Landscapes

Foggy Morning

On another day, I went in the dark to place in the Itter valley. My goal was to catch the sunrise and luckily it was a foggy morning. with good hopes of a great sunrise, I waited for several hours in dark and started taking pictures. This was my luck this morning, as the sun came very late and the fog was gone by that time. But I took this picture before the fog was gone and I love it.

Cold Morning

On the first cold morning last year, I left home together with my wife. She was heading to work but I had a different goal. Just behind our city, I left the road. I found a good place to take a picture of the sunrise. In the background the Itter valley. It was a wonderful moment, sitting there, waiting for the sun, but it was damn cold as well.

Morning Has Come

After a long evening and a short night, I was up early in the morning, while my wife was still sleeping. I went down to the beach. I found a place with some black stones and small tide pools. The weather was not perfect, but the morning has come and I could make some awesome pictures. This place was directly below our hotel room, so we could hear the sound of the sea the whole night. It is wonderful if you like to sleep, but not for staying up early to make some pictures.

Orange Clouds

My wife and I found a place near the breakers and enjoyed the sunset together. And of course, I took pictures. After we sit there for a while, the whole sky turns orange and the clouds started to glow. It was just a wonderful moment together with my soulmate. Moments like this you will never forget, because of the people around you and because of an empty battery.

Straight

From the Playa de Famera we were going to the east side of the island. We were driving through a landscape like a dessert. In the background Mountains and Vulcanos. And the road was just straight. If you are from other parts in the world, where roads are always twisting, this is really amazing, to have a road until the horizon. We did a stop to take this picture and as there were very few cars on the road it was quite easy. But always remember. Take this kind of pictures always with a partner, who is looking at the traffic, as you are concentrated on taking pictures.

Beach View

After a dangerous downhill track with our car on a track, I would only use with my mountain bike we reached the famous beach of Playa de Famera. First, we thought it is a normal beach, but after we reached the water line we saw the beauty of the beach. You could go in the warm water and far in the ocean, as the beach is very smooth. It is a wonderful place to visit to get a fantastic beach view.

Outlook

After we have visited the cave Cueva de los Verdes we were just driving over the island of Lanzarote. We discovered a way through the mountains to go to a beach on the other side of the island. While driving through the mountains we found a small picnic spot next to the street. We took some couple picture because of the amazing outlook. Here is the outlook without me, staying in the picture.

Cueva de los Verdes

What a picture. I took this one on Lanzarote in the Cueva de los Verdes. When you arrive at the cave, it is just a hole in the ground. But as soon as you enter the cave you are caught by the beauty of the dark world below the ground. The Cueva de los Verdes was being formed by a huge volcanic eruption, more than 3000 years ago. On every step in the cave, you can feel the power of this event. And you can also see it :)

Evening Star

We took this picture on the coast of Costa Teguise during a wonderful evening. And even if the stars are not visible yet, my evening star is right in front of me. It was such a wonderful day behind us, and what a wonderful life ahead. She is looking to the horizon, where our future lies.

Lanzarote Sunset

Our holidays on the island Lanzarote where one of the best I did so far. We could enjoy our couple time and we had the chance to see a wonderful sunset every evening. During this time, we were always at the beach. The picture is showing one of those sunsets. I like the mystic fog of the waves between the rocks and the shimmer on the wet rocks.

Atlantic Waves

Every evening on Lanzarote, my wife and I did a walk along the Atlantic and we enjoyed the time together, the time alone on the beach and time moment itself. It was one of my best holidays. We could sit next to each other the whole evening, looking at the ocean and making plans for our future. Most of those plans are already true. And we are working hard on the rest. During that time, I took the chance to make a lot, and I really mean a lot, pictures of those Atlantic waves. hope you enjoy them. We remember those moments when looking at them.

Black Stones

On our holidays on Lanzarote, we did a walk every evening and came across this place. I couldn't resist taking pictures. And especially the black stones with the waves in the background created a great atmosphere. My wife and I took the time to enjoy the couple time and the beautiful sky.

Black Cats

Last year on Lanzarote we did a walk after dinner during sunset and found a small pier with lots of stones and only after the second view, we saw the black cats between the stones. The longer we looked at the stones the more cats we saw.

Palm Tree in Sunset

Yesterday we arrived on Crete to start our holidays in the sun. Before I can share my pictures from here I have one of my pictures from last summer from Lanzarote. I took this picture from the Beach of Costa Teguise where I had a walk with my wife. It was this spot where I asked my wife if she wants to marry me and now we are married. What a wonderful year behind us and what wonderful times ahead of us. Now, we enjoy our holidays and afterward, we will start planning for the next year. Let's see what we can achieve together.

Watercourse

Memories from last summer, where we did a walk with my parents and my daughter along the Itter. My daughter found a good place to play within the water and to build a pyramid of stones, together with my dad. That gave me the time to take some pictures and I found a spot, where the main watercourse of the Itter branches into many smaller ones. All of them very shallow. With the sun it looked very nice.

Odds and Ends of last spring

When there is work, there is always something leftover. So I found these odds and ends from last spring in a very good hidden corner of the garden. Looks like not all flowerpots where needed this year. So one year of brainstorming of how to use them next year.

Water Drops

After a night of heavy rain, I found many water drops on my car. It was so freezing cold, that some of them were frozen.

Tiny Waterfall

After a long winter, we did our first walk. We decided to go in the Hildener Stadtwald, a small forest next to our home. As it was very wet the days before, all the small ditches were full of water. As the terrain has many small hills, the water ditches have some small waterfalls. I tried to get a good look at them. My main problem was, that my daughter had great fun, running through the water ditches with her rubber boots and I had only a very short amount of time before she was in the picture and destroyed the structure, made by the water.

Spears in the Sun

Even if it is already summer, here is a picture from spring. I did this picture of young spears in the sun during a walk with my family. It was a cold night and on each spear were many dewdrops. In the grey nature, those spears were the first sign of spring after a long winter. It's like my own life. After a long time of not knowing where to go and what to do, I meet my fiancee. She brought new happiness into my life and I learned what a real relationship between two people is meant to be. It feels like spring is coming after a long and cold winter and it will never go away. Look for your spear and find your own happiness. No one else will do it for you.

Pool by Night

On the evening at our stay on Crete, I took a picture of the pool by night. Together with the palms and the lights, it was super cool. It was the last day of our first family holiday and all of us enjoyed it so much that my daughter is asking once a week when we will have something like this again. So we booked another trip to Crete this year.

Sunbeams

Our last stay in Crete was a wonderful family time. And luckily, we had a room with a small balcony and garden behind it. So every evening we sit there and could see a wonderful sunset. And every evening, the sunset created wonderful sunbeams at the sky. It was very special, special like my fiancee. When she leaves, you try to catch the last view from her and you can't wait until she comes back. Luckily, my daughter is the same. She even runs down the stairs to welcome her before me.

Sunlounger

The sunshine in front of my balcony reminded me of the last family vacation. We had a wonderful family time and I found the time to take some pictures as well. The sun loungers are full of people during the day, but in the evening, all of them are empty. Together with the sunset, this makes a wonderful view with an interesting pattern. While I took the pictures my fiancee and my daughter were playing around me. What a wonderful memory.

Wet Stones

After a long weekend with the family in Sweden, we are now back home. For my fiancee, it was the first time meeting the whole family. The good news, she still wants to marry me. She is the best, ever happened to me. And as the wet stones from the picture, she is my stone, fighting against the waves with me together. And I'm totally convinced, that with her next to me, I can achieve everything. We can achieve everything.

The Sky is not the Limit

Have I mentioned that I love the sea? The reason, I love the sea, because there is no limit. And that is true for everything. Don't make yourself small, by setting limits. There are no limits. They exist only in your mind. You can reach everything and even more if you believe in what you would like to reach. Believe in yourself, your fellows and your goals. Think positive and you will be surprised what you can achieve. You will realize, that even the sky is not the limit. Just like the sea.

Ocean View

During my last visit to Crete, I had a wonderful hotel room with a fantastic ocean view. You can never sleep better, as with the sound of waves on the beach. And besides this, I had a wonderful vacation with my daughter and my fiancee.

Cogeneration Plant Herne

After a long day, which was actually far too short, with my fiancee, I was able to take a picture of the Cogeneration Plant Herne by night. All the lights by night are very fascinating and It was a very special moment for my fiancee and me, to be there with my future wife.

Lines

This time, I was here in Haan to take a picture of the sunset. Surprisingly, the highway was much more interesting than the sunset. So I got my tripod on the bridge and started taking pictures of the cars on the highway. And I love those lines, from the lights of the cars. In the background, you can see the parts of Hilden and Düsseldorf and the red lights far in the background belong to a wind park on the other side of the Rhine. The spot has a very good view of the Rhine valley and to Düsseldorf.