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The blue hours of Bergen

admin — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 17:28:32 +0000

Normaly you have one blue hour after the sunset. But not so here up in the north, where the blue hour is going on the half night.
This is good, because you have a lot of time to take nice nightshots of th cities but for nightshots with a starry sky is this the wrong location, during the summer.
But even when you you can’t take starscapes, there are a lot of other beautiful objects you can shoot, like the city of Bergen at night.

Fire in the sky!

admin — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 17:03:16 +0000

We were on our way to the mountains, to take some nightshots and suddenly we saw this fireworks in the sky. We almost came to late, because if it starts then it goes only a short time until it is over agin.
However, this short stop was a good idea, wasn’t it? And my friend Stefan was definitely right to hold his camera directly into the fire.

A spring sunset in Appenzell

admin — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 16:14:01 +0000

It was a warm and sunny day in April, when I decided to stay a night in the nature at the Appenzell region in Switzerland. After I drove as far as I can up to the hill, I had to walk another several hundert meters of altitude difference up the hill to the peak of the Faehnerenspitz.
This time I was early enough to take pictures of the sun, the sun setting, the dusk and of course the starry night. This image was taken on the highest point and you can see the Säntis on the left and the city of Appenzell on the right. On the peak of the Säntis you can already see the light of to rising fullmoon.

The colored cloud

admin — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 15:34:13 +0000

It was a sunny winter day, do you notice I’m dreaming about cooler days, where I was walking with my friend. You know, the small one with the furry breast. Anyway, I saw the deep standing sun und made some shots of the golden light and the blue sky.
What I didn’t see, was the rainbow like cloud in the sky. Do you see it? I read about it, it can happen, when the ice crystals in the clouds are breaking the light. But it was a nice surprise, at home on my computer, when I found it on the picture.

Grass in the wind

admin — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 15:14:38 +0000

In the center of the image you see a smeary thing. These are grass blades moving by the wind, while I made a long time exposure image. It’s interesting to see only a strange smear… what do you mean? You do more like the rest of the landscape? Okay, I see – it’s also very nice
I shoot this image on the peak of the Mythen, you know, where I missed the sunset and made other images of the fog of sea. Ah by the way, this is only moonlight and not sunlight. Okay technically it is also sunlight…

Trollstigen again

admin — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 16:29:53 +0000

Yesterday I showed you an image about the sightseeing stage. In fact the Trollstigen is not the metal stage but the way up to this awesome view over the valley.
But if the racer in you is activated by this view, be warned, you can forget it! Either there is a bus blocking the street or more worse there is a car driver from a flat country without any experience on a pass.
So happend to me, after I left a hairpin curve, he comes slowly upwards toward me and stopped in the middle of the road. Yes he stopped and waited, because he was afraid of the curve. On a street as wide enough were two busses can crossing, this guy needed the whole street and was blocked by Fear! (hehe). I had no chance and I had to drive backwards through the curve again.
And the moral of the story, forget to enjoy this wonderful pass road, there is always a handicap on the road!

Trollstigen

admin — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 16:50:32 +0000

Yes, this is it, the trollstigen in Norway. And if this is the trollstigen, who are the people on it? Camouflaged trolls or only tourists? But if these are all only tourists, why do they call it trollstigen and not touriststigen? Questions over questions and only the trolls knows the answers.

The wishy-washy winter

admin — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 15:55:32 +0000

In the month of april the weather doesn’t know what’s to do. Is it dry or wet, warm or cold, should the grass grows or do we want snow again…
In my opinion is this a typical april image. Nearly every weather is mirrored in it. The sun shines, the grass is already green, but there are also dark clouds in the sky and a bit snow is covering the trees like sugar powder.

Sunrise on the Baederalp

admin — Fri, 30 May 2014 16:49:02 +0000

The attentive reader may remember my trip here on the Baederalp, when I took the wrong way. You can see the lonely house and there I should take the way left, which leads up to the Baederhorn, this is the 2000m mountain behind the house. But Mr. Fear took the way to the other direction, in to the forrest where you can see exactly nothing. And it was such a clear night without moon, good to see the milkyway … okay enough beeing fussy.
After I was back, I saw some other people, which took the right way, disappear behind the hill. So, when I already missed the nightsky, then I should make some sunrise images. I crossed the cow wire OUCH!, and stepped into the meadow. After I displaced some cows, which tried to eat my backpack, I could take an image of this beautiful sunrise.

A summertime evening walk

admin — Sat, 24 May 2014 15:18:53 +0000

A beautiful summer night in the medieval town of Weinheim. It was mild, clear and the people enjoying the evening outside in a restaurant. The castle in the background completed the image of this picturesque village.
This image a perfect example for a nice relaxed summer night. Can you already feel the summer is coming?