November 14th, 2010

Autumn Scenes

While walking the dogs, I created a few images of the forest and the nice autumn light. The first image was created on the walk back home, when the sun set just behind the treeline. Some wispy clouds were lit from underneath, creating a peaceful colorscene.

From the same image I tried to create a [...]

September 5th, 2010

Tufted Duck

Tufted ducks are quite common here in Switzerland. They are mainly a winter migrant and reside in parks and rivers. On rivers, they congregate in large groups, sometimes flying up in large numbers, almost as if they have fun flying or exercising the stiff muscles.

In parks they are quite approachable and also in [...]

August 4th, 2010

August 1st in Basel

As always the Swiss National day is celebrated with some spectacular fireworks on the Rhein in the center of Basel. I had a good position in relation to the firing pontoon and was able to take a few nice images. My experience has taught me to get a long exposure of around 2 seconds. This [...]