Stefan Gebenus

Hohwachter Bucht, Germany. June 2009.

It’s a new day,
it’s a new dawn,
it’s a new life…

Taken at 4:30 am. It was an incredible moment.

Landscape, Nature, Skies & Cloudscape

Höegh Autoliners – “Höegh Toyko”
IMO No. 9285483

Höegh Tokyo is passing the Burchardkai, on its way out of Hamburg Port.

Maritime

Stemwede – Oppenwehe, Germany. May 2009.

The old ‘Bockwindmühle’ (Post Mill) in Oppenwehe was built around 1700, and moved to its current location in 1873. It is one of 43 restored windmills along the “Westfälische Mühlenstraße” (Westphalian Mills Route), located in the county of Minden-Lübbecke.

Check out this post as well: Kolthoffsche Mühle, Levern

Buildings & Cities, Landscape

Bohmte – Bad Essen (EDXD), Germany. 01 May 2009.
SIAI-Marchetti SF-260MB, D-EDUR.

Air-to-Air encounter with Ralf Niebergall’s Marchetti. Taken from a Classic Wings Antonov An-2, during a roundtrip flight.

Aviation

Near Hamburg,  Germany. May 2009.

Wild Iris Versicolor, growing next to the pond in our garden.

Flowers, Nature

Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel (HAM / EDDH). 19. April 2009.
Emirates, Boeing 777-36NER, A6-EBO.

Touching down on rwy 15.

Aviation

Bohmte – Bad Essen (EDXD), Germany. 01 May 2009.
Classic Wings, Antononv An-2, D-FONC.

Thrust Levers of an Anotonov An-2, taken during a roundtrip flight from Bohmte airfield.

Aviation

Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel (HAM / EDDH). 19. April 2009.
Air Berlin, Airbus A319-112, D-ABGS.

Caught this brand new A319 during an Apron bus tour with Aviation Community Norddeutschland. It was a really beautiful day.

Aviation

Bohmte – Bad Essen (EDXD), Germany. 01 May 2009.
Yakovlev Yak-11, D-FYAK.

Another shot from the open day at Bohmte airfield. This Yak-11 showed some amazing fast low passes.

Aviation

Bohmte – Bad Essen (EDXD), Germany. 01 May 2009.
Stephens Akro Laser Z200, G-VILL.

Solo display on the open day at Bohmte Airfield. A terrific day it was.

Aviation

No posts for over 2 months – sorry. For several reasons – not all of them pleasant – ‘real life’ was more important over the past few weeks.

But now I am back. And the good news is: with tons of new photos. So there will be plenty of updates for the weeks to come.

Most of them will be aviation related. Indeed, spotting and aviation is playing a larger and larger role in my life. This will show also in my photos. Not that there ever was a significant lack of aircraft motives anyway…

Speaking of aviation – with great pleasure, I would like to introduce a new venture: netAirspace.com. As some of the aviation communities I joined earlier were not doing too well lately, two friends and myself decided to start an own. Well, basically, we didn’t start it. It was there, anyway. We just gave it a new home.

Right now, that’s still a temporary home, which can be found on the very same server as this homepage. You can find the forum under http://netairspace.gebenus.com/

Soon, we will move to an own server, though, and start a complete aviation community website there, including a photo database. I’ll keep you posted – hope to see you there as well.

But enough talk – time for the first new photo posts. Thanks for still checking this site!

Stefan

Site Related

Hamburg-Blankenese, Germany. January 2009.

After the last posts were all focused on aircraft, I thought it was about time for something different again. So here is a shot from one of Hamburg’s most beautiful spots, Blankenese. Taken from the lighthouse in the river Elbe, on a glorious sunday afternoon in January.

Hamburg, Locations

Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel, Germany. February 2009.
Lufthansa, Airbus A320-211, D-AIPW.

And yet another A320 – but the last one for the moment, promised! This time a Lufthansa bird, taking off from runway 33 in glorious morning sunshine.

Aviation

Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel, Germany. February 2009.
Rossiya, Airbus A320-212, EI-DXY.

Next Russian A320 in Hamburg. Not that I would not like the A320, but from the aviation enthusiast’s point of view, I find it rather sad that we hardly see any Tu154 here anymore.

Aviation

Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel, Germany. February 2009.
Aeroflot, Airbus A320-214, VP-BME, “N. Miklukho-Maklai”

About to touch down on runway 23. Named after the Russian ethnologist, anthropologist and biologist Nicholai Nicholaevich Miklukho-Maklai (??????? ?????????? ???????-??????, 1846-1888).

Aviation

Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel, Germany. February 2009.
Air Berlin, Airbus A319-112, D-ABGN.

Thundering away from runway 33.

You may notice the faint watermark in the picture. It is an experiment, and I will probably not use it for all pictures. Still, as picture theft is an issue for every photographer, certain measures of protection will be inevitable, at least for some pics.

Showing a picture in a non-commercial environment (such as a private forum etc.) is okay, as long as you mention my copyright and provide a link to my website. But it is not okay to use my photos for commercial purposes, or to include them to a picture collection (like on Flickr etc.).

If you want to use a picture in such a context, please do contact me inforehand. A friendly request does not hurt. I’ll not ask you to sign long contracts or demand any rip-off fees. After all, I want my photos to be seen – else I would not maintain this website. But, like probably any other photographer, I just don’t like my photos to be used without my consent.

Thanks a lot for your consideration. And, as always, thank you very much for visiting my humble website! I am absolutely amazed to see that this site meanwhile has over a hundred individual visitors each day, and several thousand each month. I’d never have dreamt of such figures – you gals and guys are awesome!

Aviation

Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel, Germany. February 2009.
Lufthansa Italia, Airbus A319-112, D-AKNF.

Ex Germanwings, flew in Park Inn colors. Now to be delivered to Lufthansa’s new venture, Lufthansa Italia. Seen here taking off from rwy 33 today, bound for Milan Malpensa, LH Italia’s hub.

Aviation

Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel, Germany. February 2009.
jetBlue Airways, Airbus A320-232, F-WWID.

This new A320 for jetBlue diverted to HAM yesterday (16 Feb 2008), due to fog at XFW (Hamburg-Finkenwerder, Airbus plant). The final registration will be N779JB.

Aviation

Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel, Germany. September 2007.
Airbus Industrie, A380-841, F-WWOW.

Making a low pass over runway 05 before landing on 33. Arriving as visitor to the 2007 Hamburg Airport Days.

Aviation

Chania, Crete / Greece. May 2008.

I have no idea why it is called Ice Plant – after all, it looks more like summer sunshine. And the other nicknames of this Carpobrotus Edulis are actually not much better: Pigface, or Hottentot Fig. In German, they are called ‘Mittagsblume’ (Lunch Flower), and I somewhere read that they are edible.

Well, I prefer to take photos of them…

Crete, Flowers, Locations, Nature

Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel, Germany. December 2008.
Cimber Air, Canadair CRJ-100LR, OY-RJH.

Okay, I admit – the title does not match the picture, as Cimber Air’s regional jet is about to touch down on Hamburg’s runway 15. Anyway, I chose it to launch this website into 2009.

Thanks again for all your visits. I will continue to take care of the site, regularly add new shots, and occasionally make some enhancements. Hope you will keep enjoying it!

Take care, and all the best for 2009!
Stefan

Aviation

Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel, Germany. August 2008.
Aeroflot, Airbus A320-214, VP-BRX, “V. Surikov”

Named after the Russian painter Vasily Ivanovich Surikov (1848-1916). Flying as SU126 to Moscow-Sheremetyevo.

Aviation

Near Hamburg, Germany. April 2007.

Valentina and her sister are not yet ready to sail the Seven Seas. The sky gives them an impression already that times ahead may not always be easy. In Germany, we use to wish them to always have a hand’s breadth of water under their keel.

Maritime

Flensburg, Germany. February 2007.

It was a cold and overcast day in Flensburg, but when my wife and me were down at the pier, the sun peaked through the clouds for a few seconds, to create a magic athmosphere. It lasted just long enough for me to take this picture.

Buildings & Cities, Landscape, Maritime

Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel, Germany. March 2007.
Iran Air, Boeing 747SP-86, EP-IAB.

You may remember my earlier Spotter’s Story post. That day, the photo conditions were certainly far from being optimal – full backlight, lots of reflection and spray. As you saw earlier, the photos were thus lacking contrast, and the aircraft looked flat.

Now, over the past days, I have been experimenting with a HDRI-like workflow for single RAW shots. And here’s the result. More to come soon.

Aviation