Monthly Archives: September 2007

Just a matter of time until I take my first lake photo from underneath the surface.

w/o words.

View from the red cliff at Sylt, North Frisia. One of my favorite pictures of that day.

Another old habit of mine: getting up very early in the morning to catch the first light of the day. It’s just a perfect start of a day to take a walk in the morning, breathing the fresh air, listening to the birds and watching the sun rise. This is not a HDR image, as [...]

I visited my favorite lake last evening. It’s been a while since I took my last picture there.

We had the luck to see a full halo the other day. It was so beautiful … You can read something about halos here: german: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_%28Lichteffekt%29 english: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_%28optical_phenomenon%29

Taking this photo was an exciting challenge because the wind was blowing with a force of about 6 (40-50 km/h or 25-31 mph). I used a ND filter here to achieve an exposure time of a few seconds to capture the movement of the flag. When I set up the tripod I realized that it [...]

Seen at the North Sea, Germany.