Removing Apache log noise (opens in new tab)

I noticed one of my sites was running slow. So I logged in and saw that my server load was climbing. Being a webserver the first place to look are the serverlogs. With a quick tail -f in the /var/log/apache dir I saw 1000s of these flying by: 2a01:4f8:1c1c:79a1::1 - - [01/Apr/2026:22:01:38 +0200] "GET /images/WINKEL2025-24/Img9369.JPG HTTP/2.0" 200 46672 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Joomla!/5.4.4 Joomla" 2a01:4f8:1c1c:79a1::1 - - [01/Apr/2026:22:01:39 +0200] "GET /images/WINKEL2025-24/Img9213.JPG HTTP/2....