I arrived in Lofoten on a rainy day in February 2025. All the snow that had fallen on Lofoten & Vesterålen in the previous weeks was melting. Rain, storms, even the ferry connections to the Lofoten Islands were interrupted for days.
A picture that can only exist in winter, when the morning sun is beautifully flat and gives the withered leaves of the young oaks a warm glow.
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 … read more or write a comment …
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.
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 … read more or write a comment …
When the golden rays of the sun were still just shining over the summit of the Brunsberg, I was on the north side and found this tree trunk lying in the snow. Beautiful how the sun’s rays fall over a … read more or write a comment …
On the last wintry weekend in the Lüneburg Heath I had set out for the Brunsberg. I wanted to experience the golden light there on the snowy heath and capture it in photographs. When I was just on the open … read more or write a comment …
These days we have icy nights in the north of Germany again and I like to think back to the sunrise at ‑12 degrees © in the Tister Bauernmoor, which I was able to experience 2 weeks earlier. The difference … read more or write a comment …
The Tister Moor at ‑12 degrees, shortly after sunrise. All water surfaces were frozen, ice structures hung on the grasses, bushes and trees. The old tree stumps also made a great motif with a bit of snow and the ice flowers … read more or write a comment …
The last weekend in January brought the north of Lower Saxony once again wintry dream weather. When with night temperatures of ‑9 to ‑12 degrees centigrade also fog was predicted at night, it was certain for me to drive out … read more or write a comment …
Before I went into the night on the day of departure and thus on the way to the ferry to Bodø, I enjoyed the long blue hour on the Lofoten Islands once again. In Reine I had a little snack … read more or write a comment …
Nowadays you rarely see them, the triangular shaped stockfish racks. Mostly they are designed in box form, with crossbars on top to hold the fish. When I was in Lofoten for two days after graduating from high school with my … read more or write a comment …