A famous bridge over a natural gate, 1987.
Not far from the meadows and cliffs in Yosemite you can find this bridge. It bridges a famous "gate". In a beautiful photography from the time before the bridge, Ansel Adams portrayed this powerful landscape. That was more than fifty years ago. I guess you recognize this bridge. If you don't, check below for more inspiration!
A few miles south of this bridge there are people that make billions of "gates" every day! They even use gold in the manufacturing process. Further to the north, along the continentīs west coast, a certain Mr Gates is carefully watching how his golden fortune is increasing.
The picture was taken with a Hasselblad 1000 F and the normal lens from Zeiss, 2.8/80, temporarily called Opton. In the fifties there was a brand name dispute between the West German Zeiss, Oberkochen, and the (original) East German Zeiss of Jena. Otherwise the lens would have carried the world-famous name "Tessar". By the way, this dispute was eventually settled when parts of the two companies, the one in Jena and the one in Oberkochen, merged after the German re-unification...
A gate to a better world, March 1996.
The Swedish King likes the simple way of living on the countryside. That's why the royal family has moved out to Drottningholm on an island in lake Mälaren. However, the previous owners of the facilities were not so modest and they erected this golden gate at the entrance to the garden. The picture was taken with a Hasselblad 1000 F and with the unusual soft focus lens from Rodenstock, the Imagon 120 mm. Normally this lens is used for portraits but I like it also in landscape photography.