(Ahem) I think (IMO) you may have that the wrong way around … thanks for sharing your work!
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Oh, welcome to Zurich! 
Find the creature, it won’t be hard. This is a church building, Wasserkirche, now used as an exhibition hall. Photo by my wife, taken with her mobile.
Regarding the horse (it takes pictures!):
Live stream from the horse’s perspective:
https://www.youtube.com/live/0at5Han4CPA
In German:
Recommended background music:
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and moves!!!
A black horse stands on the roof of one of the high-rise buildings in the development. The animal, which is dangerously close to the edge of the roof, moves its head, shakes it, rears up, scratches with its front leg, stands still. It is constructed of a metal profile framework, connected by joints, which is moved by hydraulic cylinders. Yves Netzhammer’s kinetic sculpture has a strong recognition effect and is a landmark that stands out, surprises and tempts you to ponder.
And the result of my pondering is: your choice of soundtrack is appropriate!
Thanks for sharing this bizzare art installation!
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I bet that’s the high horse that people keep going on about.
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After the high horse, someone is living High on the Hog:
Just back yesterday after some time away in the Barossa Valley, SA, where I encountered this beauty, and accidentally managed to catch my own reflection in the chrome behind the air intake.
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Your picture recalls an experience I had spending a couple of weeks in Brisbane, working at Boeing House. First night there at dinner, saw a Shiraz on the wine list, ordered a glass as my wife had recently bought a bottle and we enjoyed it. Waiter got a little excited, said it was a good one, so my colleague ordered one. We spent the rest of the two weeks trying Shirazs, having a good time of it. Didn’t realize until the last night that Shiraz was a Barossa ‘thing’; the Australian exec hosting us got wind, he got all excited and organized an impromptu tasting to accompany our meal. It was a good thing we were walking back to the hotel…
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Opinions vary as to the best wine region for Shiraz in Australia; the Barossa has a reputation for many fine wines, and Penfolds’ Grange Hermitage is arguably the best, and certainly the most expensive in Australia, for certain vintages. Grange is a blend of Shiraz with some Cabernet Sauvignon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penfolds_Grange
The NSW Hunter Valley also likes to lay claim to wine-producing premier position in Australia.
Me? I like the Shiraz that comes from the Coonawarra region in SA, where they have grown Shiraz since 1890.
Yes, Shiraz starts at about 12% by volume but can get to 15% - it’s very easy to get BAC above 0.05 drinking some of that … 
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two birds: bluetit using our nesting buffet. It was fun watching her rip out the fibers. She was really putting her back into ist. And a bird I cant identify from the top of my head out the kitchen window.
Building up the courage to explain to my wife the beercan doesnt cut it any more and I need that Tamron 50-400 for the birds…
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Redstart? Maybe Black redstart… Female of either species? Need someone with more skills than me to get it though.
Oh, don’t know about “doesn’t cut it”, these are fine pictures… just imagine how much better they could be!
I think you might be right , might be a female. Thanks!
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Haha, that waving bug is fun ! I think a bit more resolution would do our enjoyment of your shots good .
Rainy day with the sniffles and vkdts filmsim. Took to the advice of Matt Granger and snapped a couple of everydaylies (english distinctly lacks a cozy word for “Alltäglichkeiten”).
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I think it comes down to a lot of luck:
- book a steam train ticket
- get on-board in the only “cabriolet”-style carriage
- wait for the train to drive through a forest while harsh sunlight is coming in from above
- hope that the train is creating a lot of grey fog
- hope that you have a bit of head wind so that the fog is blown to the back of the train
- have a camera ready, point upwards, select small aperture and “click” there you have a “regular occurrence”
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Actually getting on the train is not the best approach; you only get particular shots of the train from platforms or worse, windows.
One of my favorite photographic endeavors has been to go to Chama, NM, western terminus of the Cumbres and Toltec, in the fall after fall colors. Get up in the morning, go down to the yard and follow the locomotives as they go through their morning prep for the regular train at 10:00am. That time of year, it’s cold enough to get a lot of visible steam in the air, especially when they start moving. In those environs, I get pictures like this:
(these were all during my JPEG days, come a long way…)
But, what a lot of heritage railroads do is to run periodic “photo charters”. This is where the railroad assembles an interesting train, buncha old guys get on, and they drive to the middle of nowhere. Old guys get off and form a photo line, train backs up and runs by the line, shutters snapping. Train then backs up, picks up old guys, and moves on to the next photo stop. I’ve worked a few of these, and get to take pictures like this:
No steam, but a hard-to-reach location.
Many batteries expended on my part in these environs…
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