by Matthias Kirsch | Aug 26, 2010 | Photo of the day
This herring gull surprised us on a little canoe trip on the river Schwentine close to the state capital, Kiel. When I saw it coming with the low sun illuminating it from behind I just had enough time to quickly raise the camera and fire two shots. I love the position...
by Matthias Kirsch | Aug 24, 2010 | Photo of the day
This photo of black-eyed susans was supposed to be part of a series of three postcards. Today I picked up the first test print.. terrible! It seems the printing service people were feeling bad for my photos, which lacked contrast and saturation… and cranked up...
by Matthias Kirsch | Jun 13, 2010 | From idea to finish, Nature, Post processing
A good image does not always present itself immediately. On the contrary, often enough it is the result of approaching a subject that seems to have some interest, trying different angles and crops and finishing the image in post-processing. In this series I want to...