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Hello and welcome to my very first blog posting.

The image above was taken back in August 2011 in Berlin. It was a hot day I think it hit 28 degrees Celsius that day. I know to the normal European that would be considered a typical August temperature. But when you are a red faced sweaty Irish man who is use to 20 degrees and 90 percent over cast sky you feel it. 

I was on a Berlin walking tour which was sold to me "as a great way of seeing the city sure it is only 2 hours long we will be back in the hotel sipping long islands at 4pm". You can tell by the way I am writing this that did not happen. So half way through the tour at the Brandenburg gate our German guide took pity and gave us a break in her words " I vant everyone back here at 2.15pm and when I say 2.15pm I mean 2.15pm I am German and I will leave you OK". And with that we dispersed like a battered platoon of F,C,A recruits. 

The 60th anniversary of the German federal police was taking place at the Brandenburg Gate. So I started doing a quick panorama and noticed through the lens that the crowd were looking skyward. I could not have planned this shot with anymore precision it was pretty much right place at the right time.

Drew Dineen  Photographer Dublin Ireland Sky Divers Berlin Brandenburg gate Police Germany