Photo of the Day: Gone Flying

Photo of the Day: Gone Flying

Something typical from here: Seagulls. Sometimes we have them flying right in front of our living room window, making a show for Lumi, our cat. This one was flying in the real sea wind of Westerheversand, at the German west coast. I love the painterly effect that the...
Photo of the Day: Singing Angel

Photo of the Day: Singing Angel

This little angel is part of the decoration of the Marcussen Organ in the Schleswig cathedral. No question it is excellently crafted – but every time I’m watching these figures I can’t decide whether to find them cute or spooky. Photo data: Pentax...
Photo of the Day: Halo

Photo of the Day: Halo

It is not too rare to see sundogs or phantom suns when watching to the sky consciously every now and then. But a complete halo in rainbow colors going all around the sun is something that I only have seen very few times. This was one of those times – and to make...
Photo of the Day: Rose Whirl

Photo of the Day: Rose Whirl

This is not your usual rose photo… it is the look into the center of a rose flower, through a reversed lens (which in fact turns it into a macro lens). I looks more like waves to me! Photo data: Pentax K20D, 50 mm manual lens, reversed, 1/50 second, ISO 200,...
Photo of the Day: Colors of the Night

Photo of the Day: Colors of the Night

A view of Schleswig, on a foggy and terribly cold December night. I took this one back in 2009 and never really got satisfied with it… some tweaking in the color and brightness made the trick now. I don’t understand how I could process this in an strong...