Eifel - Laacher Lake - Before Sunrise
An early autumn morning at the Laacher Lake, a few minutes before sunrise.
This is one of the moments, for which getting up early is really worth the effort. The wonderful light in the sky was there just for some minutes.
Eifel - Laacher Lake - After Sunrise
Just half an hour later, thick fog came in from the east and covered the landscape.
The Laacher Lake is a water filled chimney of an (not totally) extinct volcano, see (sorry, I didn’t find suitable English ones) this German information page and this one about the history.
Cologne - Fountain
Snapshot in time of the fountain in our garden.
The background is underexposed, yielding a high contrast to the reflections on the “blob”. I like the almost organic looking form of the water “blob”. This image is also posted at photo.net for critique and comments.
Cologne - Severins Bridge and Cathedral
An old photo revisited. Taken from the Deutz side of the Rhine, the pillars of the Severins Bridge create a nice frame for the silhouette of the cathedral.
This picture was taken in the evening with non-optimal light. Since some time I’m planning to redo the shot with more suitable morning light, but also since some time there is ugly scaffolding on the right tower of the cathedral.
Cologne - Rhododendron 3
Another rhododendron, this time a purple one near the game park in Dünnwald.
This image is also posted at photo.net for critique, feel free to add your comments or contribute a rating.
Cologne - Rhododendron 2
Another image of the pink rhododendron.
Cologne - Rhododendron 1
May, blooming rhododendrons everywhere: white, pink, purple. This fine pink one is just around the corner from my home.
Hallig Gröde - Walking along the Edge
The Hallig Gröde photographs revisited, Jenny walking along the stone edge.
I uploaded some of the Gröde images to a presentation at photo.net. You’re very much welcome to rate and comment the images.
Cologne - Blooming Crabapple Tree
Continuing the spring photographs, detail of a blooming crabapple tree in our garden.
Actually, I’m not quite sure if this really is a crabapple and what kind. I didn’t plant it. ;-) According to the research I did there are simple too many malus hybrids, so classification is difficult.
Jennifer - Summer 2003
A portrait of my daughter Jennifer from last year, trying to get away from the “cute little girl” images.
It’s always fascinating to see emotions changing that rapidly with small children, both in looks and gestures. This image is also posted at photo.net for critique, feel free to add your comments or contribute a rating. There is a slight difference in cropping between the image here and at photo.net. All landscape images here have an aspect ratio of 4:3, whereas the photo.net image is 3:2 like the original negative.