As a symbol of grace and elegance, the pink rose is often given as an expression of admiration. Pink roses can also convey appreciation as well as joyfulness...

near Mayen... walking for 2 hours... shooting the great landscape of the Eifel

this little bird (bullfinch -> dompfaff) seen in the "Eifel"

Wasserschloss Wittringen (-> de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Wittringen)

It was a wonderful evening with a majestic atmosphere!

alte Baumschule Böllhoff, kurz vor dem Abriss! Als Kinder haben wir dort gespielt, heute ist es nur noch "verlassen"...

The place of my childhood, Trees and Plants nursery "Böllhoff", shortly to complete demolition, cause of new buildings!

3 rawpics added to hdr with photomatix

my daughters new instrument...

quite the daddy ;)

Stellrad ist RIESIG...

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Bought these beautiful spring flowers for my Mum for Mothering Sunday to brighten up her grave. I know she would have loved them.

found a refraction-toy... shot of one window

decent macro rose

big hermann (www.hermannsdenkmal.de/) looking for some action

a drop of orange juice

on the table...

I think this year will bring a lot of color ;)

kitesurfer in the storm... quite far away...

looks soft and cuddly

fireworks with the kids

happy2012

thx all... for visits and comments

macro view of a dragonfly affaire

I like the idea of multiple universes....

LED flashlight taken with macro

1972 big truck for.... milk? liquid gas?

our old currency... 1 Pfennig 1975...

I love the options using a macro...

the nature view through a soap bubble

last week a big stormcloud formation moved over Oberhausen... did not capture the lightning but turned that to HDR instead ;)

macro shot of a hazelnut

I was there 1988... what a magical place!

old wing of the "Baumeister Mühle" in Oberhausen. -

Don Quichotte view... ;)

very delicious peanuts mix, italian style

alte Baumschule Böllhoff, kurz vor dem Abriss! Als Kinder haben wir dort gespielt, heute ist es nur noch "verlassen"...

The place of my childhood, Trees and Plants nursery "Böllhoff", shortly to complete demolition, cause of new buildings!

Lense: 18-55mm 3.5; HRD and/or TM 3 shots, photomatix to combine

but it is winter ;( ...

white and yellow macro

taking some macro shots of birthday flowers

im Wald von Königshardt auf dem Weg zum "legendären" Weihnachtsbaum - alte Tradition. Mitten im Wald wird ein Tannenbaum von Kindern und Wanderern geschmückt mit Wunschzetteln. Als Dankeschön bringt man Brot, Möhren, Vogelfutter mit...

Dort kommt der Weihnachtsmann auf jeden Fall vorbei...

I had to take a picture with this flower

macro shots of a hazelnut... first day with + 12°C

made 1969 ... played with very hard, but still clean inside ;)

focus still on the steering wheel

a bite in the chocolate taken with the macro

heli macro view...

today I came home from work, relaxed a bit with some shots in the garden... and watched the bees work still harder ;)

macro world - first day with -10C° in the night

fitness with Chi Gong on the city festival...

tonemapped

das Hermannsdenkmal (www.hermannsdenkmal.de/) and giant phantom

My wife hates spiders and found them in the garden... hundreds of them... !!!

iiiiiieeeeehhhhhh ;)

first I wanted do delete this, but then I could not do it... ;)

´cause it looks so foggy...

I took this macro shot with a little blue spot on the white "ranunculus"... looks like a glowing flower

the old "game of life" played with the kids yesterday...

my car is full... and I lost...;)

of our lake... so shiny

found some old cars and made a night of macroshots...Hope you like it...

in the middle this is the size of the "yellow/pink macro flowers"

I had to shoot my mums decoration

this one is the BIG No.1

that is what Hermann is looking for ... The Teutoburger Wald (www.hermannsdenkmal.de/)

macro world - color pencil

taking some macro shots of birthday flowers... my daughter said these are the best (because they are pink!) ;)

size: 0,1 inch so very small ones