by Matthias Kirsch | Oct 9, 2010 | Photo of the day
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...
by Matthias Kirsch | Oct 8, 2010 | Photo of the day
This photo was not taken in autumn, but in late August 2008. It still has a strong autumn-feel to me. The orange of the flower, the drops on the petals… The texture I added gives a homey vintage touch to it. Photo data: Pentax K100D, Samsung 50-200 mm lens at...
by Matthias Kirsch | Oct 7, 2010 | Photo of the day
These marguerites on our balcony really got me this year… even after a pretty decent rain shower they still looked gorgeous. Now in autumn the plant got even bigger and had some flowers starting to grow. I fear they won’t open anymore, though… Photo...
by Matthias Kirsch | Oct 6, 2010 | Photo of the day
This photo is another one from the workshop in Flensburg I attended some weeks ago. I was looking for nice reflections of the sailing boats when this little feather came drifting by. The next photo contest of NDR just started. I hope to find time (and light) to get...
by Matthias Kirsch | Oct 5, 2010 | Photo of the day
The last aurochs died in 1627 in a forest near Warczwa, Poland. The species was the father of almost all modern domestic cattle and lived in the most parts of Eurasia and northern Africa. German biologists, the Heck brothers, tried to create a race that at least looks...