by Matthias Kirsch | Feb 4, 2011 | Photo of the day
This is not your usual rose photo… it is the look into the center of a rose flower, through a reversed lens (which in fact turns it into a macro lens). I looks more like waves to me! Photo data: Pentax K20D, 50 mm manual lens, reversed, 1/50 second, ISO 200,...
by Matthias Kirsch | Jan 24, 2011 | Photo of the day
On my way home I saw these tulips… I just had to get them as a first reminder that spring will come soon… maybe. Tried some lighting ideas with only one flash close to the flowers, for a dramatic light and a black background. (It’s just the normal...
by Matthias Kirsch | Jan 22, 2011 | Photo of the day
This rose was way over it’s best days when I took this photo of it. But even in that state it could still serve a good purpose and stand in as a model. I tried to build on the idea of the wilted flower and create a romantically shabby image with some textures I...
by Matthias Kirsch | Jan 20, 2011 | Photo of the day
I loved how this plant was more or less growing out of the barbed wire on an old barracks area here in Schleswig. It is kind of symbolizing how nature is taking back that area, two years after almost all the buildings were removed, and who knows how many years before...
by Matthias Kirsch | Jan 19, 2011 | Photo of the day
This photo was sleeping in the archive since the middle of December. The berries were shot against a dull blue sky, I liked it but found it to be a bit boring. So I played around with textures a bit, and this is the result. Photo data: Pentax K20D, 50 mm lens, f2.8,...
