Photo of the Day: Goodbye, Day

Photo of the Day: Goodbye, Day

Today we made a little trip to try the two new tires on our car (they were urgently needed, on Saturday the first one ran flat). We basically drove around the western half of the Schlei, crossing in the bridge of Lindaunis (which was opening to let boats pass through,...
Photo of the Day: Get away!

Photo of the Day: Get away!

When we were at the Eider Barrage last month there was lots of spectacle going on. The trents were chasing each other through the sunset sky, flying the wildest maneuvers. It’s great to watch them make their fast changes of direction and sudden attacks, but much...
Photo of the Day: The Joy of Flying

Photo of the Day: The Joy of Flying

On Sunday we were watching a beautiful sunset over the North Sea. We went to the Eidersperrwerk (Eider barrage), which is home for a big colony of arctic trents. They are already taking over the place again for nesting and made a nice spectacle in the last light of...
Photo of the Day: Lake of Fate

Photo of the Day: Lake of Fate

This photo was taken almost one year ago… two minutes before my old camera crashed to the blacktop and got severly demaged inside (the light meter stopped working). Not sure if the photo was worth the loss. But as usual with incidents like this, there was a good...
Photo of the Day: Ice Desert

Photo of the Day: Ice Desert

Today I had several photos to take on the Eiderstedt peninsula at the west coast. I took the small roads, which was a great experience. Everything seemed totally still and calm under the blanket of snow, and there was almost no traffic during the afternoon. When the...