by Matthias Kirsch | Aug 9, 2011 | Photo of the day
Yesterday we made a trip to the west coast, and by that avoided the strong rains that passed over the middle of Schleswig-Holstein. In Dagebüll we even got some sun and could walk along the beach. Despite the strong wind and high waves people were even swimming in the...
by Matthias Kirsch | May 25, 2011 | Photo of the day
This photo was made on a quick evening trip to St. Peter-Ording earlier this month. Overall the adventure was a bit disappointing, but with this one I’m pretty happy actually. I was using my new grey filter to extend the exposure tome for some cloud movement and...
by Matthias Kirsch | Apr 12, 2011 | Photo of the day
When we were at the Eider Barrage last month there was lots of spectacle going on. The trents were chasing each other through the sunset sky, flying the wildest maneuvers. It’s great to watch them make their fast changes of direction and sudden attacks, but much...
by Matthias Kirsch | Mar 29, 2011 | Photo of the day
On Sunday we were watching a beautiful sunset over the North Sea. We went to the Eidersperrwerk (Eider barrage), which is home for a big colony of arctic trents. They are already taking over the place again for nesting and made a nice spectacle in the last light of...
by Matthias Kirsch | Mar 6, 2011 | Photo of the day
Somehow this view had something of a classic painting to me, showing the view to a small village in the countryside. This is Westerhever on the Eiderstedt peninsula at the German west coast, taken on an early summer day. My great-grandfather was pastor in this old...