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Cologne Cathedral at the blue hour - the classic photo motif that is often taken by photographers from the Rhineland.

The World Expo 2012 took place from May 12 to August 12, 2012 in the coastal city of Yeosu (South Korea) under the motto "Living Ocean, Living Coast". The entire

Landscapes can appear particularly effective long after the blue hour, when there is still light from the surroundings, the moon is shining and light pollution is limited.

The birch avenues in Hennef between the villages of Söven and Westerhausen and also the plane trees on the Rhine promenade in Mainz are magnificent to look at, regardless of t

Avenues are a particularly nice subject for infrared images. The white leaves of the trees in summer in contrast to dark streets create a wintry impression.

The high contrasts of infrared imaging technology give France's well-known castle an almost threatening appearance. The difference to the usual recordings is cons

Are people in swimwear actually sitting here on a snow-covered meadow on the Rhine? As with many motifs, infrared technology astonishes.

In Hawaii we often saw a bright red bird that kept thrilling us. When I found a red feather, it immediately went into the diary.

We had rented a nice little house at over 1,600 meters above sea level, which offered ideal conditions for star trail photography. Light pollution is generally lo

We were in a good position with our car in the wide lava deserts of Lanzarote with a good view to the north, where volcanoes lined up. The orange village lights e

It can get damp near streams and this can lead to fogged optics. Here the front lens fogged up and produced a fog effect - in other words - about 50 of the 200 pi

Taking photos for star trails over the palm trees of La Palma is not easy with wind and long exposure times.

The interesting rock formations in the north of La Palma can also be used as objects for star trail photography. Here is an example on a - unfortunately - somewha

During one of the 200 shots, a part of the trees was dodged with a bright flashlight in order to be able to recognize them later in the finished picture. The tree

And then the clouds came from the sea - despite a recording altitude of 1,600 meters above sea level, this series of recordings was a race against time. But surpr

Finally a starry night with a cloudless sky.Freezing temperatures were also to be expected at night and they promised less haze.

Even if the color of this super moon on April 8, 2020 at 9:20 p.m. seems rather orange, it is still called the Pink Moon.

After the glacial melt at the end of the Würm ice age, the Breitach cut itself some 150 meters deep into the rock over the past 10,000 years, creating the deepest rock canyon in Central Europe: the

An impressive way of the cross leads from the former camelite monastery and today's Pousada Mosteiro Amares to the pilgrimage site

The Rio Nava flows through the pilgrimage site Santuario de Nossa Senhora da Abadia, whose tributaries with their moss-covered stones offer beautiful motifs f

The first time I visited Africa, my expectations were not very high.