Author Archives: Fred Silvester Wouters

Reflection

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The cloud forest greenhouse at the ‘Gardens by the bay’ in Singapore. This is a completely artificial place with high-tech ‘super trees’ and two giant greenhouses. Not that vegetation does not grow outside, but inside the greenhouses the environment can be cooled so that tourists feel comfortable. Bizarro world. Shown is a peek inside. You can see the waterfalls (some more than 50 m high) and vegetation through the glass panels. But only where a shadow of another building prevents light reflection in this inside-ouside game. © 2018 Fred S. Wouters

Powder sugar snow on rock

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An gloomy one. This one will be difficult to recognise with the dramatic lighting and the peculiar shape. You are looking at a big rock polished to have smooth waves/blobs onto which very fine specks of ice rain have fallen. The bit in front has not been polished or perhaps something has broken off. As if it has been sprinkled with powder sugar. Without context, it looks a bit like fungus on a raspberry. © 2017 Fred S. Wouters

Weber and Gauss

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I took advantage of the cold early morning to shoot this improved statue of the famous Göttingen physicist Weber (left) and mathematician Gauss (right) in high contrast. The thin layer of ice crystals augments the details. I love the whimsical humour of the bottle of beer in Gauss’ hand. It looks absolutely natural and intended and fits with the thoughtful discussion between the two. Even if someone were to remove the bottle (and it’s been there for a long time already), this cannot be unseen anymore. © 2017 Fred S. Wouters

Animal drinking fountain

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With the Christmas market (Weihnachtsmarkt) in the background, this is a detail of an ornamental three-level drinking fountain for animals in the main shopping street of Göttingen. Something you walk past without really noticing. The ‘ground level’ is a drinking bowl for dogs (decorated with dogs), the top is a bird bath (yes, with birds). Following the same logic, the middle level is meant for horses. This is a detail with the horse heads. The actual bowl is outside the frame. I like the anachronism and the stern look of the animals. Yesterday was the right moment for the picture. © Fred S. Wouters, 2016.