Manhole cover

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I’d like to think that this image is well balanced, even though it contains only opposites: warm red and cool blue colors, tight circles and long curves, metal and stone, man-made bricks and… Continue reading

Fall Colors on a Gray Day

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It’s been raining all day long in Hamburg and apparently it will rain again tomorrow, so here is an attempt to brighten up your day. A stained-glass window as replacement for the missing… Continue reading

A Storm is Approaching

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A few friends have commented on my recent post with the apple images. Apparently I was so excited about experimenting with black and white that I didn’t notice how much impact the color… Continue reading

Three Colorful Construction Scenes

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The sky was discouragingly cloudy this morning, and if I hadn’t promised two friends to go out photographing with them, I probably would have stayed at home. But a promise is a promise,… Continue reading

Apples in Black-and-White

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I am getting more and more fascinated by black and white. Unfortunately also a bit frustrated because I don’t yet get the results that I want, but I am slowly getting better! Here… Continue reading

d-licious in Palo Palo, Hannover

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Last night d-licious had a gig in Palo Palo in Hannover, and since I’d heard a lot about them but never seen them, I headed to the club after work. Only in the… Continue reading

Evolution of "Pavement Patterns"

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I’ve been playing with the image “Pavement Patterns” on and off for a couple days now and every time I look at it, I see ways to improve it. Instead of sitting around… Continue reading

Pavement Patterns

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I was walking down the street and noticed the broken up asphalt of the pavement. It was so unusual — there had to be an image there! So I pulled out my new… Continue reading

Passepartout as Viewfinder

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In the past I’ve noticed that every time I approached a new scene, I’d waste too much time looking through the viewfinder, changing lenses, looking again, changing again and so on… Sometimes I’d… Continue reading

Street-Ghost

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A road-construction barrier has taken on a life of its own.

Pillars (Palais de Longchamp, Marseille)

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Here is my first serious attempt at black-and-white. I carefully processed this image from my recent trip to Marseille in Camera Raw in order to preserve as much detail as possible in the… Continue reading

Light, Shadows and Glasses

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Just playing with light, shadows and glasses… No tricks except for mirroring the original image in order to continue the dark shadow.