Archive for December, 2009
winter in cologne
Sunday, December 20th, 2009Finally, winter has arrived in Cologne!
peace in ixelles
Friday, December 18th, 2009carbon footprint
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009I know, it’s not a nice photo – dust in the sky, bad scanning and post processing of an image from 2005. But I had to think of it while our politicians are banging their heads in Copenhagen. Nice statements but the reality is here. Each kWh of electricity produces almost 1.5 kg CO2! Leave alone the damage to the earth. But sure, this blog also consumes electricity…
the guards!
Sunday, December 13th, 2009thielenbruch 2
Sunday, December 6th, 2009thielenbruch 1
Saturday, December 5th, 2009Squeezed in between cities, railway lines, power lines, gas pipelines and motorways, a small nature reserve is determined to offer rare species protection against destruction and extinction. Due to the low light situations the ambiance these days is particular. Up to now I have been excited using my manual Nikkor lenses, however, the 20mm lens suffers from strong vignetting using open aperture. Yet another task to find a way to get rid of the vignetting…
spring advent
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009Opposed to Markus’ yesterday’s advent photo I experienced a slightly different start of the festive Christmas season. The spring like weather – interrupted by a thunderstorm and followed by blue sky and a beautiful rainbow – flooded the nature with intensive colours. Some plants seem to resist the approaching winter – or don’t even believe anymore in its coming.