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Presentation changes - 2021 Chess Flowers

Friday, 3 September 2021

Since I'm still more and more struggling to fill this blog with new and meaningful content in time, I was just forced to think about a few changes and finally I decided to end the way I formerly displayed my newer images here in the blog. Due to technical reasons, I could only show up to nine images in one blog post and I just cannot find the time to make as many blog entries as are necessary to show all the images I'd like to and even more I cannot find the time to fit out all these images with the framings, as I did in the past. But for me it's still crucial to show at least a few of my photographs, because that's what they are made for. To be seen. And, unfortunately, I'm also unable to tell all the stories, experiences and thoughts, which actually go hand in hand with the creation of my images. So, as of now, I will create a new hidden and temporary gallery for every new set of pictures I'd like to show. You will find the links to these galleries only here in my news blog entries and I will delete these galleries sooner or later. But, of course, some of the images will finally get a title, framing, watermark/signature, short description, as you know it, and will make it in one of the permanent galleries and/or project galleries and/or the showcase. Hope you agree :) The first of these new temporary galleries shows the long overdue (remaining) Chess Flower pictures of 2021. Enjoy.

There's hardly anything I enjoy more than looking towards the rising sun on a dew covered meadow of wildflowers ...

... but also the moments of very early dawn are super delightful an soothing.
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Bildband Natürliche Nähe

Monday, 28 June 2021

Der Natur mit Fotos ihrer selbst gerecht zu werden, ist wohl kaum möglich. Der Natur mit stark reduzierten Aufnahmen im Internet gerecht zu werden, ist definitiv nicht möglich. Daher steht bereits seit Beginn meines Projektes Natürliche Nähe die Produktion eines Bildbandes als wesentlicher physischer Output und wichtiger Bestandteil fest und es ist nun Zeit für einen ersten Einblick und Teaser.

Wie beim gesamten Projekt ist auch hier der Anspruch ein visuell-ästhetischer und weniger ein sachlich-dokumentarischer.

Der Transport von Emotionen, als Schlüssel zur Anerkennung des umfassenden Wertes dieser naturnahen Gebiete, steht klar im Vordergrund.

Neben unzähligen Fotografien aus den oberösterreichischen Augebieten, wird das Werk selbstverständlich auch das eine oder andere Wissenswerte oder Unbekannte, vor allem aber auch kurzweilige persönliche Geschichten zu besonderen Erlebnissen, beinhalten.

Ein Buch zum Schmökern, Inspirieren lassen, Staunen, Träumen und als Motivation aktiv zu werden.

Die Verwirklichung des Bildbandes wird noch einige Zeit in Anspruch nehmen, erscheinen wird dieser voraussichtlich im Frühjahr 2022.

Details, wie etwa Preis oder Seitenzahl werden in den kommenden Wochen bekanntgegeben, das Format steht mit 31x22cm geschlossen bereits fest.

Die Darstellungen zeigen das derzeitige Layout, der fertige Bildband kann davon abweichen.
Alle jene, die nach dieser ersten kleinen Ankündigung bereits Interesse an dem Buch haben, sei herzlich gedankt, wenn sie sich vorab unter photo@rupertkogler.com melden. So wird es wesentlich leichter sein, die Höhe der Auflage vernünftig abzuschätzen.

Strawberry fields part I

Thursday, 15 April 2021

Hello again everyone :) Although winter here in Austria isn't really willing to surrender, the pleasant spring time already keeps me busy since a coulpe of exciting weeks. In terms of taking pictures I was actually working only on three topics. My main project Natürliche Nähe, my side project Liquid Souls and on the Chess Flowers. Today I would like to start with the first set out of three of my 2021 Chess Flower images, before I will show some pictures of the other projects sooner or later here. Due to the start of the pandemic, I couldn't make my trip to the Chess Flowers last spring and due to our stay in New Zealand, I also missed the short blooming period of these mesmerizing plants also in 2019. So I was already pretty eager to visit them this year and again it definitely payed off.

I took this image right upon my arrival at about 04:00 a.m. to show one of the flowers and also this beautiful old Oak Tree in soft moon light.

Again I was very glad, I decided to drive at night to be there before sunrise, because also this time the conditions during the very first morning were just super exciting.

In one way they kind of remind me of Kingfishers. Both of them are very beautiful, special and colorful, but nevertheless they are so easily overlooked.

Morning gold.

Most of these wild flowers are way smaller than those, which can be found as cultivated plants in countless gardens.

There's definitely no need to cut down all the grass (and sometimes also other Chess Flowers!), to get a "good" view at a flower, like sadly still lots of photographers use to do.

Finally the last drops of dew vanish during the later morning hours.

Every here and there also some blooming Buttercups can be found growing side by side with the Chess Flowers.

A little gathering at sunset.
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