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I pass this landmark just about every day while I am in Munich: the Müllersches Volksbad, which is a public bathhouse. Love its classic Art Nouveau clockface:

Art Nouveau Clockface, Munich

Had a chance to wander around the old part of the city after work finished today. Here’s a picture of the Main Tower of Neues Rathaus here in Munich:

Main Tower of Neues Rathaus, Munich

A work day, so have not had much opportunities to take pictures, but I did manage to take this from the hotel window at the end of my floor.

Church Spire and Distant Smokestacks, Munich

Arrived in Munich and fought jet leg long enough to go out and get some dinner for myself, and wander around a bit, getting my bearings. Didn’t take many pictures, but here’s my favourite from the day:

Statue Alongside the Isar River, Munich

Off on another business trip, this time for a couple of weeks in Germany, on behalf of Mekon. The trip will take me first to Munich, then to Berlin. Am also hoping to get the chance to meet the Schengili family over the weekend that I will be in Munich.

My Flight at Pearson International Airport

Today is the last day that pennies are to be used for any sort of financial transaction, so for my Picture of the Day I emptied our penny jar and took some pics as a tribute. This jumble ended up being my favourite:

Pennies

It contains a nice shinny example of a 2012 penny just above center, along with a couple of older pennies, going back to nice example from 1962, and you can also see a few US pennies peeking out from under the pile.

I took my youngest daughter Annie to FrostCon, which was a small largely Anime-themed one-day event that was happening at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts. Small, a bit crowded at times and the presentations were a little bit haphazard, but everybody clearly had fun while there. I was also by a decade (maybe two?) the oldest person I saw there. 😉

Came away with some fun shots though.

First, my two daughters:

FrostCon: Fionna and Cake (Annie and Dawn)

FrostCon: Vanessa as The TARDIS

Other people Cosplaying at FrostCon:

FrostCon: Creeper Who Wants a Hug

FrostCon: Hailey as Hogarth from The Iron Giant

FrostCon: Doctor Whooves and Derpy (Keikoandgilly and BaldDumboRat)

FrostCon: Someone Playing Marshall Lee from Adventure Time

FrostCon: Vickybunnyangel Cosplay

FrostCon: Woman Playing a Character from Spiderman Cast of Characters

FrostCon: Woman on Panel Cosplaying as Discord from My Little Pony

FrostCon: Steampunk Girl

Full Moon (Shot Using “Bigma” 500mm Lens)

For once we had clear skies, and when I looked outside a full moon was directly overhead. Grabbed my “Bigma” lens (a 500mm Sigma with a four/thirds mount) and went outside. I played around with aperture settings and with focus, and out of about 40+ shots this was the one that was the most crisp. Some contrast added using PhotoShop Lightroom in order to bring out more detail.

The following was shot using by “Bigma” lens set to about 450mm, as this pair of swan maybe 10 meters from the shoreline (and keeping a wary eye on my dog, who was along for the walk down by the beach).

A Pair of Overwintering Mute Swans

Shot with my 200mm lens about an hour before the sun came up:

Crescent Moon Before Sunrise