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Published: 05 Jan 2026 › Updated: 05 Jan 2026Snow.

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Hello everyone! This is my first post about photography and honestly, I don't have much of a clue. Which means I have a lot of learning potential.

I generally take pictures of about everything that catches my eye, and recently had to buy a new phone, so I got one with 3x optic zoom (Motorola Edge 60 Pro) as many times, I'd love to take pictures of birds and such that are further away, but I'd spook them and the digital zoom just doesn't cut it.

The zoom is pretty awesome. That was a 12,7x, so partially digital. My mom took the same picture, and it's a lot more blurry than mine. it was taken through a window on top.

So, as we had some snow, I played around with the camera. In Auto-Mode for now, just doing the focus and zoom. I know a little about the professional functions, but from what I see, the Auto-Mode is quite good. I'm not sure if I could add to it. I think I already used 2 of the pictures in posts, so they might look familiar to those who follow me.

Paths

P1 - They're all vertical. I think paths look best when taking the pic vertically.

P2 - The reed roofs are very typical in the village I grew up at. There's usually a building at the front, and then some sheds and gardening space in the back.

P3 - Mom didn't have the time and energy to cut the hedges back this fall. It does look mysterious now with the snow.

P4 - These vines are dangling down from the roof. A bit creepy, but also cool.

P5 - These are grapes I think. I didn't get the focus quite right, it should be more on the first few, or what do you think? Anyway, they remind me of "The Last of Us".

Landscape

L1 - I tried to use the tree on the right as a vignette. There's a Christmas star on the right side, on top of one of the structures way back. In this climate, they remind me of "The War of the Worlds" - or Half-Life 2.

L2 - That tree line is one of my favorites. I already took some pictures at dawn, too.

L3 - "Early" morning, sun coming up.

Objects

O1 - Wrong time, wrong place. Weird to find it lying there.

O2 - Robbed of their utility, the pipe and the rainwater tub await for warmer days.

O3 - Taken through the window which unfortunately was already covered in water drops itself. I wasn't able to get the focus on the lamp quite right without the spots, though they do add something special. It's not b/w, just came out that way.

That's the best ones. I have a few more, but they don't inspire me, so why post them? How do you select your favorite pictures to show here? As I said, I'm interested in learning a lot about photography, compositions, angles, perspective and all those specific words that I don't even know yet.

As you can see, I marked the pictures with initials so it's easier to refer to them.

I do hope you somewhat liked what you see! And maybe give me some tips and tricks?

Thank you very much for your time & attention!

Pictures taken with a Motorla Edge 60 Pro.

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Born in Germany, studied Environmental Sciences with focus on water chemistry, migrated to Ecuador in 2013, started an artisan bakery in 2014 which is still going strong, father since 2018. Love to talk philosophy, communication, parenting, stock market and Splinterlands. Newbie on Hive and Crypto and all that, but a decent Splinterlands-Player.

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