http://www.grobe-bilder.com/index.phpmichael grobe photographyenmichael grobeCopyright 2009 michael grobe2010-02-25T10:21:42-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:43:18 -0800michael grobephotos2010-02-25T10:21:42-08:00http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/mulholland_night.html#unique-entry-id-108http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/mulholland_night.html#unique-entry-id-108
Canon EOS-5D Mark II - EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM - iso100 - f/2.8 - 1.6 sec
- Michael Grobe

Driving along Mulholland Drive at midnight. The million lights of L.A. shining through the bars of an electricity pylon. Btw... love David Lynch movies...]]>michael grobephotos2010-02-12T11:22:13-08:00http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/catch_the_wave.html#unique-entry-id-107http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/catch_the_wave.html#unique-entry-id-107
Canon EOS-5D Mark II - EF 70-200mm 1:2.8L IS USM - iso100 - f/8 0.8 sec
- Michael Grobe

An earlybird dares to go into the cold water. The surfers still wear neoprene in this time of the year, but this guy likes to freshen up at 6am.]]>michael grobephotos2010-02-11T08:10:05-08:00http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/blue_dawn.html#unique-entry-id-106http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/blue_dawn.html#unique-entry-id-106
Canon EOS-5D Mark II - EF 70-200mm 1:2.8L IS USM - iso100
- f/8 1.6 sec - Michael Grobe

Arrived in L.A. and headed out to the Beach early in the morning, jetlag woke me up at 4am.]]>michael grobephotos2010-01-21T19:14:16-08:00http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/the_little_sun.html#unique-entry-id-105http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/the_little_sun.html#unique-entry-id-105
Canon EOS-5D Mark II - EF 70-200mm 1:2.8L IS USM - iso800
- f/2.8 1/320 sec - Michael Grobe

A tiny little sun goes down in Berlin. They should get a bigger one this year, this one passes almost unnoticed.]]>michael grobephotos2010-02-11T08:09:41-08:00http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/last_thought_of_winter.html#unique-entry-id-104http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/last_thought_of_winter.html#unique-entry-id-104
Canon EOS-5D Mark II - EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM - iso400 - f/8 - 30 sec
- Michael Grobe

The last impression of winter before flying to L.A. for a few weeks. ]]>michael grobephotos2010-01-17T14:45:43-08:00http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/winter_night_sun.html#unique-entry-id-103http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/winter_night_sun.html#unique-entry-id-103
Canon EOS-5D Mark II - EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM - iso100 - f/3.2 - 30 sec
- Michael Grobe

What looks like a shot into the sun is really a 30 sec. night exposure, the “sun” light is sent from Munich´s olympic tower.]]>michael grobephotos2010-01-10T18:22:56-08:00http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/daisy_and_the_snow.html#unique-entry-id-102http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/daisy_and_the_snow.html#unique-entry-id-102
Canon EOS-5D Mark II - EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM - iso3200 - f/2.8 - 1/100 sec
- Michael Grobe

Daisy, Europe´s current low-pressure system brought lots of snow all over Germany and really cold temperatures. All that snow makes a lovely backdrop for some night shots. And at 1am, there aren´t too many guys plowing through the white scenery, it is quiet and one can enjoy the freshly fallen white stuff. If those cameras were just built with bigger buttons, so that you can easily operate with gloves on, it´s quite difficult to do that properly with modern DSLRs.]]>michael grobephotospersonal2009-12-31T20:09:38-08:00http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/happy_new_year.html#unique-entry-id-101http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/happy_new_year.html#unique-entry-id-101
Canon EOS-5D Mark II - EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM - iso3200 - f/8 - 0.8 sec
- Michael Grobe

I wish everyone a happy new year!
These shots have been taken on Munich´s Olympiaberg, the highest point of the city with views all around. A couple of thousand people gather there each year to celebrate and make the little mountain disappear peacefully in fire and smoke.


Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III - EF 70-200mm 1:2.8L IS USM
- iso1600 - f/2.8 -1/5 sec - Michael Grobe
]]>michael grobephotos2009-12-30T14:25:31-08:00http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/famous_details.html#unique-entry-id-100http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/famous_details.html#unique-entry-id-100
Canon EOS-5D Mark II - EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM - iso400 - f/2,8 - 1/50 sec

Architectural details to be found on one of Munich´s most famous roofs. Frei Otto´s roof tensile structures.
A tele-lens can be a great tool for capturing details, despite it´s bulkiness the 300/2,8 becomes my favorite lens. ]]>michael grobephotos2009-12-29T14:53:25-08:00http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/the_roofs_of_munich.html#unique-entry-id-99http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/the_roofs_of_munich.html#unique-entry-id-99
Canon EOS-5D Mark II - 420mm (EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM +1.4x) - iso800 - f/8 -
HDR exposure blending of 3 shots - Michael Grobe

A foggy winter night over Munich´s roof tops.
]]>michael grobephotos2009-12-24T03:17:35-08:00http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/last_sunset_in_berlin.html#unique-entry-id-98http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/last_sunset_in_berlin.html#unique-entry-id-98
Canon EOS-5D Mark II - EF 70-200mm 1:2.8L IS USM - iso100
- f/2.8 1/400 sec - Michael Grobe

Enjoying the last sunset before Christmas reflected in the Nikolassee near Potsdam, Berlin.]]>michael grobephotos2009-12-08T16:22:07-08:00http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/distorted_night.html#unique-entry-id-97http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/distorted_night.html#unique-entry-id-97
Canon EOS-5D Mark II - EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM - iso100 - f/5,6 -
HDR exposure blending of 3 shots - Michael Grobe

The Olympiapark is becoming a favorite shooting ground... but then again, there is so much detail to be explored, each time I take my camera there, I find new opportunities. Spotted this one walking by the Olympic Stadium and chatting to a friend. First hesitated as I had to shoot through a fence. But then positioning the lens inches away from the fence got rid of any obtrusive lines in the out-of-focus area. Shot as a bracketed exposures to blend dynamic range detail together, I guess it was worth the freezing hands... ]]>michael grobephotos2009-11-17T13:44:20-08:00http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/the_last_guest.html#unique-entry-id-96http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/the_last_guest.html#unique-entry-id-96
Canon EOS-5D Mark II - TS-E 24mm 1:3.5 L - iso6400 - f/4.0 1/10 sec - Michael Grobe

The last guest in “Seehaus“ at the “Kleinhesseloher See” in Munich´s English Garden.

The lamps are indeed beer mugs...


Canon EOS-7D - EF 70-200mm 1:2.8L IS USM - iso1600 - f/4.5 -
HDR exposure blending of 3 shots - Michael Grobe
]]>michael grobephotos2009-11-09T15:34:47-08:00http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/biomorph.html#unique-entry-id-95http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/biomorph.html#unique-entry-id-95
Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III - EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM - iso800 - f/7,1 6 sec - Michael Grobe

Biomorph: organic architecture. The famous roof tensile structures of Frei Otto.]]>michael grobephotos2009-12-28T15:10:09-08:00http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/island_in_the_fog.html#unique-entry-id-93http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/island_in_the_fog.html#unique-entry-id-93
Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III - EF 70-200mm 1:2.8L IS USM - iso100 - f/4,5 1/2500 sec - Michael Grobe

A distant memory of the last summer... a sailboat on the ocean near Santa Monica, Los Angeles. Not really a view one can enjoy here in Germany during the winter.]]>michael grobephotos2009-10-26T15:46:07-07:00http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/digging_in_mud.html#unique-entry-id-92http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/digging_in_mud.html#unique-entry-id-92
Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III - 420mm (EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM +1.4x)
- iso3200 - f/4.0 1/8 sec - Michael Grobe

And another night at the Oly-park in Munich again. The Olympia-lake has been drained partially, a great opportunity for some unusual low light mud photography.]]>michael grobephotosequipment2009-09-23T17:17:10-07:00http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/pangolin.html#unique-entry-id-90http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/pangolin.html#unique-entry-id-90
Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III - EF 300mm 1:2.8L IS USM - iso100 - f/8 13 sec - Michael Grobe

Another night at the Olympiapark in Munich, photographing the timeless architecture.
Pangolin - das Schuppentier.

Incredible detail and sharpness rendered by the EF 300mm 1:2.8L IS USM in this 13 sec long exposure.


Detailed crop of image above.]]>michael grobephotos2009-09-14T18:00:46-07:00http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/the_last_adventure.html#unique-entry-id-89http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/the_last_adventure.html#unique-entry-id-89
Canon EOS-5D Mark II - EF 16-35mm 1:2.8L II USM - iso400 - f/8 20 sec
- composite of 15 images - tree-lighting by Udo Smutny and Michael Grobe

Another night out in the woods to create some light paintings in darkness. The barbarians, knights and wizards where shot on a small wall lit by a campfire, the moon and a 580EX II flash a few days later during a medieval gathering of old friends. Even the photographer was wearing a chain mail that night, which added another 15 kg to the usual 20 kg of photographic equipment, that he is lugging around.
The guys gather once a year in battle gear, to celebrate the old times as fantasy-role-players. They started almost 25 years ago, spent uncounted nights in a small wooden hut guiding their characters through quests and fantastic adventures...
... and maybe, when they are all retired in years to come, they gather again, grab out those 50 year old documents and finally finish the last campaign fighting the return of Borbarad, the master of demons.


Canon EOS-5D Mark II - EF 16-35mm 1:2.8L II USM - iso3200 - f/6.3 1/2 sec - Michael Grobe]]>michael grobephotos2009-08-31T15:21:58-07:00http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/on_the_road_again.html#unique-entry-id-88http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/on_the_road_again.html#unique-entry-id-88
Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III - 420mm (EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM +1.4x)
- iso100 - f/4.5 1/250 sec - Michael Grobe

The ultrasharp 300mm f/2.8 works exceptionally well with the 1.4x Teleconverter resulting in a very sharp 420mm f/4 capturing this beauty on the road again. ]]>michael grobephotos2009-08-23T16:59:04-07:00http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/the_skies_over_germany.html#unique-entry-id-87http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/the_skies_over_germany.html#unique-entry-id-87
Canon EOS-5D Mark II - EF 15mm 1:2.8 - iso100 - f/8 1/125 sec - Michael Grobe

Airborne... a friend flies the great ultralight planes FK Leichtflugzeuge and I take the chance to join him exploring the skies over Germany. Next time we take the older plane, where the doors can be left out, should be great for photography and maybe the hairstyle.


Canon EOS-5D Mark II - EF 15mm 1:2.8 - iso100 - f/16 1/60 sec captured from HD video


Canon EOS-5D Mark II - EF 15mm 1:2.8 - iso100 - f/16 1/60 sec captured from HD video]]>michael grobephotoswork2009-07-21T13:40:38-07:00http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/just_a_shoe.html#unique-entry-id-86http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/just_a_shoe.html#unique-entry-id-86
Canon EOS-5D Mark II - EF 70-200mm 1:2.8L IS USM - iso6400 - f/2.8 1/25 sec - Michael Grobe

Shoes taken off as a guest reads in the comfy chair in the library...
Shot through a glass table at the wrap party for “2012”. Iso 6400 on the Canon EOS 5D Mk II is great for those low light events.]]>michael grobephotoswork2009-07-21T00:08:21-07:00http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/2012_almost_done.html#unique-entry-id-85http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/2012_almost_done.html#unique-entry-id-85
Canon EOS-5D Mark II - EF 16-35mm 1:2.8L II USM - iso6400 - f/2.8 1/10 sec
- Michael Grobe
This Saturday we celebrated the exclusive Uncharted Territory wrap party for Roland Emmerich´s next blockbuster “2012”. Roland invited the in-house unit generously to his house for a really extraordinary festivity at an extraordinary and beautiful place. Our effects work for the movie is almost done, the last shots are to be finaled, soon...
I am wrapping up to go back to Germany for holidays... Munich beer-gardens, Schnitzel, Weisswuerste, Brezen and Radler are waiting...


Canon EOS-5D Mark II - EF 70-200mm 1:2.8L IS USM - iso6400 - f/2.8 1/50 sec


Canon EOS-5D Mark II - EF 70-200mm 1:2.8L IS USM - iso6400 - f/2.8 1/8 sec

]]>michael grobephotos2009-07-05T00:11:37-07:00http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/4th_of_july.html#unique-entry-id-84http://www.grobe-bilder.com/grobe-bilder-blog/files/4th_of_july.html#unique-entry-id-84
Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III - EF 70-200mm 1:2.8L IS USM - iso1600 - f/3.2 1/140 sec - Michael Grobe

Watching the fireworks sent off into the sky at the hollywood bowl behind the hills to celebrate Independence Day.
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