So I went into the woods (which is less than five minutes from home) and took this picture of a beech. “Quite erotic,” my girlfriend said when she saw the print. Like bodies in a state of ecstasy.
A real life Rorschach test, this tree!
Erotic
Sahara dusty sunrise
Every now and again at sunrise I open my curtains and immediately run out. That is: It takes me approximately 5 minutes to tear off my pyjamas, grab my clothes and camera, stumble to the front door and run to the meadows. But even those lousy 5 minutes can be too much, for rapidly the most stunning colours in the sky change to a boring, pale palette. No time to think, just run!
This Monday January 29 I made it. Once again Sahara dust swirled high in the atmosphere, as in March 2022 and February 2021. And like before, the most beautiful colours appeared before the sun peeked above the horizon. Wow!
Xperimental: And there was light
The reflections in the screen of my phone gave the inspiration for this one. Diffraction in layers of glass mirrored multiple images of the same item, distorted over one another. This is a kind of replica in color. Food for the experimental group. What do you think of it?
(and frankly, I don’t like these kind of images)
Experimental: Cinque Terre Coast
So we have this experimental photography group. Just playing around a little. This time the Italian Cinque Terre coast, but not as you know it. What do you think of it?
Field of gold
This picture made me think of Sting’s song ‘Fields of gold’. It´s wheat he sings about, but this comes close enough. Heard him sing during his show last December. Loved it!
But even the master can´t beat the voice of Eva Cassidy. She makes me want to walk through the fields forever
Fall
Ameria
Morning glow
Next week temperatures will drop to around zero degrees Celsius. A rare opportunity to go out at sunrise and catch the ice crystals just before the sun melts them away
Seeing Time
Today I went out for a personal challenge. To find and capture patterns in the world around and make an abstract of it. The beauty of the ordinary.
Found it!
Bye bye 2023!
Madagascar 5: Chameleons, geckos, snakes and frogs
Back to Madagascar. Lots and lots of chameleons, lizards, frogs and snakes. Too much, I’d say. So here’s a whole bunch of them. Pay attention to the perfect disguise of the different chameleons (the smallest less than 5 cm!), the mossy leaf-tailed gecko’s, the beautiful frogs…
And did you know they even have Nile crocodiles? It’s all too much!
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