Abstract & Macro
Just back from Iceland, I received a message that the Moor Frogs (Rana arvalis; Heikikker) had emerged from their winter dwellings and had started their annual activities: the males turn blue and make strange popping sounds to attract a female. As I had an enormous load of Iceland images to work through and the camera […]
Here’s another one from last week when I spent the majority of the morning with a small clump of Bristly Haircap (Polytrichum piliferum, Ruig Haarmos). This one was shot lying flat on the ground and with extension tubes and a converter used to be able to focus closer and obtain even more magnification. The larger […]
Again a week that featured beautiful sunrises on the way to the office and a weekend that consists of grey and drab days. If there is a God an he likes nature photography, than I can only assume he does not like competition and he keeps all the good light to himself… Anyway, I really […]
In the ice, that is. Last Friday was another grey and gloomy day (talk about a pattern…). When the alarm went off, the radio mentioned dense fog in the whole country, except for the regio where I live. Bummer, no day for landscape photography. Fortunately, the night had been clear and temperature had dropped just […]
Last weekend was a dark, gloomy and wet one. But since I had not been able to go out the week before, I decided to face the elements anyway and see what would happen. Place of choice were the fishing ponds. I had hoped for some remaining ice with nice patterns, but it had all melted. […]
2010 has been a quite succesful year, photographywise, but it just got even better. The winners of the Outdoor Photographer of the Year Awards have been announced and I am very happy and proud that my image of a Fungus in predawn blue light has won the ‘Small World’ category! The competition is organized, this […]