The ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) is a small wading bird, one of two species of turnstone in the genus Arenaria. The scientific name is from Latin. The genus name arenaria derives from arenarius, »inhabiting sand, from arena, »sand«. The specific … read more or write a comment …
In the early hours of the morning it is almost mystical, when large parts of the beach are still in the blue shade and the sun came down to the ocean waves. This morning, two days after the wonderful Biike … read more or write a comment …
At last the weather was good! After we were completely lost in the rain two years ago during the Biike Fire on Sylt and I brought only one picture home (because my front lens was full of water drops!), we … read more or write a comment …
Until now I only knew the subway station Messberg at Willy-Brandt-Straße. If you get off there and walk around the ZDF building shown here, you only have to cross the Oberbaumbrücke to get to the pier with the same name. I … read more or write a comment …
In my picture of the Spiegel building and the Deichtorhalle, I had already written that at the Ericusspitze, tradition and modernity can be experienced in several directions. Here it is the view along the Ericus Trench towards the Old Customs … read more or write a comment …
Tradition and modernity. At Ericusspitze you can experience this in several directions. This time I was on the southern bank and had a view to the Spiegel building and the Deichtorhallen. It was precisely this section of the modern buildings … read more or write a comment …
Contrary to my fog-photographs, which I published last week, this black-and-white photograph comes along. Actually, the fog was as colorful as it was when we took the picture of the marina. In this photograph of the waterfront promenade at Baumwall, … read more or write a comment …
What a splendour of colour in the early morning hours at the harbor front in Hamburg! The more or less white lamps on the promenade, the orange sodium vapour lamps on the jetty and the strong blue of the lights … read more or write a comment …
On the pontoon of the Überseebrücke in fog, the sky behind the Cap San Diego is bathed in a strong blue by the excursion boats, from which only the Überseebrücke is illuminated in white. I love this mystical atmosphere, in which … read more or write a comment …
Überseebrücke at dawn in the fog It was a mystical mood this morning. The harbor of Hamburg lay in dense fog and there was no wind. Hardly a car or a passing ship disturbed the quietness that I had when I … read more or write a comment …
Today we had a sunny day in the Hamburg area. The grey cloud cover that had covered the sky since the beginning of the year disappeared and so we had a cloudless day. Tonight was a very dark sky and … read more or write a comment …
A happy New Year to my readers of my photo blog. May all my readers share with me the enthusiasm for the beauty of my hometown Hamburg and the nature of our world and enjoy the experience themselves. This is what … read more or write a comment …