When Summer was a Promise

When Summer was a Promise

Summer was a chilly humid disappointment this year… which seemed to be only fair after a warm and dry spring. Still that was not what we expected back in June, when I took this photo in the night of the moon eclipse. As if it wanted to close the circle, nature...
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: Lake of Clouds

Photo of the Day: Lake of Clouds

This scandinavic looking landscape is actually in… Venezuela. It lies high up in the Andes mountains, and here it was really chilly – nothing you would expect from a country at the Caribbean Sea! That’s what makes Venezuela so remarkable – just...
Photo of the Day: Looking at me?

Photo of the Day: Looking at me?

Last weekend we payed a wonderful visit to the Wildpark Lüneburger Heide, a great zoo south of Hamburg. This peacock was at least as curious as us when we were looking through the fence. Photo data: Pentax K20D, 17-50 mm lens at 50 mm, f2.8, 1/1600 second and ISO 250....