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An Evening in Hamburg
One shall always combine business with pleasure, as the saying goes. Thus, when I had to go on a business trip to Hamburg for several days, it was clear that…
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Winter Forest
When it’s snowing in winter and you have time off, there’s really only one thing left to do: grab your camera (and your dog) and get out into nature! All…
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Blacksmithing: The Black Art
A good friend of mine, who is a traditional blacksmith in South Carolina, had asked me to take pictures of his shop and of him working. A photo opportunity I…
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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…
