Colors for Fun

For my running contest, Canonfreaks vs. Nikonjunkies, I took this photo among others. My topic was "everyday household items".

This is not the photo I entered into the contest, but I think I should have.

 

Swans, everywhere

We did read about the lagoon and bay at Hvalnés. We did find out that the whooper swans would gather there before they went on their winter migration. We read that thousands of them would come together there.

This was on a foggy day. And so early in the season that we didn't expect any gatherin to have begun. 

Then we took deeper looks into the fog and into the counterlight and got rewarded. All together we did get to see a few thousand swans, most likely, in this one lagoon.

An island in the fog

Off the Icelandic coast line of the southern East Fjords, we looked over to this island that was only just peeling itself from the fog.

the wide, wide view

The landscape seen from Grábrók volcano crater.

The Whaling Boats

In the harbour of Reykjavík you find these two whaling boats.

The Long Walkway

This is the walk way out to the beach in St. Peter-Ording at the North Sea. In the fog. In winter. 

40.000 views

Ich feiere heute über 40.000 views in meinem Blog. Danke an alle, die sich dafür interessieren!
Ich werde weiterhin ein neues Posting pro Tag liefern, um Euch zu unterhalten!
Kommt wieder vorbei und lasst mich wissen, was Ihr denkt!

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I am celebrating over 40.000 views in my blog today. Thank you all very much for paying attention!
I will keep posting every day to keep you entertained!
Check back in and let me know what you think!

Behind the Salt Flats

The salt flats and dunes in St. Peter were showing their winter colors when we went to hike there in February.

Winter's edge

Winter may be on its way in and out and there we had it, this edge of winter. However the snow got formed this way is beyond my knowledge and I think I don't even want to find out. I thought it was neat to look at.

St. Peter Beach

The beach in St. Peter-Ording, Germany, is famous for the pole houses. The beach is wide and large and very exposed. The sands are shallow and storm tides rush over them every now and then. The houses do not suffer. And they are scenic.

There are several of those houses in groups out there - restaurants, beach maintenance and toilets - but in the fog I am pretty unable to show you the full extend.

Winter Beach

We went to the North Sea last weekend. We were expecting strong winds, maybe rain and some pretty intense weather.

What we did get was absolutely windstill times and tough fog. Two days straight, plus another day of the same but lighter fog. Well, unexpected but do-able.

Here is a first view of the beach with mild spotting of snow.

Venetian Canale Grande

Canale Grande - March 2011

We dashed down to Venice, rushed around town, enjoyed what we got to see and took photos all around. 3 days were great and we got to see a lot. But they were enough, not enough, over too soon, just what we needed.

Well, I can't really say. If I had known that we would spend longer there, I would have taken it slower and visited more of the art galleries and such. Being there for 3 days got us around well, though.

So: take your chance, visit town, even if you can just do it shortly.

 

Hi There!

This dog was being friendly to us while waiting for the owner outside the church in Lübeck, Germany.

Balloon

This view over Hamburg we had to skip. The wind was gushing up - they said. And while it was fair down on the ground, we did not get to take a peek from up there.

Summer Rain

This is a photo from 2 years ago, during a summer thunderstorm.

Gondolas

A photo that need no words.

Learn Icelandic

Valentine's Day

I took a special photo for Valentine's Day lately. I was working on the theme week of Come To Life 2013 for last sunday. Check it out, there I used another one of the same set.

Here is to all the Valentine's around the world.

Ich habe für diesen Valentinstag ein spezielles Foto gemacht. Ich habe an einem Bild für unsere Themenwoche bei Come To Life 2013 gearbeitet. Schaut mal vorbei. Dort habe ich ein anderes Bild desselben Sets.

Dieses Bild ist allen Valentinschätzchen rund um die Welt gewidmet.

Random view

In the concert house in Dortmund I spotted the new VIP lounge - sponsored by a hardware store. Well, why not. The milk glass was presenting the strange view of the people inside.

Bautzen

This is Bautzen last summer. A city that is really worth seeing.

Dies ist Bautzen im letzten Sommer. Eine Stadt, die wirklich einen Besuch wert ist.

Dresden Church

An unusal interior of a church in Dresden, Saxonia, Germany.

Frauenkirche

This is the world famous Frauenkirche in Dresden. Unfortunately there was no permission to take photos indoors. I can only show it from the outside for that reason. But I assure you: It is great inside!

Soft Summer Light

This is a soft summer light on a thorny plant. This experiment with counterlight and the warm evening sun is a success, I guess. I am just sorting through old archives, in case you wonder about the topics.

 

A ruin of a Church

This is the outside of a church ruin in Bautzen, Saxonia.

And the view down from there.

A narrow path

This is a path in a river medow. Every time I get to it in the summer time, the path is covered in snails.

I am surprised how narrow of a depth of field I got at f/4.5.

A cornfield in summer

I know it is entirely out of season now, but I just came across this photo of a corn field on the edge of town that I took this summer. I thought maybe you want some sunshine, too.

A Tub with Feet

This was our hotel bathroom in an old abbey in Portugal last spring. 

Poussada Dos Loios, Evorá.

Mallard

A mallard duck couple flying over the small river a few fields behind our house.

A bend in the river

This is the river near my house. Black and white, end of January on the last good day of this snow episode.

Harrison in the Snow

I don't know if you follow Come To Life 2013 - but I wish you did.

We present our project at least on Sundays, every week of this year. But we also do all these inbetween posts that you should check out.

Last sunday, Harrison was struggeling through some pretty deep snow - happy about his new leather jacket.

Who is Harrison? What's about his leather jacket? What snow? If you ask any of these questions, you are not up to date. So go, check out the project! Now! I mean it, no joke.

But if you can answer all these questions, you may still not know anything about his hike through the snow, or do you? 

Here is one more photo, yet, of that walk - brought to you by Come To Life 2013!

Oh, and tomorrow morning at 8 a.m., European Central Time, we go on with another weekly post of all 7 characters.

Double Touch Down

This is a touch down in the snow field.

I wish I knew what bird it was. Does anyone know?

Winter Trees

Do you remember the photos of the trees full of birds I showed you lately?

Here are the same trees with winter sky and snow.

The shiny French Horn

Photographing a shiny, polished object is a horror in a small home studio. It only hepls to cover everything in black or white, move shaped objects away and find your positions. I used black studiobackground, styrofoam boards and a large, rectangular softbox with daylight balanced permanent light on this one.

The instrument is a C.F. Schmidt horn, buildt between 1888 and 1896 in Weimar. Its made out of nickle silver and my husband bought it lately used and in damaged condition. Now it is repaired and has additions.

My job was to create photos of it for presentation.

The Bay of Teigarhorn

The home of the photographer Nicoline Waywadt was in the bay Teigarhorn. And there were historic weather observations taking place in the bay, as well as mineralogy finds and recordings.

The people of Teigarhorn in East Iceland must have been interested in a lot of stuff and sciences at a historic site.

The Wreck and the Sun

The wreck and the sun are like the beauty and the beast. 

This is another photo of the boat that stranded in Mjoifjördur and is rusting away there. With the sun right in the picture this is a strange kind of counterlight since the sun is a the right angle to flood down the sides of the fjord and perfectly sweep over the green and the rock.

Harrison's journey

Harrison was on his way to find some important envelope. Did you follow his trip up to here?

Check out the details on Come To Life 2013! 

Harrison war auf seinem Weg um einen wichtigen Umschlag zu finden. Habt Ihr bis hier her seinen Weg verfolgt? Guckt Euch die Details hier an: Come To Life 2013!

When he finally found the envelope high up on the cliff side he was trapped and could not get back down.

Here is the documentation of his way higher up.

Endlich hat er den Umschlag gefunden, als er feststellen musste, dass ihm der Weg nach unten zurück abgeschnitten war. 

Hier ist die Dokumentation seines Wegs weiter hinauf.

  

Endlich kam er oben an und machte sich auf seinen Weg nach Hause. Und wie es jetzt weiter geht, seht Ihr heute hier:

Come To Life 2013 - Woche 4

He finally came to the top and got on his way home. Check it out here:

Come To Life 2013 - Woche 4

The Lighthouses

The lighthouses, the new and the old, are really picturesque. That is why I made them the title photo for my calendar under the topic "Icelandic Coastline" / "Islands Küsten". Have you checked out my calendars? I am happy to have sold a few already, but of course, I would love to see the numbers rise.

The Wreck

This ship wreck in Mjoifjördur, Eastfjords of Iceland, is really nice since it is in the water, but you can walk up to it, no problem, and you can take photos to your heart's desire.

doubles

Icelandic horses above Lagarfljiót, North East Iceland.