A gallery with the latest photos, updated once in a while...

 

Lampyridae 2017

Dettifoss, Jökulsárgljúfur, Jökulsargkjufur, Trail, Trekking, Selfoss, Asbýrgi

 

 

 

NEW:

Jökulárgljúfur

 

You find a lot of new pictures in the Ódáðahraun (summer) gallery...

 

Late Winter... (Harz)

 

Winter 2015/2016 (Harz)

 

 

"Nýja-Holuhraun:

Begegnungen mit Feuer und Eis"

 

An article about my encounter with fire and ice at the Bárðarbunga fissure eruption has been published in the 04/2015 issue of the nature photo magazine "Naturblick".

Now you find the article as pdf download!

Innerdalen, Trollheimen, Hilleberg, Muddus, Norway, Norge, Trekking, Wandern, Hiking, Tent

Southern Fjell Region of

NORWAY

 

- Rondane

- Dovrefjell

- Innerdalen / Trollheimen

- Tafjordfjella

New Gallery: South Coast of Iceland

Öskjuvatn / Askja (July 2015)

First impressions from a 14 days walk around the Dyngjufjöll (Askja) in July 2015.

 

After visiting the Holuhraun eruption in last September and a ski tour through the Ódáðahraun in March 2014 I was finally back in my favourite area. As you can see there was still a lot more winter than summer in the caldera. Instead of visiting some of the higher summits and places on the rim of the Askja caldera(s) we decided to walk around the Dyngjufjöll to avoid most of the wet and deep snow.

The pictures you see here were taken on a short trip to Öskjuvatn with the Myvatntours. They  took us to our starting point Dreki and also back to Mývatn two weeks later.

 

A lot more pictures of Nýja-Holuhraun, less well known areas and summits (e.g. Kollur,  Tviburatindur) will drop into my Ísland galleries in the next weeks. I hope you come back again to see them :-)

 

Update 2015-12-29: The new gallery with pictures from the 2015 tour around Askja are now online in the Ódáðahraun gallery -> ÓDÀÐAHRAUN

 

 

 

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It was quiet here for a while...

 

 

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Wolfswarte & Achtermann

 

 

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Auf dem Acker (Hanskühnenburgfelsen)

 

 

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Hohnekamm

 

 

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Arrival of Winter

 

 

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Achtermann

 

 

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Warme Bode

 

 

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From night to day.

 

 

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Intense sunset, alas I was a bit too late...

 

 

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Autumn

 

 

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Along a well known valley.

 

 

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Above a well known valley.

 

 

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Fields of Wild Garlic before the flowering...

 

 

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Wolfswarte and Moon over Blocksberg.

 

 

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From night to day on the Brocken.

 

 

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Wolfswarte in a little bit of snow.

 

 

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Late autumn in a valley near Ilfeld in the southern part of the Harz.

 

 

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Autumn at the beginning of October. From sunshine and pure blue sky to thick fog with roaring stags anywhere but alas not on the pictures ;)

 

 

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Renneckenberg. The weather was maybe too good but the nightsky was worth a look...

 

 

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In the rain...

 

 

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Lampyridae - Fireflies - Glühwürmchen

There are just three species of fireflies to be found in Germany, more than thousand exist worldwide. Here, only the males of "Lamprohiza splendidula" show their glowing bioluminescent green while they are flying. With this manner they try to contact the female fireflies which are sitting in the bushes or on the ground, also glowing.

 

In lush summer nights between June and July they can be found in some woods. Best time is after sunset in the twilight, the spectacle lasts normally until midnight when allmost all beetles have found their mates. It's an interesting experience to see these small, glowing green dots flying through the trees and bushes. Unfortunately, the mosquitos are also very active in these times...

 

Technique:

Some of the shown pictures are blended from more than one photo to "simulate" a longer exposure. But all pictures are real, without artificial lighting!

As there is always some rest of light, the surroundings would be to bright, i.e. unrealistic for a dark wood, with just one long exposure. Also it is a good idea to take on picture at base-ISO and a bit closed aperture as high quality base for the other exposures at higher ISO and open aperture. There is a lot trial and error as it is not easy to foresee the routes of the fireflies. It's best to search a suitable surrounding and to wait for the lights to appear. From hundreds of pictures just a few can be used…

 

More pictures will be uploaded to a dedicated gallery in the next days.

 

Please have a look at the Nightlight gallery, too.

 

 

 

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Cottongrass in the moor

 

 

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Dew Scented...

 

 

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First pictures from Ireland: A day in the Killarney National Park. 

 

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Spring in the moor...

 

 

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Snow is gone, spring is there in the lower beech forests.

 

 

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Riddagshausen

 

 

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Some snapshots taken on a ski tour in powdery snow around the Achtermann.

 

 

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A winter walk around the Bodensteiner Cliffs.

 

 

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Cold times in the valley of the brook Ilse.

 

 

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When there is no light for landscape photos it's sometimes good to look at the details...

 

 

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Fog, cold and sun.

 

 

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No snow, a winters tristesse...

 

 

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Some snowfall, a deers nibbled corpse in a brook and even more dead trees...

 

 

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Different characters of the brook "Warme Bode" in late November fog.

 

 

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More ice and nice inversion clouds.

 

 

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Picture of the Month

Heilagsdalur, Herdubreid
Herðubreið from a beautiful flower meadow in Heilagsdalur