Junot – Where to next?

February 15, 2025

In the spotlight

16.5 km / 10.3 miles 🚶 🚗

Tiger and Turtle - Magic Mountain & Duisburg 🇩🇪

Tiger and Turtle - Magic Mountain is an art installation and landmark in Duisburg, Germany, built in 2011.

Duisburg is a city in the Ruhr metropolitan area of the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Lying on the confluence of the Rhine and the Ruhr rivers in the center of the Rhine-Ruhr Region, Duisburg is one of the largest cities in North Rhine-Westphalia and the 15th-largest city in Germany.

The story

Wow, it has been almost three years since I last used the LomoChrome Metropolis film simulation recipe! I programmed it into the X-S10 and went to the Tiger & Turtle roller coaster and the city of Duisburg for some gloomy, grungy, overcast shots.

The gear

Camera:
Fujifilm X-S10

Camera lens:
Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR

Camera lens filter:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4

Film simulation recipe:
LomoChrome Metropolis

The pictures

February 8, 2025

In the spotlight

8.4 km / 5.2 miles 🚶

Tilburg 🇳🇱

Tilburg is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, in the southern province of North Brabant.

The story

Today, I explored a new city, this time Tilburg, and used a recipe I hadn’t used in a while on my Ricoh: the vividly colored Royal Supra.

The gear

Camera:
Ricoh GR III (Street Edition)

Camera lens filter:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4

Film simulation recipe:
Royal Supra

The pictures

February 2, 2025

In the spotlight

13.8 km / 8.6 miles 🚶

Köln (Cologne) 🇩🇪

Cologne is the largest city of Germany's most populous state of North Rhine-Westphalia and it is the most populous city of both the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region and the Rhineland.

The story

I was in the mood to take my good old Fujifilm X-E2 out on a date today, so I did! Unfortunately, my 23mm lens had some issues, so I paired it with the 50mm instead. That combo requires a city with enough ‘room’ for a full-frame equivalent 77mm field of view – so Cologne it was!

The gear

Camera:
Fujifilm X-E2

Camera lens:
Fujinon XF 50mm f/2 R WR

Camera lens filter:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4

Film simulation recipe:
Kodachrome 64

The pictures

February 1, 2025

In the spotlight

4.4 km / 2.7 miles 🚶

Leverkusen 🇩🇪

Leverkusen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the eastern bank of the Rhine. To the south, Leverkusen borders the city of Cologne, and to the north the state capital, Düsseldorf.

The story

A new month, a new city. This time, I visited the city of Leverkusen. Not very much to do, so it was a pretty disappointing day. Better luck next time!

The gear

Camera:
Fujifilm X-S10

Camera lens:
Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR

Camera lens filter:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4

Film simulation recipe:
Fujicolor Superia 1600

The pictures

January 25, 2025 (day 2)

In the spotlight

16.3 km / 10.1 miles 🚶 🛴

Dortmund 🇩🇪

Dortmund is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the ninth-largest city in Germany.

The story

Day two in Dortmund – this time with some proper urbexing: exploring an abandoned steel factory and its surroundings. Even got a tour through the building by some graffiti artists who were just wrapping up!