Silvia Foschum-Wiesmüller

Shrove Tuesday at sunrise at St. Mark's Square. This was one of my most unforgettable shoots. The light was perfect, only a few photographers and especially no phone snapshooters were present. The atmosphere was absolutely magical! I get goosebumps again just thinking about that morning....

Light - Dark Soft - Hard Warm - Cold All these contrasts come together in this photo for me. I placed the feather on the frozen meadow and illuminated it from the left with an additional LED light.

Upper Austrian landscape in the late afternoon sun in a sea of fog. On 26.12.24, I photographed the Alpine foothills from Wolfsegg am Hausruck with my Sony a6000 and the Sony 70-350. The mood of the rolling sea of fog and the golden sun is indescribable.

Our neighbor's cat Keira is quite curious! I took advantage of that today and let her look on the table (with the help of small treats). It wasn't easy at all to keep the cat in check so she wouldn't jump on the table right away, while simultaneously operating the camera. I shot this with my Sony a6000, the Tamron 17-70 at 36mm, and two LED cubes that provided reasonably sufficient light from the front left and right. ISO800, f2.8 1/60sec

On the night of October 10th to 11th, 2024, it happened again! Aurora alert here in the deepest Bavaria. Unfortunately, it was heavily cloudy, and later it even started to rain, but I was still lucky enough to catch a few breaks in the clouds to experience the spectacle. Then, a moped drove through the frame on a little-used side road. While editing the series, this lucky shot became my favorite photo because the trees are beautifully lit indirectly by the moped. I’m not sure if it would have been even better if the light pullers hadn’t stopped just before the trees... but that’s how it is. Shot with my Sony a6000 and the Tamron 17-70 at 17mm, ISO 2000, f3.5, 6 sec.

A mushroom that is probably only a delicacy for animals. For us humans, however, it is a feast for the eyes. I now only collect mushrooms with my camera to stage them with light. After all, even the highly poisonous ones "taste" really good. I took the picture with my Sony a6000 and the Tamron 17-70 at 34mm, f5.6, ISO400, 1/60sec. An LED cube illuminates the scene from the left, and a mini flashlight that I stuck into the moss behind the mushroom gives it a glow from below.

This is my favorite little spot in Waging am See. A small bench right near my apartment. One evening, there was an amazing sunset, and since a thunderstorm passed in the distance, there was also a beautiful rainbow. However, by the time I grabbed my gear and ran the 500 meters to the location, the rainbow was almost gone again. To make matters worse, the usually quiet side street was quite busy, so I had a hard time finding the perfect spot for the tripod. Only on the computer did I realize that I had cropped the bench too tightly... But the mood is all the more beautiful.