Photo of the Day: Poles

Photo of the Day: Poles

For quite long I could resist the call of the so popular “miniature effect”… but when taking this photo in the harbor of Kiel at the beginning of the month I already thought this would be a good chance to try it (especially as the other side of the...
Photo of the Day: The First

Photo of the Day: The First

This is a bit too late, but these were some of the first rape flowers opening in this area. Taken already on monday, now the fields are even a bit more yellow. More to the south the flowers are already fully opened. The yellow rape fields are one of the trademark...
Photo of the Day: Easter Narcissus

Photo of the Day: Easter Narcissus

Happy Easter to everyone! This photo shows part of my Grandma’s easter flower bouquet. All the flowers grow in her own garden, including this beautiful narcissus. Photo data: Pentax K20D, 50mm lens reversed, f1.7, 1/3200 second and ISO 200. Share this...
Photo of the Day: Flower Field

Photo of the Day: Flower Field

We are visiting my parents this weekend. Not far from here there is a flower field full of Snake’s Heads that we went to see today. It was pretty windy and the flowers were shaking their heads in the air, but I got to get some nice photos anyway. More of that...
Photo of the Day: Inside View

Photo of the Day: Inside View

The other day I was enjoying the fuchsias on our balcony with my 50 mm lens attached to the camera upside-down, to turn it into a “macro lens”. I liked the form and the dark-bright contrast in this image, I guess it goes perfectly with the black-and-white...