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Meilsen pond in morning frost

by Marc 02/08/2025 | 1 IMAGE IN THE BLOG POST | No Comments

It’s been a long time since I let the drone fly on the edge of our residential area. On this frosty morning with the fog just lifting, it was a particular pleasure.

What makes this picture so special? It was winter, very heavy frost, but no snow had fallen! This meant that the water surface of the pond could simply freeze over and was dark from this height. The trees covered in hoarfrost stood out from the ice, but also from the surrounding picture. And if you look closely, you can see traces of frost that has fallen on the ice near the trees.

The former Kattenberg Nord development area can be seen in the background on the right.

Frosted Oak

by Marc 02/01/2025 | 1 IMAGE IN THE BLOG POST | No Comments

A clear sky and a young oak tree covered in frost.
A picture that you rarely see in our damp and sometimes foggy winter days around the turn of the year.

Frosty misty morning

by Marc 01/24/2025 | 1 IMAGE IN THE BLOG POST | 1 Comment

At the beginning of the year it was foggy in Buchholz for days. But one Monday morning it had cooled down considerably overnight and we had frost down to minus seven degrees centigrade. And so, when it cleared up, the landscape had turned into a beautiful white frosty landscape. All the bushes and trees were thickly covered with hoar-frost. It reminded me a bit of the infrared photography I do in the summer!

Then there was the glorious sunshine, which gave the young oaks that hadn’t shed their leaves a beautiful warm glow!

The only small cloud in the sky added the finishing touch to this great photo — it’s a wonderful impression I was able to capture here! And only a few hundred meters away from my house.

Broad Street Tunnel, Birmingham

by Marc 01/18/2025 | 1 BILD IM BLOGBEITRAG | No Comments

Depending on whether you see the tunnel from the canal or walk or drive over it on the built-up bridge, this structure has two names: Broad Street Tunnel or Black Sabbath Bridge. This bridge was recently named in honor of the Birmingham band Black Sabbath.

That morning at the blue hour, I also enjoyed the light here, which draws the viewer into the tunnel with the lamps on the canal path or the street “The Warters Edge” above. Behind the bridge begins the Gas Street Basin, which I showed earlier.

The Botanist Restaurant, Birmingham

by Marc 01/11/2025 | 2 IMAGES IN THE BLOG POST | No Comments

Today it is a popular restaurant on the edge of Birmingham’s entertainment district. It was probably originally built as a warehouse on the famous Gas Street Basin, the main canal in Birmingham city center.

I was once again traveling on business, this time as a speaker at the SAP User Congress of Great Britain and Ireland (UKISUG). The congress actually lasted three days, but as a speaker I only had access on the day of my presentation. In addition, the travel times were not exactly ideal and so I was able to enjoy the blue hour at Gas Street Basin on the morning of my departure. It was only a 5‑minute walk from the hotel and just as far to the congress center, which is also located directly on the old canal bank.

The restaurant was also brightly lit in the early hours of the morning, giving the whole picture that warm tone. There was no wind in the morning, so the water lay smooth as a mirror in front of me. Unfortunately, downtown Birmingham is full of skyscrapers, so it’s almost impossible to capture the old architecture on its own. Only in the centered view in the picture above was it possible to hide the skyscrapers. An equally beautiful side view shows the surroundings all the more:

Castello San Sebastiano Po and the Alps

by Marc 12/21/2024 | 1 IMAGE IN THE BLOG POST | 2 Comments

The morning of our departure began with the Alps glowing, which could be seen quite clearly from the Castello. After the glow had slowly subsided, but the Castello itself was still in the shade, I made sure to get my drone again and let it take off. It took a few more minutes until I saw this beautiful picture on the display: the Castello illuminated by the morning light and the glowing, snow-covered Alps behind it.

I couldn’t have wished for a better farewell to Castello San Sebastiano Po.
Afterwards, we went to breakfast to meet up with our colleagues one last time before we were to scatter across half of Europe again.

Alpenglow

by Marc 12/14/2024 | 3 IMAGES IN THE BLOG POST | No Comments

The sunrise was beautiful on the last morning on the Castello San Sebastiano Po. Clouds glowed above me as I set off with my camera before heading for breakfast. I had walked along the castle wall to the eastern end of the castle when other guests drew my attention to the alpenglow.

In front of us, the Po Valley was still in the shade and behind it rose majestically the Alps, which had been covered in snow since the morning. The sun, just above the horizon, did the rest. The Alps were glowing!

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