Early Morning Hours at the Northern Coast of Maui

Chris Renk5. Mai 2021

Remembering my trips along the Northern Coast of Maui, utilising our rental car to ist full offroad capacities! Since I drive a Jeep by myself, I though it would be good to feature it in the right manner!

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Location shooting: Joseftal, Schliersee

050/365 – Day 50 of my 365 Photo Challenge. Today I took the opportunity of a small weather improvement to photograph the remaining spring flowers again. Initially, I planned to take more pictures of wildlife in the local floodplains, but due to the approaching rain, I had only a short time window. It was so short that I didn’t even find the time to change the lens. So I had to use my Nikon 200-500mm f5.6 lens to take this shot of the sweetbriar rose freehand. It was a bit surprising how sharp the image became in the end. Now I just have to get used to the relatively long distance for the close-up limit of the lens, then the photos succeed right at the beginning. I wish you all a peaceful start to the week.

042/365 – Day 42 of my 365 Photo Challenge. Due to the approaching good weather, I started again today to search for plant motifs and came across a Euphorbia nicaeensis All, also known as Nice spurge. I took the picture with my Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8 VRII, again I don’t use tripods to get the best possible angle. A little tip for you, if you are shooting freehand, always take the longest focal distance of your lens as the exposure time. That way, you can make sure that your pictures are really in focus! What fascinated me, especially about this plant was the impression that it is a living being with many heads and arms. So it seemed to me. How do you see that?

033/365 – Day 33 of my 365 Photo Challenge. One time more, I focused on Nature Photography. This time I concentrated on “Common daisy”. For that specific image, I went low again, trying to isolate the blossoms from the surroundings to draw your attention entirely to them. I took my Nikkor 70-200mm F2.8 to soften the background and to fill the frame with the flowers. Here it comes the following poem of Roger Kinston, who said: “A camera is a SAVE button for the mind’s eye.” So, enjoy the image and let me know what you are feeling while watching it!

048/365 – Day 48 of my 365 Photo Challenge. The motive of the day was a poppy flower, which bloomed lonely in the middle of a field. Its red colour makes it easy to focus the eyes of the viewer on the red flower! For you the 3 guidelines for a good photo: 1. know your subject 2. draw attention to the subject 3. simplify In this case, the flower was the subject. I drew attention to it by following the rule of thirds and placing the poppy on one of the intersections. Then I simplified the scene by using an open aperture to blur the background. Besides, I applied the selective sharpness to the blossom of the poppy flower. So go ahead and show me your implementation of the 3 guidelines! Have fun with it!

When do you know that autumn is about to arrive? When you start seeing mushrooms popping up in the forests, fields and even in the gardens. I just discovered this pair of fungi, while en-route to the bakery to get bread rolls for breakfast this morning. Luckily, the spot was located at the western edge of our building, which provided shadow and cover to the rising sun. I tried to get as low as possible and used a Litra LED Light to brighten the shadow areas at the front side of the fungi. I hope you enjoy the image! Let me know what do you think!

131/365 – Day 131 of my 365 Photo Challenge. I am still staying on the island of Fehmarn. The weather is fantastic and invites you to do nature photography. I visited again the nature reserve “Wallgau” in the west of the island. This time I concentrated on insects, where I caught this splendid specimen of an Admiral butterfly, which was busy grazing the autumn plants and flowers. Fortunately for me, he always took long breaks on the flowers. So I had the time to choose an optimal angle for the shot. I think I really succeeded with this shot!

077/365 – Day 77 of my 365 Photo Challenge. Today I used the right weather for a trip to our local lake to see if the little swan chicks have hatched yet. I had already reported about the swan couple in several posts. During my visit today I was pleased to find out that a total of 3 swan chicks have hatched. The little ones were already busy on their feet and were feeding. In contrast to the swans at the Ammersee, this swan family showed no shyness towards me. On the contrary, I seemed to belong to them somehow. So I was able to sit down nearby and watch the little chicks in peace and quiet and to take some pictures from time to time. In the end, the little ones even started to eat the grass between my legs. Of course, I always kept an eye on the parents, just in case of a sudden change of mood to be able to go on distance. I hope you have fun looking at the picture!

107/365 – Day 107 of my 365 Photo Challenge. After the announced rain did not come, I took the opportunity to take pictures of insects today. My photo of the day shows a large mother-of-pearl butterfly, which had just settled on a flower of the weed to eat. Butterflies are simply beautiful creatures, which I always enjoy watching. Hope you enjoy it too!

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