Image of the month
Sea Stars in the Pacific Northwest
OCEAN'S EMBRACE
Surf softly embracing the Ochre Sea Stars (Pisaster ochraceus) on a rock
This month's image was awarded last weekend at the "European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015" ceremony in [...]
Autumn in Iceland
Color Madness in Iceland - during the day AND the nights
We just spent 2,5 weeks in Iceland, enjoying an incredible Indian Summer with no wind and summerlike temperatures (at least by Icelandic standards... ;-) ...), wonderful days in the Highlands with some really challenging hikes (icy slopes and [...]
White Rim Road - Sunset at Monument Basin
Sunset at Monument Basin, WHITE RIM ROAD
This month's image was taken 3 years ago, during our overnight trip along White Rim Road, a popular 4WD-loop-trail at the Island in the Sky District in Canyonlands National Park (Utah, United [...]
Playa de Gueirua
Dawn at PLAYA DE GUEIRUA in Asturias, Northern Spain
This month's image shows the rugged coast at Playa de Gueirúa, sometimes also spelled "Gairúa", near the town of Cudillero in Asturias. It is a great place for photographers and full of curious geologic formations: banded rocks, boulders and [...]
Fjallsarlon Glacier Lagoon in Southeast Iceland
Here is something to cool you down on a hot summer day!
This month's image shows the Glacier Lagoon of Fjallsarlon. It's located in Southeast Iceland right beside famous Jökulsarlon. When we took this image in early summer two years ago there were really A LOT of [...]
Gaztelugatxe Arch in Basque Country in Northern Spain
Sunset at GAZTELUGATXE ARCH in Northern Spain
We just returned from a short trip to Northern Spain. Steffen and I spent some days along the coast visiting several Spanish Provinces, among them the Biscay (Basque Country near the French border), Cantabria, Asturias and Lugo (Galicia, [...]
Selfie at Lower Antelope Canyon
SURROUNDED BY FLAMES
This month's image shows one of the beautiful arches inside Lower Antelope Canyon at Navajo Indian Reservation near Page, Arizona. It is usually done by photographers from its front side, but somehow I liked it from the other side [...]
Northern Lights Photography
NORTHERN LIGHTS on the southern horizon
This month's image shows one of the many pictures we took two days before we did the Ice Cave Tour, featured last month. On the night of February 28th - March 1st 2015 we were lucky to witness a [...]
Ice Cave Tour in Iceland
ICE CAVE TOUR at VATNAJÖKULL
We've been back in Iceland this winter. We enjoyed some sleepless nights with amazing northern lights displays along the south coast (with a Kp-value of "5"; new images will be coming up soon!) and had a lot of great winter sunsets/sunrises, [...]
Teddy Bear Chollas in the Sonoran Desert
BACKLIT TEDDY BEAR CHOLLAS AT SUNSET
Teddy Bear Chollas (Cylindropuntia bigelovii) are a native species of the Sonoran Desert that extends from northern Mexico up to the southern parts of California and Arizona. [...]