was a thrill to be aware of it, to feel the moment and know that the Sun, Venus and Earth are on a straight line. And to take a snapshot of the sky in that special moment.
June 6, 2012 | Categories: Colours, Flickr, Moments in Time, Transitoriness | Tags: 2012, clouds, earth, Erde, Gerade, Himmel, June, line, sky, Sonne, sun, Transit, Venus, Venustransit, Wolken | Leave a comment


May 20, 2012 | Categories: Colours, Dawn, Flickr, Light, Moments in Time, Sunrise | Tags: 2012, Adliswil, dawn, Mai, May, Morgendämmerung, Sonnenaufgang, sunrise | Leave a comment
May 2, 2012 | Categories: Boats, Flickr, Moments in Time, Rivers, Vehicles, Waters | Tags: 2012, Fluss, Limmat, Limmat-Schiffahrt, Limmatschiffahrt, Mai, river, Zurich | Leave a comment

April 28, 2012 | Categories: Colours, Flickr, Forests, Moments in Time, Nature, Seasons, Spring, Trees | Tags: 2012, April, Entlisberg, Grün, green, Zurich | Leave a comment
April 26, 2012 | Categories: Architecture, Flickr, Moments in Time | Tags: 2012, April, cat, Europe, fountain, Katze, Leimbach, sculpture, Skulptur, Switzerland, VVZH, Zurich | Leave a comment
April 21, 2012 | Categories: Animals, Birds, Ducks, Flickr, Nature, Seasons, Spring | Tags: 2012, Adliswil, April, duck, ducks, Ente, Enten, Europa, Europe, mallard, mallard duck, mallard ducks, Meadow, Schweiz, Sihl, Stockente, Stockenten, Switzerland, wild duck, wild ducks, Zurich | Leave a comment
Siehe auch Bericht von OnlineChris.
Infos:
Wikipedia über Lachmöve
Wikipedia on Black-headed Gull
December 8, 2011 | Categories: Animals, Birds, Flickr, Gulls, ImageTime!, Moments in Time, Nature | Tags: 2011, Adliswil, black-headed gull, December, Dezember, Gefieder, gull, Lachmöve, Lachmöwe, Möve, Möwe, plumage, sea gull, Sihl, Spannweite, wingspan | Leave a comment














December 7, 2011 | Categories: Animals, Birds, Flickr, Gulls, Moments in Time, Nature, Rivers, Waters, Winter | Tags: 2011, Adliswil, black-headed gulls, Chroicocephalus ridibundus, December, Dezember, gulls, Lachmöven, Lachmöwen, Möven, Möwen, sea gulls, Sihl | Leave a comment
November 21, 2011 | Categories: Animals, Cats, Felis silvestris, Flickr, ImageTime!, Nature | Tags: 2011, Adliswil, cat, cat's eyes, Felis silvestris catus, Kathenaugen, Katze, November, Sihl | Leave a comment
November 17, 2011 | Categories: Animals, Birds, Flickr, Gulls, Nature, Rivers, Waters | Tags: 2011, blackheaded gulls, gulls, Lachmöven, Lachmöwen, Möven, Möwen, November, Schanzengraben, sea gulls, Zurich | Leave a comment
November 17, 2011 | Categories: Animals, Birds, Flickr, Grey Herons, ImageTime!, Nature | Tags: 2011, Graureiher, Grey Heron, November, Schanzengraben, Zurich | Leave a comment
November 17, 2011 | Categories: Autumn, Colours, Flickr, Forests, Nature, Trees, Winter | Tags: 2011, Adliswil, Felsenegg, November, Zurich | Leave a comment

November 1, 2011 | Categories: Autumn, Colours, Flickr, Forests, Nature, Transitoriness, Trees | Tags: 2011, Adliswil, Felsenegg, November, Zurich | Leave a comment

October 15, 2011 | Categories: Atmosphere, Cities, Demonstrations, Documentary, Flickr, Moments in Time, People | Tags: 2011, activists, demonstration, Occupy, October, Paradeplatz, people, protest, rally, Zurich | Leave a comment

September 18, 2011 | Categories: Documentary, Flickr, ImageTime!, Night Photography, Riots, Vehicles | Tags: 2011, police, September, water cannon, Zurich | Leave a comment

July 1, 2011 | Categories: Bridges, Buildings, Documentary, Events, Flickr, High Tide, Nature, Rivers, Waters | Tags: 2011, Adliswil, Juli, July, Sihl | Leave a comment


May 20, 2011 | Categories: Animals, Flickr, Flowers, Frogs, Nature, Plants, Ponds, Seasons, Summer, Waters | Tags: 2011, Adliswil, Europe, Magnoliapsida, May, Nymphaea, Nymphaea alba, Nymphaeacea, Nymphaeales, Nymphaeoideae, pond, Seerose, Seerosen, Switzerland, Water Lilies, Water Lily | Leave a comment



May 11, 2011 | Categories: Animals, Birds, Flickr, ImageTime!, Nature, Swans | Tags: 2011, cygnus olor, feeding, lake Zurich, May, swan | Leave a comment

Note the shape of the duck next to the stone tower
May 9, 2011 | Categories: Animals, Birds, Ducks, Flickr, Nature, Rivers, Waters | Tags: Adliswil, Anas platyrhynchos, duck, ducks, Ente, Enten, Europa, Europe, Schweiz, Sihl, Switzerland, Zurich | Leave a comment

May 6, 2011 | Categories: Cities, Demonstrations, Documentary, Flickr | Tags: 2011, activists, Bahrain, human rights, Mai, May, protest, protesters, Switzerland, Zurich | Leave a comment

May 6, 2011 | Categories: Animals, Birds, Ducks, Flickr, ImageTime!, Nature, Rivers, Waters | Tags: 2011, Anas platyrhynchos, ducks, Enten, Limmat, Mai, mallard ducks, mallards, May, Schipfe, Stockenten, Zurich | Leave a comment

May 3, 2011 | Categories: Animals, Flickr, ImageTime!, Nature | Tags: 2011, Adliswil, Amphibia, Kröte, Mai, May, toad | Leave a comment













May 1, 2011 | Categories: Atmosphere, Cities, Documentary, Flickr, ImageTime!, People, Riots | Tags: 2011, Bullen, Chaoten, cops, Feuer, Feuerwehr, Feuerwehrmann, fire, fire dept, fire man, Gewehre, guns, Krawall, Labour Day, police, police officers, Polizei, Polizisten, riot, rioters, Tag der Arbeit, tear gas, Tränengas, Uniformen, uniforms, vandalism, Vandalismus, Zurich | Leave a comment

February 22, 2011 | Categories: Animals, Birds, Flickr, Gulls, Waters | Tags: 2011, animal, Animalia, animals, aves, beak, bird, birds, Charadriiformes, Europa, Europe, feathers, Februar, February, Fluss, Gefieder, Gewässer, gull, gulls, Laridae, Möve, Möven, Möwe, Möwen, river, Schanzengraben, Schnabel, Schweiz, seagull, seagulls, Switzerland, Tier, Tiere, Vögel, Vertebrata, Wasser, waters, Zurich | Comments Off on My Gull
February 22, 2011 | Categories: Animals, Birds, Flickr, Gulls, ImageTime!, Waters | Tags: 2011, animal, Animalia, animals, aves, beak, bird, birds, Charadriiformes, Europa, Europe, feathers, Februar, February, Fluss, Gefieder, Gewässer, gull, gulls, Laridae, Möve, Möven, Möwe, Möwen, river, Schanzengraben, Schnabel, Schweiz, seagull, seagulls, Switzerland, Tier, Tiere, Vögel, Vertebrata, Wasser, waters, Zurich | Comments Off on Shake, Rattle and Roll

February 22, 2011 | Categories: Animals, Birds, Ducks, Flickr, Nature, Waters | Tags: 2011, Anas, Anas platyrhynchos, Anatidae, Anatinae, Anatini, animal, Animalia, animals, Anseriformes, aves, bird, birds, duck, ducks, Ente, Enten, Europa, Europe, feathers, Februar, February, Fluss, Gefieder, Gewässer, Hausente, Hausenten, mallard, mallard duck, mallard ducks, mallards, nib, river, Schanzengraben, Schnabel, Schweiz, Stockente, Stockenten, Switzerland, Tier, Tiere, Vögel, Wasser, waters, wild duck, wild ducks, Zurich | Comments Off on White and Wild Ducks @Schanzengraben, Zurich
February 22, 2011 | Categories: Animals, Birds, Ducks, Flickr, Nature, Waters | Tags: 2011, Anas, Anas platyrhynchos, Anatidae, Anatinae, Anatini, animal, Animalia, animals, Anseriformes, aves, bird, birds, duck, ducks, Ente, Enten, Europa, Europe, feathers, Februar, February, female, Fluss, Gefieder, Gewässer, mallard duck, mallard ducks, nib, river, Schanzengraben, Schnabel, Schweiz, Stockente, Stockenten, Switzerland, Tier, Tiere, Vögel, Wasser, waters, wild duck, wild ducks, Zurich | Comments Off on Anas platyrhynchos (f) @Schanzengraben, Zürich

September 30, 2010 | Categories: Cities, Documentary, Flickr, Social, Street | Tags: homeless, homelessness, obdachlos, Obdachlosigkeit, police, Polizei, Zurich | Leave a comment
September 17, 2010 | Categories: Animals, Birds, Flickr, Nature, Swans, Waters | Tags: 2010, cygnet, Limmat, Limmatquai, September, swan, Zurich | Leave a comment
September 17, 2010 | Categories: Animals, Birds, Flickr, ImageTime!, Nature, Swans, Waters | Tags: 2010, cygnet, Limmat, river, September, swan, Zurich | Leave a comment
September 17, 2010 | Categories: Animals, Birds, Flickr, ImageTime!, Lakes, Nature, Rivers, Summer, Swans, Waters | Tags: birds, cygnus olor, Europa, Europe, Gefieder, Gewässer, Höckerschwan, Höckerschwäne, lake, lake Zurich, Limmat, Natur, river, Schnabel, Schwäne, Schweiz, See, swan, swans, Switzerland, Tiere, Vögel, Wasser, water, waters, Zürichsee, Zurich | Leave a comment
Since I came across “take a class with Dave & Dave” on http://www.flickr.com and decided to look in, I’ve found out there are approx 24 hours left to accomplish the week 177 tasks (a picture of a flower and one of a scene inspired by a movie).
So, let’s start with the movie. It’s “Home” by Yann Arthus-Bertrand. It allows pictures of landscapes, nature, animals, you name it. It’s about environment aware economy.
The sheep is one of the most natural sources for textile fabric, wool. Sheep have been domesticated since about 8000 years. Sheep fit perfecly well into an economy close to nature, a scene @home.
The movie website is http://www.home-2009.com
June 9, 2010 | Categories: Animals, Flickr, ImageTime!, Nature, Sheep, Summer | Tags: Europa, Europe, Fell, fur, Natur, Ovis orientalis aries, Schaf, Schafe, Schafwolle, Schweiz, sheep, Switzerland, Tiere, Wolle, wool, Zurich | Leave a comment
June 9, 2010 | Categories: Colours, Flickr, Flowers, Nature, Night Photography, Plants, Weather | Tags: 2010, Adliswil, Gelb, night photography, yellow | Leave a comment

May 3, 2010 | Categories: Cities, Documentary, Flickr, Night Photography, People, Street | Tags: 2010, Hauptbahnhof, Mai, main railway station, May, police, Polizei, Zurich | Leave a comment

May 3, 2010 | Categories: Animals, Birds, Colours, Flickr, Grey Herons, ImageTime!, Nature, Spring, Waters | Tags: Adrea cinerea cinerea, Ardea cinerea, beak, Europa, Europe, feathers, Fischreiher, Fluss, Gefieder, Gewässer, Graureiher, Grey Heron, Natur, nature, plumage, river, Schanzengraben, Schnabel, Schweiz, Switzerland, Wasser, water, waters, Zurich | Comments Off on Grey Heron
Bahnhofstrasse: No Go








Bürkliplatz





Helvetiaplatz






Langstrasse










Late Shift


May 1, 2010 | Categories: Colours, Demonstrations, Documentary, Flickr, People, Riots, Vehicles | Tags: 2010, activists, Aktivisten, Demonstranten, Krawall, Krawallmacher, Labour Day, Mai, police, Polizei, protesters, riot, rioters, Tag der Arbeit, Zurich | Leave a comment

April 29, 2010 | Categories: Colours, Flickr, Flowers, Nature, Plants, Seasons, Spring | Tags: Blumen, Europa, Europe, flowers, Frühling, Gelb, Grün, Natur, nature, Pflanzen, plants, Schweiz, spring, Switzerland, Zurich | Comments Off on Spring’s Smile

April 29, 2010 | Categories: Animals, Birds, Flickr, Forests, Moments in Time, Nature, Spring | Tags: bird, birds, Europa, Europe, forests, path, Schweiz, Switzerland, Vögel, Wald, Waldweg, Zurich | Comments Off on Subsonic

April 19, 2010 | Categories: Architecture, Atmosphere, Documentary, Flickr, People, Street | Tags: city police, police, police station, Polizei, Polizeiwache, Stadtpolizei, Urania, Zurich | Leave a comment

April 10, 2010 | Categories: Colours, Flickr, Nature, Seasons, Spring | Tags: Braun, brown, colors, colours, Entlisberg, Europa, Europe, Farben, Frühling, Hang, outdoors, Schweiz, slope, spring, Switzerland, Zurich | Comments Off on Winter’s Heritage

April 10, 2010 | Categories: Colours, Flickr, Forests, Nature, Seasons, Spring | Tags: colors, colours, Entlisberg, Europa, Europe, Farben, forest, forest road, Frühling, Grün, green, road, Schweiz, spring, Switzerland, Wald, Waldstrasse, Zurich | Comments Off on Colours of Spring ’10

April 9, 2010 | Categories: Colours, Flickr, Nature, Plants, Seasons, Spring, Trees | Tags: Baum, Bäume, colors, colours, Europa, Europe, Farben, Frühling, Frühlingsfarben, Gelb, Schweiz, spring, Switzerland, Tree, Trees, yellow, Zurich | Comments Off on Colours of Spring ’10 (III)

October 29, 2009 | Categories: Autumn, Colours, Flickr, Forests, Moments in Time, Nature, Seasons, Transitoriness, Trees | Tags: 2009, autumn, colors, colours, Europa, Europe, Herbst, Schweiz, Switzerland, Zurich | Comments Off on Colours of Autumn

October 10, 2009 | Categories: Architecture, Buildings, Colours, Flickr, Nature, Transitoriness | Tags: 2009, autumn, blatt, building, corrosion, fall, Herbst, Korrosion, leaf, October, Oktober, oxidation, oxydation, parking lot, Parkplatz, rost, rust, Schweiz, Switzerland | Comments Off on Oxidations

September 14, 2009 | Categories: Animals, Cats, Flickr, ImageTime!, Moments in Time, Nature, Waters | Tags: Carnivora, cat, cats, Europa, Europe, Eutheria, Felidae, Felinae, Felis, Felis silvestris, Felis silvestris catus, Feloidea, Fluss, Katze, Katzen, kitty, Laurasiatheria, Leimbach, Mammalia, mammals, river, Säugetiere, Schweiz, Sihl, Switzerland, Zurich | Comments Off on River Side Kitty

August 17, 2009 | Categories: Architecture, Buildings, Cities, Flickr, Moments in Time, Nature, Panoramio, Picasaweb, Rivers, Seasons, Summer, Transitoriness, Waters | Tags: 2009, church, clouds, Europa, Europe, Fluss, Grossmünster, Kirche, Kirchtürme, Kirchturm, Limmat, river, Schweiz, steeple, steeples, Switzerland, Wolken, Zurich | Comments Off on Zurich 2009

July 1, 2009 | Categories: Flickr, Moments in Time, Nature, Panoramio, Seasons, Summer, Waters | Tags: 2009, Adliswil, Europa, Europe, flumen, Fluss, Juli, July, river, Schweiz, Sihl, Sommer, summer, Switzerland | Comments Off on Flumen