Photo of the Day: Massive Majesty

Photo of the Day: Massive Majesty

This cloud looks impressive and threatening. But it was taken on a calm day at the west coast, with few wind and low waves. The huge clouds were just drifting by, being illuminated by the sun that just had set. A moment of beauty. Photo data: Pentax K100D, Samsung...
Photo of the Day: On the Move

Photo of the Day: On the Move

It is time for the migrating birds to fly south again. That is an especially impressive sight on the west coast, in the national park of the wadden sea. Thousands and thousands of birds take their break on the huge salt meadows behind the dikes, fly up and down and...
Photo of the Day: Calm is the Sea

Photo of the Day: Calm is the Sea

Remember the photo I posted two weeks ago? This photo was taken just 100 meters away from that place, in totally different conditions. A calm evening with beautiful colors in the sky and in the water. Only the water in the background is moved by the incoming tide and...
Photo of the Day: No swimming

Photo of the Day: No swimming

On Wednesday we had the first heavy autumn storm of this year. I was out at the coast to take photos for the four newspapers in Nordfriesland and the islands at the west coast. I could barely walk in the strong wind. This sign which says “No swimming” in...

Photo of the day: Leaving the beach

A quick view back after an evening of shooting at the beach of St. Peter-Ording at the west coast made me stop one last time to capture the moment. Those pastel colors, the shape of the clouds and the grass framing the wooden stairs down to the beach made it easy to...