kweide wonderland » ice

Winterromance

kweide — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:23:17 +0000

When we traveled to Zingst we drove thru an amazing landscape. WInter was still there and active. Snow and ice all over the the land, covering everything, building a mystical atmosphere where only the trees shined thru.

Olympus E-M5, Summilux @ f1.4, ISO200, 1/4000 second

So cold …

kweide — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:10:08 +0000

Ice princess or angel on the other site, looking through a wall of ice, wondering where it came from, why it there ? What is its purpose ? Should i melt it down ? Or one single stroke with my sword ? Eternity is just one step away from us. The other site is there, its just a little away from us, we have to open our eyes to see it, to feel it. Somethimes you already felt the icy shower running down your back, felt the cold touch of that icy wall ? You can overcome that, ask your guardian angel for help…

Olympus E-5, Zuiko 12-60 SWD, ISO100, 1/200 second, f3.5 and one single flash thru std. softbox….

Eyes

kweide — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 10:13:29 +0000

Eyes from a special series i made, called “The other side”. Enjoy

Olympus E-5 + E-P3, various focal lengths and shutter speeds. Made from several layers, blended to get the needed look.

Cold flower

kweide — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:52:10 +0000

Another one from “The other side”

I know it is morbid and strange. But the other side belongs to you and to me, so look at that side and see what it in ! Again a proof for TRUST and relation to and with your model.

Eisblume

kweide — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 10:19:31 +0000

What if you walk over the frozen river, it is early morning, the soft and pale sun just kissing the snowy ice. You are all alone and in the middle of the river when it suddenly happens. The ice cracks. Just a second, a heartbeat later you are 100% down into the cold icy water, the river tears you underneath the ice, far away from where you broke thru. No chance at all. No one there to help you. No one could hear your under water screaming, your fight against the hard ice, against the cold water tearing you more and more under the frozen ice mantle. No one could see your eyes so wide opened full of anxiety until the finger of death touches you, calming you down….

Hours later the tragedy is discovered by some skaters. Finding your body under the ice

Looking so full of peace and beauty. Eisblume…..

Both pictures are made of 6 layers, blended together. Starting material was done with: Olympus E-P3, ISO200, Summilux 25, F2, 1/80 second. No flash used here but some PP with simply opacity and mask adjustments…. have a try. One final word : The model is 100% healthy, she was never under the frozen ice of a river :)

Out for a walk

kweide — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:30:15 +0000

Out for a walk. Even in very cold weather. Take your “always with you camera” with your “walk around lens” on it it and simply do it. Go and look for your pictures.

In this picture you see a frozen river which was last time frozen 15 years ago. I went onto the ice and had some sweet hours trying NOT to crash on that slippery ice. That was fun ! I did it in the early morning, so just a few other persons were on ice too. When i left, the river was crowed with thousand and thousands of people.

Olympus E-P3, ISO 400, f6-3, 1/250 second, Zuiko 12 mm. No flash here. But manual exposure to get the right overall exposure settings.