Our News
Checkered Lilies - Wildflowers in Dresden
While Steffen and I are still working on all the new images from our latest trip to the United States in February/March, we also paid a visit to the checkered lilies that grow on a meadow right here at our hometown Dresden. The "Fritillaria meleagris" (also called "snake's head" or simply "fritillary") is an endangered species, rarely found in the wild. [...]
Superbloom 2016 at Death Valley National Park
Phacelia Flowers blooming in the dried cracked mud
Just like last month we would like to dedicate this month's image to the Superbloom 2016 at Death Valley. We spent a couple of days in the National Park scouting for wildflowers. It's not that you needed to "scout" for [...]
Evening light on the Ibex Dunes at Death Valley
Sand Verbena blooming at the Ibex Dunes
Death Valley National Park experienced a tremendous amount of rain last October due to extreme weather conditions and the prevailing El Niño. Scotty's Castle is [...]
Best Places for Northern Lights Photography in Iceland
Shooting Northern Lights at Lake Myvatn, in Northern Iceland
There are some great places to photograph Northern Lights in Iceland, especially due to its low population density (not much light pollution spoiling the dark skies). And thanks to some strong ocean currents Iceland is [...]
Cottonball Basin Salt Flats at Death Valley NP
Sunset at Cottonball Basin Salt Flats
Last year in early January, we stayed a few days at Death Valley National Park in California. Besides shooting cracked mud patterns at dawn, [...]
Christmas at the Ore Mountains in Saxony
Christmas at the Ore Mountains - Church in Seiffen
This month's image features the famous church in Seiffen in the heart of the Eastern Ore Mountains ("Erzgebirge" in German and "Krušné hory" [...]
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 [...]