Lumenatorial: The golden fruit

Lumenatorial: The golden fruit

In the last months I have been struggling to deliver content on a weekly basis. Time is short and blogging takes time. So I decided to start a series of shorter entries called “Lumenatorials”. In these posts I will show a photo I made and deliver some...
Summertime insects

Summertime insects

Insects never fail to mesmerize. They are everywhere around us and nobody realizes them (if they are not of the bloodsucking kind). But once a macro lens is pointed at them the intricate beauty is revealed. Here are some macro shots I took with my Nikon D610 and the...
Shooting a frog close-up

Shooting a frog close-up

We have awesome neighbors. They do lots of cool stuff with their kids like digging up fossils in a quarry, visiting historical and scientific museums and conducting science experiments at home like growing crystals. Their newest project are frogs. They caught some...
More Insects

More Insects

  Last week I posted images of a caterpillar on an apple and once the macro lens is mounted my photographic trigger finger stays itchy. Therefore I strolled around on a playground while my daughter was playing and scrutinized twigs and leaves of the surrounding...
Caterpillar

Caterpillar

We stood together with our neighbors when suddenly he said: “Oh look, there’s a tiny caterpillar on your shirt !” Being the busy photographer I am instead of brushing the caterpillar off my shirt and into the next shrubbery I ran inside (caterpillar...
Announcing insect week

Announcing insect week

Spring is here and nature is buzzing with activity. In the last weeks I had the 105 mm macro lens mounted on one camera all the time and took the opportunity to photograph insects which I encountered outdoors. This week is thereby declared insect week. Within the next...