by Matthias Kirsch | Dec 28, 2010 | Photo of the day
The Elbe, that big stream, has turned to a mass of ice. It is an impressive sight to watch the huge blocks of frozen water along the banks and the pieces floating to the open sea in the areas that are not completely frozen yet. The sound of the water moving below the...
by Matthias Kirsch | Oct 2, 2010 | Photo of the day
The area where I was raised is traditional horses area. It is the home of the Holsteiner horse race, an excellent race for jumping. In fact, the town bordering to my home town in the southeast is where it all started. The monastery of Uetersen is said to be the place...
by Matthias Kirsch | Sep 29, 2010 | Photo of the day
Ah, spring… this was one of our first forest-visits after the snow had finally gone this year. Still the mood has something of autumn for me. This is the forest between Schleswig and Idstedt, the place of a famous battle in the First Schleswig War in 1850, when...
by Matthias Kirsch | Sep 3, 2010 | Photo of the day
A calming beach photo for this friday – to have a relaxed start into the weekend! I took this photo in may at the beach of St. Peter-Ording. The photo is simple, but the little shell beside the straw always makes me smile. Photo data: Pentax K100D with 18-55 mm...
by Matthias Kirsch | Sep 3, 2010 | Nature
There are times when you get surprised by your surroundings. Such was the case when Vanessa and me where on one of our spontaneous trips to go “somewhere” lately. We ended in a beautiful natural area just some 30 minutes north from here. Since long we...
