3rd place
bronze star award
Volker Birke
germany 
Photo © Volker Birke
title
Dangast
Canon EOS 5D MKII, Canon EF 16-35mm 1:2,8L II USM, tripod, long exposure, PP in PS 5.1
Location: Wadden Sea (North Sea) at Dangast, Jade Bight ("Jadebusen"), appr. 1 hour after sunset
You're viewing a small tidal pool and a statue named "Jade" created by artist Anatol Herzfeld, a former student of Joseph Beuys, during high tide.
Dangast is a small village situated on the southern banks of the Jade Bight where chiefly expressionistic painters such as Karl Schmidt-Rudloff or Erich Heckel worked for a couple of years around the beginning of the 20th century.
Anyway, I've been fascinated with nature, especially sea and landscapes, all my life, and how it relates to personal feelings, atmosphere and moods. Got my first camera around the age of ten. Therefore, artistic land and waterscape photography has always been a favorite subject, also viewing landscape paintings (e.g., created by Caspar David Friedrich or William Turner). Already as a youngster I got interested in the work of Friedrich (CDF), especially by his masterpiece "Der Morgen" (The Morning"), I remember:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_David_Friedrich#/media/File:Caspar_David_Friedrich_-_Tageszeitenzyklus,_Der_Morgen_(1821-22).jpg
However, I'm much interested in other genres of photography as well. For the last ten years I have primarily used digital SLR cameras, though still employing and developing (B+W 35 mm) film occasionally.
More info:
https://www.volkerbirke.com/about-1/
Good statement I like:
"My job as a photographer is to bring order to chaos.
While it's true that our world is full of visual richness, it's also true that our world is full of visual chaos.
The difficulty in creating strong, dynamic photographs is in dealing with that chaos.
Out of an infinite number of elements, I (and you) have to select and arrange a certain number of them into some visual harmony.
Consider the difference between a painter and a photographer.
Starting with a blank canvas, the painter constructs an image by adding only those elements needed for visual excitement.
But my job as a photographer is to eliminate, to strip away many of those chaotic elements that exist in front of me until I arrive at the strongest possible image."
Norton, B. (2001) "The Art of Outdoor Photography - Techniques for the Advanced Amateur and Professional"
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entry description
"Dangast"Canon EOS 5D MKII, Canon EF 16-35mm 1:2,8L II USM, tripod, long exposure, PP in PS 5.1
Location: Wadden Sea (North Sea) at Dangast, Jade Bight ("Jadebusen"), appr. 1 hour after sunset
You're viewing a small tidal pool and a statue named "Jade" created by artist Anatol Herzfeld, a former student of Joseph Beuys, during high tide.
Dangast is a small village situated on the southern banks of the Jade Bight where chiefly expressionistic painters such as Karl Schmidt-Rudloff or Erich Heckel worked for a couple of years around the beginning of the 20th century.
about the photographer
I'm a semi-professional photographer specializing in fine art land and waterscape photography. I can't draw, but release the shutter, sometimes (I suppose), and I'm looking for the harmony of the world, sometimes (I suppose)...Anyway, I've been fascinated with nature, especially sea and landscapes, all my life, and how it relates to personal feelings, atmosphere and moods. Got my first camera around the age of ten. Therefore, artistic land and waterscape photography has always been a favorite subject, also viewing landscape paintings (e.g., created by Caspar David Friedrich or William Turner). Already as a youngster I got interested in the work of Friedrich (CDF), especially by his masterpiece "Der Morgen" (The Morning"), I remember:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_David_Friedrich#/media/File:Caspar_David_Friedrich_-_Tageszeitenzyklus,_Der_Morgen_(1821-22).jpg
However, I'm much interested in other genres of photography as well. For the last ten years I have primarily used digital SLR cameras, though still employing and developing (B+W 35 mm) film occasionally.
More info:
https://www.volkerbirke.com/about-1/
Good statement I like:
"My job as a photographer is to bring order to chaos.
While it's true that our world is full of visual richness, it's also true that our world is full of visual chaos.
The difficulty in creating strong, dynamic photographs is in dealing with that chaos.
Out of an infinite number of elements, I (and you) have to select and arrange a certain number of them into some visual harmony.
Consider the difference between a painter and a photographer.
Starting with a blank canvas, the painter constructs an image by adding only those elements needed for visual excitement.
But my job as a photographer is to eliminate, to strip away many of those chaotic elements that exist in front of me until I arrive at the strongest possible image."
Norton, B. (2001) "The Art of Outdoor Photography - Techniques for the Advanced Amateur and Professional"
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