
Sandlake Dunes, Oregon / USA. September 1995.
We reached Sandlake Dunes in foggy weather. Strolling through the sand towards the Pacific Ocean, all we heard was the everlasting swell of the surf. I tried to capture the atmosphere before my friends vanished in the fog.

Pacific Coast, Oregon / USA. September 1995.
Third and last picture of the Pacific Coast series. Next stop on our journey will be foggy Sandlake Dunes.

Pacific Coast, Oregon / USA. September 1995.
Another reworked picture of the beautiful Oregon Pacific Coast. But as with the first one, I cannot name the exact location where it was taken.

Pacific Coast, Oregon / USA. September 1995.
This one, I uploaded earlier already, but reworked it since. Still no idea where exactly this picture was taken. Any helpful hint would be welcome.

Portland, Oregon / USA. September 1995.
Park at the Rose Garden.
Next stop on our journey was Portland, with its beautiful Rose Garden. Something tells me that Claude Monet would have liked this scene…

Seattle, Washington / USA. September 1995.
View from the Space Needle.
Evening view on Downtown Seattle. Above the old Kingdome, former home of the Seattle Mariners baseball team, you can see a faint image of Mount Rainier.

Seattle, Washington / USA. September 1995.
Space Needle Silhouette.
Our trip started in Seattle, which we reached via Chicago. Of course, we had to visit Seattle’s landmark, the Space Needle.

Berlin, Germany. October 2009.
Night view of the Berlin Cathedral (Berliner Dom), with the television tower at the Alexanderplatz in the background.
Despite of commonly being referred to as Cathedral (or ‘Dom’ in German), it is actually a Protestant church, that has never been the seat of a Catholic bishop. It was built between 1894 and 1905 after plans of Julius Raschdorff.

Potsdam, Park Sanssouci, Germany. November 2009.
Beautiful evening light at the New Palace (Neues Palais) in Sanssouci Royal Park. Completed in 1769, it is the last great Prussian baroque palace.

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.

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

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.

Grand Canyon, Arizona / USA. September 1995.
Scanned from print.

Hamburg, Germany. March 2007.
Warm colours on a cold March day.

Hamburg, Germany. August 2008.
Hamburg’s landmark, the ‘Michel’ church, with it’s bluely illuminated bell tower during the Hamburg Cruise Days 2008.


Both Hamburg, Germany. April 2007.
Following a recent discussion in a photography forum tonight, I have been playing around a bit with some earlier attempts at creating HDR images.
The Town Hall picture is featured on Google Earth at:
53° 33′ 1.72″ N 9° 59′ 39.58″ E
Link to KML file

Near Hamburg, Germany. February 2008.
Gorgeous sunsets and fooling around with flashlights do go together sometimes…

Near Rethymno, Crete / Greece. May 2008.
Archway within the Arkadi Monastery, which is famous for the Cretan revolt against the Turks in 1866.

Hamburg, Germany. June 2007.
The port never sleeps. Daylight is replaced by thousands of lamps, so that work can go on for the night shift. Every day, every night.
Taken from St. Michaelis church tower (Hamburg’s emblem, the ‘Michel’) out of the hand with an exposure time of 1/2 second.

Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel, Germany. March 2007.
Cirrus Airlines, Dornier 328-110, D-CIRC.
Taking off into a dramatic sky.

Near Prinias, Crete / Greece. May 2008.
The Agios Panteleimon Chapel is watching over the area around Iraklion. The chapel is located within the ancient Minoan ruins of Rizinia. Seems that the fascination of a stunning view worked already 4000 years ago.
This picture is featured on Google Earth at:
35º 10′ 11.56″ N 25º 0′ 29.94″ E
Link to KML file

Near Hamburg, Germany. February 2008.
The sky over my home was on fire that evening.

Chania, Crete / Greece. May 2008.
The chair may have seen better times already. But the view on the beautiful old port of Chania is priceless.