Photo of the Day: River of Ice

Photo of the Day: River of Ice

The Elbe, that big stream, has turned to a mass of ice. It is an impressive sight to watch the huge blocks of frozen water along the banks and the pieces floating to the open sea in the areas that are not completely frozen yet. The sound of the water moving below the...
Double Glass

Double Glass

I just discovered something I never saw before: Our kitchen window has a frame of ice, at least on one side. Must have something to do with the combination of snow, wind pressing it to the window and warm air coming out of the kitchen when cooking. Probably. Anyway, I...
Photo of the Day: Ice Thorns

Photo of the Day: Ice Thorns

This afternoon I took a little walk to a small stream close to here to see what mix of ice and water I could find. The result are some photos that I like quite a lot, but this one was my favorite (the other ones are coming, too). It’s just a small twig hanging...
Photo of the Day: More snowy Sheep

Photo of the Day: More snowy Sheep

Looking through my archive I found another photo of the sheep standing in the falling snow. This is more or less what we had here yesterday… snowing for several hours, ending in around 5 centimeters of new snow. Photo data: Pentax K100D, 50-200 mm lens at 160...
Winter in the Moor

Winter in the Moor

As promised, here comes the second part of my winter walk from two weeks ago (ahh the time…). I love several of the shots in the moor. A place that I’ll definitely revisit. I didn’t know it before, even though it is not that far away from here. Here...