Bastian Werner – Fragen an …

Introduction:

Im Rahmen des Datacolor Fotowettbewerbs zur Reise- und Landschaftsfotografie, der im Sommer 2017 stattgefunden hat, haben wir viele hervorragende Fotos von tollen, engagierten Fotografen erhalten. Der Jury ist die Auswahl der fünf Gewinner des Wettbewerbs nicht leicht gefallen, haben doch viele Fotos eine Platzierung unter den Top-Bildern verdient. Um die wunderbaren Aufnahmen entsprechend zu würdigen, rücken wir in unserem Blog daher immer wieder einzelne Einsendungen in den Fokus, stellen den Menschen hinter der Kamera vor und lassen sie oder ihn erzählen, wie das Bild entstanden ist.

Spider Web I chose an early start to head off to Mehlinger Heide, a small heather area near Kaiserslautern, Germany. Weather models forecasted veils of mist right during heather bloom. Just when I arrived, I discovered this perfect spider web in dawn. A quick check and I was sure that the sun was about to rise exactly behind the tree – beams of haze!

Reflections This is Schloss Sigmaringen in Germany. Meteorology helps to predict conditions for perfect images. The cloud coverage determines if there will be an aurora in the morning, the lack of wind helped me to get the perfect reflection of the castle. When there is no wind and the humidity is high and the water temperature is higher than the air temperature, one can see the steam coming up from the water.

Rainbow Perfect rainbow showing during the storm.

The Storm It was one of these days I had already given up upon. I was driving around the whole day and many thunderstorms would just die in front of me. I caught this one at sunset just north of Fulda, Germany.

Lighting This type of lighting never hits the ground, it wanders across the sky like a spider web – right at the bottom of the clouds.

Freedom Freedom – taken at the Großer Arber, Bayerischer Wald, GermanyIt was hard to reach this point in order to take the image. During winter there are no trails maintained and we had to start in the middle of the night and walk up a skiing slope in order to be at the peak before sunrise. It was well worth it, though – we were the only ones there and only the cold wind was blowing. A great feeling of freedom!