At the beginning of dusk, an area of rain with low-hanging clouds once again moved in over the Fagradalsfjall volcano. This meant that south of the volcano, where many of the lava flows went, the clouds were illuminated by the … read more or write a comment …
At the beginning of my 2‑week Iceland trip I had climbed up several times to the volcano Fagradalsfjall, on the second day I should finally succeed to experience it actively. I had climbed up on the west side the way … read more or write a comment …
The steep bank near Wahrberg, located on the southeastern edge of the Holnis peninsula, was unknown to us for many years. Above is a golf course, which you cross along the road to Bockholmwik, and from Bockholmwik you have a … read more or write a comment …
What that already blue hour? The sun had disappeared below the horizon, the clouds above me and their reflection in the fjord were dark blue to purple. A few small, low-hanging rain clouds drifted through the scene and the horizon … read more or write a comment …
Still the Baltic Sea lay like a mirror before me. Compared to my previous picture, I had turned my view here only by 90 degrees and looked to the north over the fjord. The tree remnant on the fjord shore, … read more or write a comment …
Vacation on the Holnis peninsula. Arrive, unload the car and take the cottage. Then first time to look at the sky. In the late afternoon, there were signs that the sun would be in the sky a little longer. The … read more or write a comment …
That’s how it started — at the edge of our terrace a blackbird branchling demanded food and in the foreground mother blackbird was busy preparing it. Probably it was a snail, in any case it was pulled or beaten several … read more or write a comment …
In our lilac bush on one of the days. The mother of two house sparrows had to get some food, and as soon as she flew towards one of the young birds, the second young sparrow came along and opened … read more or write a comment …
This male bullfinch came to portrait session to us in the garden. I had »set up« the background and provided a nice perch. Everything fit, but unfortunately I could not stop him from eating all the time. Constantly something fell out … read more or write a comment …
Back in the 80s? No, in the end, every bird goes through a molt every now and then and sheds many of her feathers. But this blue tit looked like it had its few feathers centered above its head — just … read more or write a comment …
Still the young bird had not much in common with the red belly of the robin. But the small escape distance, which showed here the few week old bird before me, pointed nevertheless to the behavior of robins. He stomped … read more or write a comment …
A picture story in 12 photos »Little Sparrow« I called this young sparrow, which had probably just fallen out of the nest. He could not fly yet, when I discovered him on our terrace in the pouring rain close to … read more or write a comment …