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lynx

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:42 +0200

Majestic lynx patrolling along his compound. I really do dig this big and elegant cats. Shot in the "Alte Fasanerie" near Hanau.

moose

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 15:59 +0200

I really feel kind of lucky to have natrure around me, and even parks that are nearby and are build very well. Together with Claus and Michael I went to the "Alte Fasanerie", an ancient park near Hanau. It was a bright day and all the animals seem to enjoy it even more than we did. Here's a youg moose posing in the bright midday sun.

swanlake

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 17:49 +0200

A small trip to the Grünen Seen (green lakes) last weeked to catch some fresh air. The sun had dissapeared for… well I don't know excatly, but it felt like forever…. and now it was out the first day. Till we reached the lake, it already was about to vanish again, but none the less, I caught some swans going after their business in the partly frozen lake. Like the composition and texture of of this, so I share it with you.

common buzzard

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 17:26 +0200

Around the Grüne See (green lake) there are alway alot of birds of prey. Usually they are far, up in the sky and if you are lucky and find one on a tree it mostly spots you first and flies off. Not this time. This one turned out to be a very very patient object to shoot. The sund had alrea

zenith

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:12 +0200

Well not quite the right zenith, but a dead-center composition non the less. Can you feel the warmth? Now I strangely feel like having a beer… cheers.

big wader

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:05 +0200

…or "großer Brachvogel" as this one is called. Shot at the Zuiderzeewerke/Ijselmeer/Netherlands. A great day, with great animals. Enjoy!

duck studies #1

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:50 +0200

Happy new year everyone. We spent our new years eve in Makkum/Netherlands which is kind of surrounded by nature parks with lots of birds. Ducks used to be quite common in my hometown, too. Lately the egyptian goose has concoured their resorts and ducks had to move. I was quite happy to see them again, even though far from home.

brute force

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 00:58 +0200

Catching flashes with my camera is always a big adventure. By viewing this shot it is obvious what I really need to improve… my own position. Spectacular as these shot may look, it lacks composition that is somehting that I can't fix without retake. The big problem when shooting flashes is that a thunderstrom is right with you, most likely carrying tons of rain and so I need to get something to store the camera away safely. The roof of above the balcony at the Judohaus has served me quite well, but I was bound to stay there. Next year… probably.

promissed land

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 20:32 +0200

It was my second time that I went up that hill to attend the 2012 Shaolin Mountain Retreat and although I had been there almost eveery year since 2003 it is something different with the Kung-Fu brothers and sisters. The energy is there and this sundown, at the first evening, mirrored the nice days to come.

last night at the sea

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 23:08 +0200

Last evening on the island and the weather hat really been nice that day, invoking an instant sunbrun throughout the day. It also was the last night for the German football team at the WM and so the beach was empty, just us, water, wind and a few people in the distance. A nice last evening.

morsum burning red

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 22:00 +0200

Completly overcast, when a suddenly a small slit openend up behind us and let the sun through, rendering Hörnung and parts of Keitum in this magic lighting. Hard to capture and I did mostly fail to ban the modd on the chip.

tiger moth baby

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 21:28 +0200

Yes… this caterpillar is actually a moth baby and was about 10cm long. We found it the meadows between Munkmarsch and Kaitum, along with many others. Brauner Bär (brown bear) is the German name and I think it fits quite well.

R.I.P. grandpa

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 19:20 +0200

There is a saying within my family: When death comes around he will pick three of us. How right that saying is we all got to know when grandpa died
last month, being number three after my cousins grandma and Lutzi. Ninetysix years is a big number and he made his peace with the circumstances, knowing that he won't carry on - but the fact remains: Death just hurts for the rest of us, even if we could say good bye. I hope that you and granny are reunited and have a good time now. R.I.P. grandpa. Picture was taken one and half year ago, when he turned 95 and grandma was gone already. He was so brave and carried on as good as he could, not showing any laxity in his routine and always with humor… just carrying on as life came along. Big rolemodel...

R.I.P. Lutzi

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 19:35 +0200

She was alway there - the whole 13 years. She was one of the best friends we had and she was a big part of our family. Today the cancer won and we had to go and see the doctor for a final visit. Now there is a huge emtpy spot on our sofa and in our hearts. We had to let go and we hope that our poor little friend is now in doggy heaven. We miss you Lutzi! I hope you are now at a better place, without pain.... peace!

kite fight

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:27 +0200

Our last stop of our trip was in Goa. Right the first day, we stepped out of the airport I noticed flock of huge birds in the sky and they where everywhere else to be found as well, but in Goa I finally had the time to sneak by and take some shots not without fretting about leaving my big lens in Germany. Anyway here you can see two young black kites practicing some dogfight maneuvers.

Hoopoe

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:11 +0200

Our second day in Hampi we descided to shift back one gear and have a relaxing day by strolling around, visiting the places we missed the day before and stay longe in one spot. First animal of the day that we noticed was this hoopoe, passing us by couple of times at top of the virupaksha temple. Nice catch, isn't it?

bangalore bear massacre

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:39 +0200

Not to give you a false impression of the trip: the cities are hard to stand and I coulnd't bear any longer than a couple of hours, before I got fed up with all the noise and dirt. Looks like some bear in downtown of Bangalore didn't make it on time and put an end to its existance.

macaque #3

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:29 +0200

He was the most curious of the bunch. He came down the tree and sat a few meters away from us.

new macaque

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:19 +0200

Here we got a tiny macaque, a new one, if you will, staring after his pears who where bussy breaking a jack fruit.

Toque macaque

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:15 +0200

The old world monkey, as it is calssified. Our first day in Kandy we went to the botanical garden and althoug quite impressive it was the monkeys that cought my eye. After one of the elders tried to ripp of our bananas from Nadines bag, we choose to follow them to their spot. After a couple of minutes they almost ingnored us and we could observe them quite well. This one reminds me somehow of Bob Marley…

Indian Woodpecker

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 11:59 +0200

You could find woodpeckers all over the world. There are about 200 known species and non the less, I was surprised to find it in the Indian jungle. The best part about it is that indian birds are not shy at all. So I could get quite close and som decent shots. Not that it uses its tail as tripod… a camera and we would probably be really good friends.

Smaragdspint

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 11:21 +0200

…or green p, as they are called by the natives. It is not very shy, rather curious and so you find it flying around you almost everywhere. Mostly they tend to seat on a low tree or cable and catching insects out of the air. Green-Bee-eater, so hi sofficial name in the rest of the world.

delawella beach

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 14:14 +0200

Listed as one of the ten moste beautifull beaches of the world and we found it… by accident. One of the most relaxing stays of the whole trip an one of the finest places.

Kingfisher

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 07:42 +0200

Despite beeing a very tasty beer of India (and an Airlines as well) they are to be found everywhere. Very, very shy, I had to improve my sneak up techniques. In the end I found this guy who was not so shy at all.

mudskippers

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:47 +0200

Half fish, half reptile they are somhow arkward creatures. They can breath through their skin as well ais their mouth, depending if they are in the water or on land. This cutaneous air breathing functions much like a skubadivers system. However their gills have to stay wet and so you mostly find them on the rocks along the shore. Flexing their body they can jump uo to 60cm in one leap. Be sure to stay calm and do not move when you want to observe them - their eyes are really good.

old varanus

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 06:38 +0200

On our second day in Hikkaduwa/ Sri Lanka, Santa took us to a nearby lagoon and the first animal we met, was this old, big varanus, about 2m long and really looking hazardous. They are known to be very clever and can count up to number six, which is quite big thing for animals from the times of dinosars. Now I am frightened.

the krestel and the jay

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:14 +0200

This weekend was nice weahter. i had an appointment in Mainz, to pick up a new/old treassure for my computer collection - a sought after Commodore PET. Nadine joined me on the trip and the plan was to enjoy a walk in the sun, along the Rhein. The guy who sold me the PET was already waiting for us and I asked him if he knew some nice area to take a walk. He said we should go and try right behind some buildings nearby... so we did and found a nature reservoir, between the motorway and the city. A rounte went through the reservoir and due to the nice weather, a lot of joggers and other people were around... and birds. This amercian krestel was hunting together with an eurasian jay... I couldn't believe it, but they really did. Evidence will come in the next pitcture.

neighbours

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:14 +0200

We really enjoyed the nature, the slow pulse of France everything and so did the animals as well. A stork visited the crane and... nothing happend. Looks like they seem to have enough food around to not go wild on each other.

who's controlling who?

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:37 +0200

At the risk of getting you bored by all these dragonfly pictures that lately come up here... just one more. This couple was one of many at a river in Cromartin/France. Sadly the upper one shifted out of focus. Did I mention that I need to get macro? I could swear, I told you that before... ;)

ghostly horse visit

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 03:31 +0200

My aunt invited the whole family to Chiddes, Saône-et-Loire, France, for her birthday party. My parents couldn't come, though and as we just got married, they gave us the big house, they had rented. Our honeymoon, if you want. The first night at a new location is mostly not the one I'm gonna catch alot of sleep. At 3.a.m. I found the meaddow behind our house in dense mist and some sparkling stars from above shingin through. After I took a couple of pictures, I heard snuffle right beside me and when I turned around, that grey horse lady was right beside me, curious about what I was doing at this time. We became somewhat firends after that nightly encounter. Sorry for the unsharp image, but I broke my wireremote port and so I had to keep the button pressed by hand and count the seconds manually, but it puts everything in that fairy tale glare.