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Best Images Annuals 2021
Winter Castle of the Winter King © Julian KöpkeWinter forest near House of Astronomy © Julian KöpkeWinter walk in the snowy forest © Julian KöpkeHaus der Astronomie Heidelberg im Winter © Julian KöpkeJapanese tree Lingental © Julian KöpkeDisturbing scene of ice formations (skull) © Julian KöpkeAlstromeria (Peruvian lily) © Julian KöpkeBlossoming red amaryllis © Julian KöpkeWhite Amaryllis © Julian KöpkeLight and shades of grey © Julian KöpkeTemple of Mercurius in Schwetzingen Caslte gardens. The fastest planet of our solar system is a symbol of time rush. © Julian KöpkeThunderclouds near List © Julian KöpkeLand's end near List, Sylt © Julian KöpkeThunderclouds near Hörnum © Julian KöpkeFootprints © Julian KöpkeCloud formations near Kampen ( Seagull) © Julian KöpkeSkogafoss time fusion. Walking behind the curtain. © Julian KöpkeBlack basalt coast at Hellnar (Arnarstapi), Iceland © Julian KöpkeBlack church at Budir © Julian KöpkeDiamond beach at Jökulsarlon © Julian KöpkeIcebergs at Jökulsarlon, Iceland © Julian KöpkeFoothills of Snaefellsjökull © Julian KöpkeLittle mermaid (Gullfoss waterfall) © Julian KöpkeThe rocks of Klifatindur (panorama 2 shots). Black sand beach. Vestrahorn. Estrahorn. © Julian KöpkeMorning sun at Vestrahorn © Julian KöpkeAfternoon sun at lighthouse Reykjaviti © Julian KöpkeFern leaf © Julian KöpkeMountain chain Eiger Mönch Jungfrau. There will be a weather change. © Julian Köpke -
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Lemon balm leaves on ice © Julian KöpkeWindows Upper West building Berlin Charlottenburg dyed windows © Julian KöpkeCurved space in Panthéon, Paris (The photographer). We cannot see curved time. © Julian KöpkeStairwell Samaritaine © Julian KöpkeMidnight sun at Mortsund, Lofot © Julian KöpkeMidnight sun at Rorbuer, Lofoten © Julian KöpkeReaching Moskenes, Lofoten on a ferry boat © Julian KöpkeQuiet rainbow over lighthouse near Gjesvær © Julian KöpkeRovaniemi small wood of birches © Julian KöpkeGlacial flows and patterns on Iceland © Julian KöpkeVestrahorn beach with clouds and reflections © Julian KöpkeHoffellsjökull glacier lagoon © Julian KöpkeWestern access to Godafoss at late afternoon © Julian KöpkeDettifoss detail western drop edge © Julian KöpkeDahlia X-ray photogram © Julian KöpkeMoonset at San Gimignano © Julian KöpkeVilla d'Este, Tivoli © Julian KöpkePorta del Cielo, Duomo di Siena © Julian KöpkeDuomo Orvieto with fog © Julian KöpkeSunset medieval quartiere Orvieto © Julian KöpkeOrvieto Piazaa Duomo before sunrise © Julian KöpkeAvenue of pines on the entrance road to Orvieto © Julian KöpkePonte Vecchio, Florence © Julian KöpkeFirst snow at Forggensee Füssen © Julian KöpkeLonely island Forggensee © Julian Köpke -
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Amaryllis
The format for recording an image can be very variable when fusion imaging is involved. In the example below, the image on the left is taken with a Phase One IQ4. The sensor size is 44mm x 55mm. The X-ray image on the right was taken with a Hologic mammography system with a detector size of 24cm x 30cm. The aspect ratio of both images is 4:5. The pixel size of the IQ4 is 6.5µm, the pixel of the mammography is 70µm long. Nevertheless, the images can be fused well.
Amaryllis Lab color inversion photography © Julian Köpke 
Amaryllis X-ray mammography photogram © Julian Köpke I added some texture to the fusion image because it made it more appealing. Due to the fusion of the image from „visible light“ and the image with „X-ray light“, the definition of whether it is a medium format image or a large format image is no longer meaningfully applicable. It is simply an image.
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Calendar 2021
This year there was a complete silence on the part of the equipment manufacturers. That’s too bad. Now the calendar sheets 2021 are finished in own production. This year at the suggestion of or daughter Marlies with the topic food.
Fusion imaging does not wirk int the same way with food as with transparent flowers. But the deep structure of the food nevertheless leads to interesting results. It worked surprisingly well to depict a smoked trout with its bones. And squashes exhibit nearly artistic features.
Trout X-ray fusion photo © Julian Köpke 
Black swan: pumpkins and fir cones X-ray photo © Julian Köpke The calendar sheets are finished now in portrait format 60cm x 42.6cm and can be viewed here.
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Oak leaves with acorns
A walk with friends in a shady valley on a particularly hot day led us to a large oak tree. At the end of a strong branch I discovered some acorns under young leaves. While trying to find an adequate translation for my text, I came across a special text:
„The faded oak leaf in that silent book is the memento of a friend, the school friend who was to remain a friend for life.“
No author to find.
I ripped off a nice branch from the tree and took it home to X-ray it the next day.
Oak leaves with acorns X-ray photo © Julian Köpke 
Oak leaves with acorns X-ray photo L-inversion © Julian Köpke In the digital world there is no longer an original.
The representation on the left hand side appears to look close to a clinical diagnostic X-ray. Somehow familiar to our eyes when dealing with fractures oder bowel problems.
The right hand side image shows a certain airiness or lightness that draws you into the picture. And there is some appeal of a shine through effect, especially at the leaves.
A quite inconspicuous photo of this composition nevertheless contributes to an increase of the appeal when it is merged with the X-ray image to a fusion image.
Oak leaves with acorns X-ray fusion photo © Julian Köpke The oak leaves are the memento of a friend, like the old school friend who was to remain a friend for life.
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New X-ray fusion photo compositions
New year, new ideas. A superbe bowl of fruits inspired me to do more X-ray fusion photography today. I got a bundle of bananas, lots of lychees, two pears, figs, an apple and a pomegranate.
I changed my technique a bit. There is no chance to get a transparent banana image using a photo. But mixing the colors of the photo with the X-ray is also a fusion image. To my opinion, the bananas came out lovely, especially the color of the trunk.
Fusion X-ray photo of bananas © Julian Köpke I like stills. They often come with a fruit bowl. My first attempt was a fruit bowl without lychees. The structure of an orange or a pomegranate is known to me from earlier X-ray studies. And I liked the grain of the wooden bowl.
The following fusion image is resulting:
Fruit bowl X-ray fusion photo © Julian Köpke This is the first time I tried to x-ray lychees. I piled them up in my wooden bowl. That way it was a bit less complicated to transport them for photography. They shouldn’t move at all between X-ray and photography session. I was lucky.
X-ray fusion photo of lychees in a wooden bowl © Julian Köpke Combining lychees, bananas, a pear and two figs in a fusion image yields a color explosion in the fusion image.
X-ray fusion photo of lychees and fruit in a wooden bowl © Julian Köpke Last but not least an X-ray fusion photo of all fruit. Color explosion by means of Lab color. The dark blue at the image edges is a good counterweight to the intense yellow of the pears and bananas.
Fruit X-ray fusion photo © Julian Köpke See also my FAQ section to learn more about fusion imaging with X-ray and photography.
