Photo of the Day: A House for everyone

Photo of the Day: A House for everyone

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...
Photo of the Day: Shadows of Dusk

Photo of the Day: Shadows of Dusk

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...
Photo of the Day: Get away!

Photo of the Day: Get away!

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...
Photo of the Day: The Joy of Flying

Photo of the Day: The Joy of Flying

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...
Photo of the Day: View to Westerhever

Photo of the Day: View to Westerhever

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...