Panasonic LUMIX GX8 + LUMIX G VARIO 14-140/F3.5-5.6 @140mm, ISO 400, 1/320 s, f/9.0 This week's picture was taken on a hike around Abisko Nationalpark in Swedish Lappland. Kieron (the mountain on the left) left the stage for a 1100m peak without name. The light shining through the valley gave such a warm and peaceful impression. We could nearly forget, that we had there
Panasonic LUMIX GX8 + Olympus M.Zuiko 12-40mm f2.8/Pro @15mm, ISO 200, 1/400 s, f/9 This week's picture was taken after climbing over the Arlbergpass by bike in the upper part of the Lech valley. The sun was already strong and high on the sky, but a single small cloud shattered the hard light and created the lovely sunny patches which give the extra magic
Panasonic LUMIX GX8 + Olympus M.Zuiko 12-40mm f2.8/Pro @40mm, ISO 200, 1/640 s, f/5 Nowaday's, Poppy flowers are mostly known as friendly and fragile companion on the side of forests and fields. In fact, they are not as innocent as one could think. They are a symbol for sleep, peace, and death. Papaver somniferum is used to produce opiates and heroin and thus affected
Panasonic LUMIX GX8 + Olympus M.Zuiko 12-40mm f2.8/Pro @40mm, ISO 200, 1/50 s, f/8 This week's picture is about (misunderstood) food styling. I was trying out my new softboxes for lighting small objects. I backlit the subjects with a softbox which I covered with a stripe of black cloth to achieve a black background. I added a little light with a flashlight from the left
Panasonic LUMIX GX8 + Olympus M.Zuiko 60mm f2.8 Macro, ISO 200, 6s, f/16 This week's picture is a close-up of a walnut and its reflection in black plexiglass. It is the product of some experiments with light. The quality of the light falling on the subject very much influences the look of the picture. Essentially, the size, position, and temperature of the light source(s) determine the
