Recently I was on vacation on the island of Tenerife, the largest of the Canary Islands. Tenerife is home to Spain’s highest mountain: El Teide, a volcano with 3.817 m height. El Teide is located within an even larger and older crater, which gave me the...
Today between 09:20 and 09:40 am there was a partial solar eclipse over Germany. And here is my contribution. When I headed out for work this morning I nearly forgot that this event was imminent, so I sprang back into the apartment and got my Nikon along with two tele...
Nighttime at the sea, no clouds, full moon. It’s already a little bit kitschy, but that is the setting I had two days ago. And off I went to the shore. Camera settings: Aperture mode, tripod, remote control, noise reduction for long time exposure activated....
I tested the Samyang 800 mm f8 mirror lens again. Here is the result: It’s not a crop, this is the full frame on the D300s (which is not a full frame camera, just for the records). I did many shots, improving the result bit by bit. This is the best sharpness and...
It’s nearly full moon and my wife came home late stating: “There is such a beautiful moon today, you have to go outside and shoot it.” Everything for my dearest, and so I went… Shot with a Samyang 800 mm f8 mirror lens. 1/800 sec and ISO 1600...
