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Butterflies: Flighty Fellows
Wherever it blooms in spring and summer they are not far off, butterflies. They flutter around in all sorts of colors and patterns, rarely staying put long enough to get…
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Autumn Forest along the Neckar
Trees with colorful foliage are probably the most classic subject in autumn. However, capturing this photographically is often easier said than done, because beautiful pictures require being at the right…
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Andromeda Galaxy
Since we moved in summer, the low light pollution and the clear air in the Odenwald region grant us a fantastic starry sky literally in our backyard. So, now it’s…
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Night at the Museum
Even after many years of active involvement at the Darmstadt-Kranichstein Railway Museum, there is always something new to offer. For example, the “Blue Hour” photo event in September 2018 on…
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Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
A friend in the US just posted many great pictures from the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta last week. This brought back many memories of my own visit there six years…
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Visit to the Reptile House
The first photo course in the Vivarium, the small but nice zoo in Darmstadt, had been so much fun for me, it was immediately clear that I wanted to repeat…
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Horses in the Morning Haze
For me, every season has its own set of images fixed in my mind that I immediately think of. In winter, it’s snow and Christmas decorations; in spring, it’s the…
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Symmetry
How often have I been annoyed by a power transmission tower spoiling the scene when taking landscape photos? So why not turn the tables and make the tower itself the…
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Bursting Water Balloons
Highspeed photography using external flashes has been a topic here before, with the matches. Now it is time for that again – but the new idea relates to the old…
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Frankfurt at Night
Shots of big cities at night adorn many posters and canvases – the countless colored lights simply have a mesmerizing effect. And with Frankfurt right around the corner, such photos…
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Freezing Soap Bubbles
Soap bubbles are filigree and fascinating creations, with which you can easily occupy small children as well as photographers for hours – especially in winter. Photography in Winter What fascinates…
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Total Eclipse of the Moon
The moon shines bright and the stars give a light… Or not, as in this particular case. Because on 27 July 2018, there was the longest lunar eclipse of the…
