We’re going to Madeira this year. 2 weeks should allow us to see several locations, not only for photography. Below is my current planning. Short-Trip #1 The short trip will have 2 locations with a Funchal view from the east. The overall distance is about 8 km. There are 2 similar locations in this area, […]
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Year: 2019
Calendar for 2020
In cooperation with Ringfoto Schattke and Lebenshilfe Cuxhaven I created a calendar for 2020 and it is already available. The calendar contains a total of 14 images (plus cover picture) from the Cuxhaven area. All pictures are printed in DIN-A4. In addition, each calendar comes with a voucher for one or two pictures in print quality […]
Beautiful sunset evening
I had a wonderful session yesterday evening at Obereversand. The sky looked promising and in the end not as disappointing than last time I was there for the lunar eclipse. I did several shots including HDRs and Panoramas. Two to share for the moment…
Lunar eclipse
I had already my doubts when weather forecast was showing clouds coming in from the north over the northern part of Germany. Anyways, I got up at 4:15 to drive to the lighthouse in Dorum-Neufeld for some shots of the eclipse. I arrived shortly after 5:15 having another 30 minutes until the total eclipse should […]
M101 – Pinwheel Galaxy
The third object I shot during the night of Jan-2nd to Jan-3rd. Also, my first attempt to shoot unattended. After setting the parameters and the started the sequence, I went to sleep. However, during the night, some clouds came in and did hide the galaxy, so I had to sort these pictures out. My attempt […]
M 45 – Plejaden (Seven Sisters)
As mentioned in previous post, I processed the Pleiades pictures taken on Jan-2nd. I am quite happy with the result, much better than the previous shots of that object.
M81/M82 – Bode & Cigar Galaxy
After several weeks with only grey sky, January 2nd was clear skies and I took the opportunity to shoot some objects. First I tried to shoot the Lowers’ Nebulae but it was too low at the sky so the house roof came into the view and I had to abort this session. Next object were […]
Klimahaus Bremerhaven 8° Ost
A classic shot of the Klimahaus, however, it was muddy and raining and very strong wind. Therefore the boats in front of the building are blurred heavily and the mood wasn’t great 😉 Three shots with the D850 using the Nikkor 24/f3.5 PC-E in portrait mode .