FotoKruse

Photography as a hobby

Color film scanned with Nikon Coolscan LS-50

Color film scanned with Nikon Coolscan LS-50

Years ago I started scanning my collection of my own film negatives and slides taken from 1987 till 2003 and very old ones (roughly from 1960-1965) taken by my dad.

The negatives and slides were scanned with a Nikon Coolscan LS-50 film scanner and color corrections, metadata added, etc. has been done with Adobe Lightroom.

Macro photos of a wasp spider

Macro photos of a wasp spider

During our holiday in 2017 in Austria I discovered a female wasp spider sitting in her web and took the opportunity to take multiple macro photos during the day of the spider and it’s impressive egg sac.

Macro photos of a spider

Macro photos of a spider

Taking macro photos from a spider is not difficult if there is no wind on a sunny day. Spiders are everywhere and we normally disregard them (ok, except your wife/girlfriend …). Zooming in on a spider will reveal interesting details normally not seen.

Macro photos of a honey bee and bumblebee

Macro photos of a honey bee and bumblebee

Taking macro photos from a honey bee or a bumblebee is not that difficult under a bright sun allowing a fast shutter speed with a small aperture to create a large field of depth. These insects can be encountered everywhere, such as in the garden or nearby  nurseries having a lot of flowers

Macro photos of butterflies

Macro photos of butterflies

Photographing butterflies from nearby with a macro lens can be difficult as they are seldom sitting quiet on a flower or piece of fruit. Best place is normally our garden on a hot sunny day, but we also encounter them during our hikes in the Netherlands or summer holidays in Austria, Italy and Switzerland.

Salzwedel

Salzwedel

Salzwedel is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany with a very nice historic part having numerous half-timbered houses (some of them from the Middle Ages). The historic city is partly encompassed by the historic city wall and town gates. 

Along the German river Moselle

Along the German river Moselle

The small village Trittenheim in Germany is situated alongside the river Moselle and surrounded by numerous vineyards. Trittenheim is an ideal starting point for trips alongside the Moselle and gives opportunity to take landscape photographs, but also from Roman monuments in the nearby city Trier.