Sunrise with a partial solar eclipse of 31 May 2003. Shot from the Bachtel tower by Albina Gees — Minolta XD-7, 135mm, Fujichrome Astia, Bachtel, Zürcher Oberland, 31 May 2003Partial solar eclipse at sunrise on 31 May 2003, shot from Bachtel Tower in Zurcher Oberland — 6.3/500mm telephoto lens, Fujichrome Provia 100F, 1/500s, no filter
A cloud above the horizon short before the rising solar eclipse on 31 May 2003 — Minolta X-700, 6.3/500mm reflecting tele, Fujichrome Provia 100F, Bachtel, Zürcher Oberland, 31 May 2003
A butterfly on my balcony (Fujichrome Velvia, Minolta X-700, Elicar 90mm macro lens, Rapperswil/SG, July 2003)A spider on my balcony in the morning Sun (Fujichrome Astia, Minolta X-700, Elicar 90mm macro lens, Rapperswil, July 2003)A hummingbird-like butterfly. It's fascinating to observe them drinking nectar from a blossom. Interesting that two totally different species (insect and bird) have the same eating behaviour. (Fujichrome Sensia 400, Nikon F100, AF Micro Nikkor 2.8/105mm, August 2003)A butterfly drinking nectar from a blossom (Fujichrome Sensia 400, Nikon F100, AF Micro Nikkor 2.8/105mm, August 2003)
Fishing people at dawn, right in front of the dive base. At least they don't fish here with dynamite like almost everywhere on the Philippines. Dynamite fishing does not only destroy the whole underwater world, it also destroys a possible important incoming of the Philippines: dive tourism.Fishing people at dawn, right in front of the dive base. At least they don't fish here with dynamite like almost everywhere on the Philippines. Dynamite fishing does not only destroy the whole underwater world, it also destroys a possible important incoming of the Philippines: dive tourism.Dive tourists and native people share one beach. According to rumours the people in the village think that since the white people dive here the fishes have gone ... they don't know the link between destroying corals with nets and dynamite and decreasing fish stock.The Gypsy, one of the Sea Explorers dive boats in sunrise. Someone sleeps there during the night to prevent the boat from being stolen.
Kayaks in the harbour of Banyuls sur Meer — Nikon F100, 24mm lens, Fujichrome Astia, October 2003A light pole in the harbour of Banyuls sur Meer — Nikon F100, Fujichrome Astia, October 2003The small city Banyuls sur Mer in the light of the rising sun — Nikon F100, October 2003
Aerial view on the narrow Strait of Gibraltar between Europe and Africa. Spain is at the bottom, Morocco at the top. On the left is Ceuta and on the right Tarifa. A few years later I went there for whale watching. I took that picture while flyng home from the Canary islands. — Nikon F100, September 2003Clouds above the Pyrenees between Spain and France in the light of the settigs sun. I took that picture while flyng home from the Canary islands. — Nikon F100, September 2003Mountain summits of the Pyrenees between Spain and France in the light of the settigs sun. I took that picture while flyng home from the Canary islands. — Nikon F100, September 2003Clouds above the Pyrenees between Spain and France in the light of the settigs sun. I took that picture while flyng home from the Canary islands. — Nikon F100, September 2003
On the ferry from Tenerife to El Hierro. (Fujichrome Provia 100F, Nikon F100, Nikkor ED AF-S 2.8/80-200mm, September 2003)On the ferry from Tenerife to El Hierro. (Fujichrome Provia 100F, Nikon F100, Nikkor ED AF-S 2.8/80-200mm, September 2003)Sunset from the ferry from Tenerife to El Hierro. (Fujichrome Provia 100F, Nikon F100, Nikkor ED AF-S 2.8/80-200mm, September 2003)View from our apartment's balcony at La Restinga. What you don't see are the many building sites around in the small village. (Fujichrome Provia 100F, Nikon F100, Nikkor ED AF-S 2.8/80-200mm, El Hierro, September 2003)View from our apartment's balcony at La Restinga. What you don't see are the many building sites around in the small village. (Fujichrome Provia 100F, Nikon F100, Nikkor ED AF-S 2.8/80-200mm, El Hierro, September 2003)Welcome to Mordor. The fog is coming over the hills. (Fujichrome Provia 100F, Nikon F100, Nikkor ED AF-S 2.8/80-200mm, El Hierro, September 2003)The little village La Restinga on the southern end of El Hierro. (Fujichrome Provia 100F, Nikon F100, Nikkor MF 1.2/50mm AI-S lens, El Hierro, September 2003)Corner of an appartment building at La Restinga in the evening sun. This image is slightly retouched: in the lower left corner I removed a shadow of an electric wire. (Fujichrome Provia 100F, Nikon F100, Nikkor MF 1.2/50mm AI-S, El Hierro, September 2003)Los Llanillos seen from La Frontera. (Fujichrome Provia 100F, Nikon F100, Nikkor MF 1.2/50mm AI-S, El Hierro, September 2003)Looking towards the village Las Puntas and the rocks Roques de Salmor. (Fujichrome Provia 100F, Nikon F100, Nikkor MF 1.2/50mm AI-S, El Hierro, September 2003)The little church of La Frontera. (Fujichrome Provia 100F, Nikon F100, Nikkor MF 1.2/50mm AI-S, El Hierro, September 2003)Serpentines climbing up El Sabinar through fields of lava. (Fujichrome Provia 100F, Nikon F100, Nikkor MF 1.2/50mm AI-S, El Hierro, September 2003)Fields fenced with stone walls on the coast of El Hierro. What is grown here? Fujichrome Provia 100F, Nikon F100, Nikkor MF 50mm f/1.2 AI-S, El Hierro, September 2003Withered bushes on El Hierro. Fujichrome Provia 100F, Nikon F100, Nikkor MF 50mm f/1.2 AI-S, El Hierro, September 2003The lighthouse Faro de Orchilla. (Fujichrome Provia 100F, Nikon F100, Nikkor MF 1.2/50mm, El Hierro, September 2003)The pine forest in the mountains of El Hierro.Dry forest on El Hierro. It doesn't seem to have rained here for a long time.Dry forest on El Hierro. It doesn't seem to have rained here for a long time.Fog blanket. Clouds often gather in the northwest of the island while the southeast is dry.Wooded hillside on El Hierro.View of the sea of fog in the north-west of the island, while the south-east is mostly sunny and dry.Trees lined up along a mountain ridge.View down the cliffs towards Las Playas Bay from Mirador de Las Playas. — Nikon F100, El Hierro, Canary Islands, Spain, September 2003Wafts of fog drift over the mountain ridge, which divides the small island into two climatic zones. — Nikon F100, El Hierro, Canary Islands, Spain, September 2003View down the cliffs towards Las Playas Bay from Mirador de Las Playas. — Nikon F100, El Hierro, Canary Islands, Spain, September 2003Gibraltar - the African / Spanish conjunction (Fujichrome Provia 100F, Nikon F100, Nikkor 3.5/35-105mm zoom lens, September 2003)Sunset above the Pyrenees (Fujichrome Provia 100F, Nikon F100, Nikkor 3.5/35-105mm zoom lens, September 2003)Sunset above the Pyrenees (Fujichrome Provia 100F, Nikon F100, Nikkor 3.5/35-105mm zoom lens, September 2003)Sunset above the Pyrenees (Fujichrome Provia 100F, Nikon F100, Nikkor 3.5/35-105mm zoom lens, September 2003)
A nice colourful scorpionfish lying on the ground, well covered with its many fringes — Nikon Coolpix 990, f=19mm, 1/125s, f/7, Negros/Philippines, 13 January 2004A nudibranch of type Phyllodesmium Kabiranum — Nikon Coolpix 990, f=19mm, 1/125s, f/7, Negros/Philippines, 13 January 2004Polyps of a coral — Nikon Coolpix 990, f=19.6mm, 1/125s, f/10.1, Negros/Philippines, 13 January 2004A little decorator crab in a soft coral — Nikon Coolpix 990, f=21.3mm, 1/125s, f/10.6, Negros/Philippines, 13 January 2004A little coral hermit crab with big antennas peeping out of a hole in a coral. — Nikon Coolpix 990, f=21.3mm, 1/125s, f/10.6, Negros/Philippines, 13 January 2004Two nodibranches of type Nembrotha Lineolata with a pretty smiling face — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004In the resort where we stayed there was a fat japanese guy with small round eyeglasses. He looked like this pufferfish. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A white christmas tree or tube worm sticking out is trail of his tube. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A dwarf lion fish — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A sea cucumber (Neothyonidium magnum) licking its tentacles — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004Surface of a brain coral — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A ghost pipefish imitating a coral twig — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A nudibranch (Pteraeolidia ianthina) — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004Two flatworms of type Pseudoceros Scintillatus — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004Underwater scene with a barrel and two sea urchins in seagrass near the beach of Eldorado Beach Resort — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A photo of Marlin, Nemo (on the right side in the background) and two clownfish aunts — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A sea cucumber eating dirt with its tentacles — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A gorgony in blue water. I wish I had a fisheye lens and an underwater model — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A yellow-lipped sea snake seizing its prey — Nikon Coolpix 990, Apo Island/Philippines, January 2004A black frog fish trying to imitate a sponge on a coral — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A green pufferfish on a sea grass field — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A seagrass pipefish hidden in seagrass — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004Underwater reef scene with white tube sponges — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004Underwater reef scene with feather stars — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A scorpionfish waiting for its prey — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A giant sea turtle with a remora on its back. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004Underwater reef scene with a lonely coral on the sand — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A swarm fish hiding in protective coral twigs — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004The skew face of a flounder — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A flounder with a surface like the underground sand — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004Seahorses are very slow moving and were perfect photo targets if they wouldn't always turn their back towards the camera ... — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A flatworm — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A sea squirt — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A white-eyed moray eel — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A christmas tree spiral worm in a stone coral. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A skunk anemone fish. Luckily I was wearing my dive mask and did not smell him :-) — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A giant murder shell — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A pufferfish. Their face always reminds me on the famous french oldtimer Citroën 2CV. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A transparent Commensal Shrimp with a bunch of eggs inside. Clown fishes were attacking me and bit me in my hand while I was taking this picture. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004Surface of a coral — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A shell in a stone coral. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004The spiral ends of christmas tree worms. They exist in many beautiful colours. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004The two spiral ends of a christmas tree worm. They exist in many beautiful colours. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A dusky anemone fish — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A lizardfish lying on a coral — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A batfish. In the background one of the bow nets used by the native people for catching fish — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A shiny snail-shell with the reflection of my underwater strobe — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004Four blue damsel fishes and a coral — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A clownfish peeping out of its home anemone. Don't get too close! Some of these cute little fish may bite. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A lionfish — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A multibar pipefish — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A white-eyed moray eel — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A shrimp which looks definitely better without cocktail dip sauce. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004An orange spotted dragonet (lyra fish) — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A banded cleaning shrimp — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A "Jar Jar Binks" fish or more commonly know as Blue Spotted Sand Diver (Trichonotus setiger). — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A Roli Tongue Fish — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A sea feather on sand — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A pack of small striped eel catfish. It's fun to observe them rolling over the sand searching for food. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A small fish with a imitated eye on its rear end — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A pufferfish — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A peacock grouper with a cleaning wrasse escaping from a diver with a camera. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Siquijor Island/Philippines, January 2004A blue pufferfish — Nikon Coolpix 990, Siquijor Island/Philippines, January 2004A nudibranch of type Phyllidia Varicosa — Nikon Coolpix 990, Siquijor Island/Philippines, January 2004A blue-fin travelly — Nikon Coolpix 990, Siquijor Island/Philippines, January 2004A group of bigeye travellies — Nikon Coolpix 990, Siquijor Island/Philippines, January 2004A little twig crowded with corals, sponges and sea squirts — Nikon Coolpix 990, Siquijor Island/Philippines, January 2004A royal angelfish — Nikon Coolpix 990, Siquijor Island/Philippines, January 2004Two Moorish Idol Fish eating from a coral — Nikon Coolpix 990, Siquijor Island/Philippines, January 2004A nudibranch. Looks like a Nembrotha Milleri. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Siquijor Island/Philippines, January 2004A lion fish — Nikon Coolpix 990, Siquijor Island/Philippines, January 2004Reef scene with an orange and a blue sponge. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Siquijor Island/Philippines, January 2004A sea turtle awaken by a nosy photographer — Nikon Coolpix 990, Siquijor Island/Philippines, January 2004A sea turtle soaring through the water against the current. I had to speed up very quick to get it from the front and not as usual from behind. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Siquijor Island/Philippines, January 2004The turtle is keeping up. A diver in the background already went out of air and is breathing from his buddy's tank. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Siquijor Island/Philippines, January 2004A fish over the tentacles of a coral. The tentacles open and close always like a hand, grabbing plancton out of the water. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Siquijor Island/Philippines, January 2004A nudibranch of type Nembrotha Kubaryana — Nikon Coolpix 990, Siquijor Island/Philippines, January 2004A ghost crab within some corals — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A hawkfish — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A lion fish — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004Two white-eyed moray eels — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A nudibranch of type Thecacera Picta — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004Melibe Mirifica, of the Thetydae family. This nudibranch is hunting like a vacuum cleaner for little crabs on the sand — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A baby lion fish — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A fish in a seagrass field — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A fish in a seagrass field — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A cute green seahorse. I photographed it in a shallow seagrass meadow with an unusual method because my air tank was almost empty and I had not enough lead. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004Another cute seahorse — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A pinkbar partner goby with their blind shrimp which is digging a hole while the goby is watching out for enemies. If an enemy gets too close, the fish gives a signal to the shrimp and both disappear in the hole. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A nudibranch. Possibly a Magnificent Slug (Chromodoris reticultata). — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A Commensal Shrimp on a anemone. This time my dive buddy played with the aggressive clown fishes so that I could take pictures without being bitten. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004Two banded boxer shrimps — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A group of sweepers — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A black anglerfish hiding under a rock. Unfortunately it didn't want to sit on the top, posing for a good photograpy — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A fimbriated moray with a banded boxer shrimp. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004Sand dunes under water — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A swarm of jackfish — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A bignose unicorn fish — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A bluespotted stingray tries to cover itself in the sand. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A bluespotted stingray — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A goatfish searching with his tentacles for food in the sand. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A yellow ribbon sweetlip fish. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A swarm fish — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A green-coloured sepia with raised tentacles — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A black-yellow striped fish is hiding between algae on sand. I haven't found what species it is. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004Isn't he cute? A yellow little hairy frogfish, looking like an indian chief in the wind — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004Another hairy frogfish, hidden in a bunch of algae. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A hairy frogfish, hidden in a bunch of algae. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A snail plowing through the sand. On its house there are polyps, probably a kind of an anemone or a coral. Note the smears of water coming out of its trunk. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A lyre fish — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A cute little white sepia hiding under a leaf — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004This funny looking fish is a gold-bar sand-diver (lat. trichonotus halstead). From time to time they are spreading their big yellow pectoral fins and three long dorsal fin extension. Probably for showing off for the females in the background. They reminded me a bit on Jar Jar Binks from Star Wars. Unfortunately the image quality is very poor. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A little green nudibranch — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004This funny looking fish is a gold-bar sand-diver (lat. trichonotus halstead). From time to time they are spreading their big pectoral fins and three long dorsal fin extension. This one has black pectoral fins, other ones have yellow. Probably for showing off for the females in the background. They reminded me a bit on Jar Jar Binks from Star Wars. Unfortunately the image quality is very poor. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004I was first thinking that this is a tiny scorpion leaffish, but it is a juvenile cockatoo waspfish. Thanks to Thomas Ehrensperger for pointing this out. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004Two nudibranches — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004Diving into the lion fish ship wreck. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A little decorator crab on a soft coral — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A ship wreck — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A ship wreck with lion fish and diver. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A group of three sea urchins — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A fish in a seagrass meadow — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A green filefish — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A family portrait of a anemone, two types of clown fishes and a porcelain crab — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004Close-up of the porcelain crab which was trying to hide under an anemone. This picture was taken in shallow water (about 3-5m) and swell was moving me forth and back and the crab was covered and uncovered. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004Underwater reef scene — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A group of yellow fin snappers — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A big red snapper. Hope this one didn't end o a plate. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A harlequin sweetlip. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004Underwater reef scene — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004Two splendid garden eel peeping out of the sand. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A pretty scorpionfish — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A spiral coral — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A false cleanerfish (Aspidontus taeniatus) is peeping out of a pipe. This fish looks like the common cleaner fish and imitates its behaviour. But instead of cleaning the client it bites off a bit of the client. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004A lionfish — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004Two gobys on the sand — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004Underwater reef scene in shallow water — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004Two nudibranches of type Chromodoris Quadricolor, nickname: pyjama nudibranch — Nikon Coolpix 990, Negros/Philippines, January 2004
Sea surf on the beach at the Salinas in Lanzarote.Seen from a point a few hundred meters left of Mirador del Rio. These salinas are abadoned and no longer used. (Fujichrome Provia 100F, Nikon F100, Nikkor ED AF-S 2.8/80-200mm, Lanzarote, November 2003)View from a point a few hundred meters left of Mirador del Rio. (Fujichrome 100F, Lanzarote, November 2003)Surf at "Playa de Janubio" with breakwaters. — Nikon F100, Fujichrome Provia 100F, Nikkor ED AF-S 80-200mm 1:2.8, Lanzarote Canary Islands, Spain, November 2003Waves chrushing on the beach of Playa de Janubio. (Fujichrome Provia 100F, Nikon F100, Nikor ED AF-S 2.8/80-200mm, Lanzarote, November 2003)The Sun setting behind the waves chrushing on the beach of Playa de Janubio. (Fujichrome Provia 100F, Nikon F100, Nikor ED AF-S 2.8/80-200mm, Lanzarote, November 2003)Waves chrushing on the rough lava rocks of Playa de Janubio. (Fujichrome Provia 100F, Nikon F100, Nikor ED AF-S 2.8/80-200mm, Lanzarote, November 2003)Waves at Playa de Janubio. On windy days here are the most beautiful waves of Lanzarote. (Fujichrome Provia 100F, Nikon F100, Nikor ED AF-S 2.8/80-200mm, Lanzarote, November 2003)The vineyard at La Geria. (Fujichrome Provia 100F, Lanzarote, November 2003)The rusty ship wrek of the vessel "Temple Hall" in the light of the setting sun. It lies in the industry zone between Arrecife and Costa Teguise. (Fujichrome Provia 100F, Nikon F100, 1.8/85mm lens, Lanzarote, November 2003)Las Salinas del Rio after a 2h hike. (Fujichrome Provia 100F, Lanzarote, November 2003)
The forest nearby Guldenen (Forch) with early snow as seen from a rising hot air balloon with Heissluft Ballonclub Zürichsee. — Minolta XD-7, 26 October 2003View from a hot air balloon with Heissluft Ballonclub Zürichsee above the highlands of canton Zurich. Here's the Lake Zurich with the ferries between Horgen and Meilen. In the background rising from the mist are the Swiss Alps. — Minolta XD-7, 26 October 2003The farmhouse and shop Iserig-Hof nearby the villages Egg and Mönchaltorf. The road is Iserig Strasse. — Minolta XD-7, 26 October 2003Nearby Lake Greifen lies the village Mönchaltorf in the Zurich highlands. — Minolta XD-7, 26 October 2003The farmhouses "Im Chislig" (left) and "Im Heiwinkel" (right). The trees in the middle of the image are on the shore of the small creek Mönchaltorfer Aa which flows into Lake Greifen. — Minolta XD-7, 26 October 2003The gravel pit nearby the village Gossau/ZH on the right hand side. On the upper edge of the image one sees the village Grüt. — Minolta XD-7, 26 October 2003Lake Pfäffikon with Pfäffikon/ZH on the left hand side and the lido Strandbad Auslikon on the right hand side. The village Seegräben with the now famous Juckerfarm is visible in the foreground. On the hills in the background lies the village Hittnau. — Minolta XD-7, 26 October 2003The waste incineration plant KEZO (Kehrichtverbrennungsanlage Zürcher Oberland) at Hinwil. — Minolta XD-7, 26 October 2003The district in upper Wetzikon where my parents and my sister lived. My mother didn't know that we were in a hot air balloon. I called her on the mobile phone and told her to step out and look for a hot air ballon. If you see a white dot on a terrace, that's her waving a blanket. — Minolta XD-7, 26 October 2003Yet another gravel pit. This time nearby the village Bäretswil. — Minolta XD-7, 26 October 2003View from a hot air ballon. The hill in the foreground is the Bachte. Behind you can see Lake Zurich and the dam between Rapperswil and Pfäffikon/SZ. The two islands are Lützelau and Ufenau. On the horizon the Swiss Alps. — Minolta XD-7, 26 October 2003View from a hot air ballon to a farm house in a snow-covered forest, somewhere in the area of the Töss valley. — Minolta XD-7, 26 October 2003View from a hot air ballon above Töss valley towards Swiss Alps.
A beautiful scorpionfish. Flashed from the side it looks very vividly. — Nikon Coolpix 990, wideangle lens, Banyuls sur Mer, Mediterranean Sea, France, 30 September 2003 — EXIF: E990; Δt=1/120 s; f=12.8 mm; f/8.2; ISO 100; 2003-09-30 15:22:35A mediterranean rainbow wrasse (Coris julis) is nibbling algae from the ground. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Banyuls sur Mer, France, 30. September 2003An anemone with many little soaring shrimps. Later a friend of mine discovered a very well hidden ghost crab on the left side of the anemone. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Banyuls sur Mer, Mediterranean Sea, France, September 2003A purple sea urchin. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Subtronic Gamma flash, Banyuls sur Mer, France, September 2003At one time the water extraordinary clear ... usually the visibility was about 1-3 meters, probably due to the many marine biology students taking dive courses at the same time and sitting on the ground. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Banyuls sur Mer, France, Oktober 2003Polyps of a white gorony. Detail shot using a binocular in the labatory — Nikon Coolpix 990, Banyuls sur Mer, France, October 2003A red coral with white polyps. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Subtronic Gamma flash / Banyuls sur Mer, France, October 2003A leopard snail (Peltodoris atromaculata) on coloured sponges and agae. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Subtronic Gamma flash / Banyuls sur Mer, France, October 2003This could be a kind of goby but I'm not sure. — Nikon Coolpix 990, f=19mm, 1/120s, f/7.9, ISO 100, Banyuls sur Mer, France, 3. October 2003A longstriped blenny (Parablennius rouxi) — Nikon Coolpix 990, f=19mm, 1/120s, f/7.9, ISO 100, Banyuls sur Mer, France, 3. October 2003This nudibranch (Cratena peregrina) is sitting on a red sponge. — Nikon Coolpix 990, Banyuls sur Mer, Frankreich, Oktober 2003
A sandy patch on the ground full of sand eels. They are very shy. Once one gets too close they draw back into their tubes. — Desierto, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 5 September 2003A big curious grouper which likes being photographed. — Desierto, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 5 September 2003There are many trumpet fish around El Hierro. What I didn't know that time that they are also capable of changing their colour within fractions of a second. — Desierto, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 5 September 2003Again the big curious grouper which likes being photographed. — Desierto, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 5 September 2003Günter, our dive guide from Fan Diving Hierro is taking a picture of a big grouper. — Desierto, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 5 September 2003A fire worm. As the name might suggest, it is not a good idea to touch them. — Desierto, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 5 September 2003Two marine biologists at work, digging in the sand, searching for little animals. — Desierto, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 5 September 2003A moray eel with a fresh wound. It probably had a fight recently. — Desierto, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 5 September 2003One of the few tube-dwelling anemones around El Hierre. Here a white coloured example. — Playa Herradura, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 6 September 2003Breams with six dark stripes and lot of brown trumpet fish. — Playa Herradura, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 6 September 2003Deep look into the throat of a big greenish grouper. — El Bajon, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 7 September 2003Close-up of a moray eel with the four nostril tubes. The dimples around the mouth could be sensors. — El Bajon, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 7 September 2003 — EXIF: E990; Δt=1/125 s; f=23.4 mm; f/7.8; ISO 100; 2003-09-07 10:59:29Another moray eel where one can see its teeth. — El Bajon, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 7 September 2003 — EXIF: E990; Δt=1/125 s; f=23.4 mm; f/7.8; ISO 100; 2003-09-07 11:00:37An arrow crab (Stenorhynchus seticornis) is nibbling on something. — Cuevas de Diablo, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 7 September 2003A diver in the devil's cave, one of the most beautiful dive spots around La Restinga. — Cuevas de Diablo, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 7 September 2003A red sea star on a rock covered with yellow sponges. — Cuevas de Diablo, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 7 September 2003A flat crab and in the background a black sea urchin. — Cuevas de Diablo, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 7 September 2003A jellyfish with a lot of plancton around. The placton appears as airy disk because the f-stop was very small. On the flagella one can see rainbow colours. — Cuevas de Diablo, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 7 September 2003A pretty volcano underwater landscape with wall and clear water at the rock neede of El Bajon. In reality it looked much better. I didn't have a fisheye lens at that time. — El Bajon, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 8 September 2003A pretty volcano underwater landscape with wall and clear water at the rock neede of El Bajon. In reality it looked much better. I didn't have a fisheye lens at that time. — El Bajon, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 8 September 2003A pretty volcano underwater landscape with wall and clear water at the rock neede of El Bajon. In reality it looked much better. I didn't have a fisheye lens at that time. — El Bajon, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 8 September 2003A swarm of two-banded breams (Diplodus vulgaris), escaping from the divers. — El Bajon, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 8 September 2003A big brown moray eel. — El Bajon, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 8 September 2003Underwater landscape with diver in the background. — El Bajon, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 8 September 2003A little scorpionfish. Sometimes there were that many that one had to look carefully where to touch the rock. — El Bajon, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 8 September 2003Again the impressive underwater landscape of El Bajon, a rock needle in the ocean. — El Bajon, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 8 September 2003Cuckoo! Again a grouper who likes cameramen taking pictures. — El Bajon, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 8 September 2003A canyon full of trumpet fish. — Cuevas de Camerones, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 8 September 2003Lightbeams inside a cave close to the shore. — Cuevas de Camerones, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 8 September 2003Underwater landscape with a kind of fern like algae in the foreground. How are they called? — Cuevas de Camerones, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 8 September 2003A canyon full with trumpet fish. I've never seen that many trumpet fish on the same place. — Cuevas de Camerones, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 8 September 2003Safety stop while ascending to the zodiac after a wonderful dive. — Cuevas de Camerones, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 8 September 2003Günter our dive guide from Fan Diving Hierro is playing with an octopus during a night dive. — La Restinga harbour, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 8 September 2003Looks a bit dazzled the poor octopus. — La Restinga harbour, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 8 September 2003Where is the fish? This is a well carmouflaged wide-eyed flounder (Bothus podas) on the sand. — La Restinga harbour, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 8 September 2003A mediterranean slipper lobster (Scyllarides latus). — La Restinga harbour, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 8 September 2003An arrow crab (Stenorhynchus seticornis). — La Restinga harbour, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 8 September 2003Fugu wants to sleep. — La Restinga harbour, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 8 September 2003A sleeping fish. — La Restinga harbour, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 8 September 2003A swimming crab (Portunidae) a few seconds before it digged itself into the sand. — La Restinga harbour, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 8 September 2003At night the sea anemone are blooming all around in the harbour. — La Restinga harbour, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 8 September 2003Who is looking at you out of the sand? Raymond the ray. — La Restinga harbour, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 8 September 2003The spotted sea hare (Aplysia dactylomela) is a large nudibranch. There are also black ones but they were not good for taking pictures. — La Restinga harbour, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 8 September 2003An octopus close to the harbour wall during night dive. — La Restinga harbour, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 8 September 2003Underwater landscape with many fish. — Playa Herradura, El Hierro, Canary Islands, 9 September 2003A parrot fish nibbling on algae. — Nikon Coolpix 990, La Restinga, El Hierro, Canary Islands, September 2003This is a file fish. — Nikon Coolpix 990, La Restinga, El Hierro, Canary Islands, September 2003A swarm of groupers is passing by. — Nikon Coolpix 990, La Restinga, El Hierro, Canary Islands, September 2003Arrow crabs (Stenorhynchus seticornis) in an opening in the harbour wall. — Nikon Coolpix 990, La Restinga, El Hierro, Canary Islands, September 2003
Sunset at Seenachtsfest 2003 shot from the dam across Lake Zurich from Pfäffikon SZ to Rapperswil. — Minolta XD7, Fujichrome Velvia, 24mm Wideangle at f/4, Rapperswil 9. August 2003Fireworks at the 'Seenachtsfest Rapperswil' shot from the dam — Minolta XD7, Fujichrome Velvia, 24mm wideangle lens at about f/4, a few seconds exposure time, 9 August 2003Fireworks at the 'Seenachtsfest Rapperswil' shot from the dam — Minolta XD7, Fujichrome Velvia, 24mm wideangle lens at about f/4, a few seconds exposure time, 9 August 2003Fireworks at the 'Seenachtsfest Rapperswil' shot from the dam — Minolta XD7, Fujichrome Velvia, 24mm wideangle lens at about f/4, a few seconds exposure time, 9 August 2003Fireworks at the 'Seenachtsfest Rapperswil' shot from the dam — Minolta XD7, Fujichrome Velvia, 24mm wideangle lens at about f/4, a few seconds exposure time, 9 August 2003Fireworks at the 'Seenachtsfest Rapperswil' shot from the dam — Minolta XD7, Fujichrome Velvia, 24mm wideangle lens at about f/4, a few seconds exposure time, 9 August 2003Fireworks at the 'Seenachtsfest Rapperswil' shot from the dam — Minolta XD7, Fujichrome Velvia, 24mm wideangle lens at about f/4, a few seconds exposure time, 9 August 2003Fireworks at the 'Seenachtsfest Rapperswil' shot from the dam — Minolta XD7, Fujichrome Velvia, 24mm wideangle lens at about f/4, a few seconds exposure time, 9 August 2003Fireworks at the 'Seenachtsfest Rapperswil' shot from the dam — Minolta XD7, Fujichrome Velvia, 24mm wideangle lens at about f/4, a few seconds exposure time, 9 August 2003Fireworks at the 'Seenachtsfest Rapperswil' shot from the dam — Minolta XD7, Fujichrome Velvia, 24mm wideangle lens at about f/4, a few seconds exposure time, 9 August 2003Fireworks at the 'Seenachtsfest Rapperswil' shot from the dam — Minolta XD7, Fujichrome Velvia, 24mm wideangle lens at about f/4, a few seconds exposure time, 9 August 2003
Stansstad, the connection between Lake Lucerne and Lake Alpnach. Shot from an airplane — 31 May 2003, Fujichrome Provia 100F, 85mm telephoto lensA little lake on Seelisberg. Shot from an airplane — 31 May 2003, Fujichrome Provia 100F, 85mm telephoto lensA mountain on our way from Lake Lucerne to the Gotthard. — Minolta X-700, 85mm Lens, Fuji Provia 100F, 31 May 2003Mountains near the Gotthard massif Minolta X-700, 85mm telephoto lens, Fuji Provia 100F, 31 May 2003Serpentines of the Oberalp Pass road. The buildings belong to Andermatt on the Gotthard Pass. Shot from an airplane — 31 May 2003, Fujichrome Provia 100F, 85mm telephoto lensThe wind energy power plant Gütsch/Andermatt of EW Ursern is the highest of its kind world wide. The diameter of the rotors is 51.5m and it produces 800 kW. More information see Suisse Éole. — Minolta X-700, 85mm telephoto lens, Fujichrome Provia 100F, 31 May 2003The cable car top station and transmission tower on the Alp Tgom above the village Sedrun. — Minolta X-700, 85mm telephoto lens, Fujichrome Provia 100F, 31 May 2003The mountain lake "Lai da Laus" on the Alp da Laus lies in the Surselva between the villages Disentis and Sumvitg — Minolta X-700, 85mm telephoto lens, Fujichrome Provia 100F, 31 May 2003In November 2002 a giant mudslide nearly missed the small village Schlans in the Swiss Alps in canton Grisons. — Minolta X-700, 85mm telephoto lens, Fujichrome Provia 100F, 31 May 2003Grison mountains with clouds — Minolta X-700, 85mm telephoto lens, Fujichrome Provia 100F, 31 May 2003The debris flow that hit the small village Rueun in the Grisons in November 2002. — Minolta X-700, 85mm telephoto lens, Fujichrome Provia 100F, 31 May 2003The beautiful Lake Caume lies inmidst a forest close to Flims. In the summer time it is a popular place for swimming. Diving is only possible with permission. — Minolta X-700, 85mm telephoto lens, Fujichrome Provia 100F, 31 May 2003The river Hinterrhein with the village Rhäzuns. — Minolta X-700, 85mm telephoto lens, Fujichrome Provia 100F, 31 May 2003At the two villages Tamins and Reichenau the rivers Hinterrhein and Vorderrehin are merging to the river Rhein. On the upper part of the image one can see EMS Chemie, which belongs to Swiss SVP politician Blocher. — Minolta X-700, 85mm telephoto lens, Fujichrome Provia 100F, 31 May 2003The small mountain village Obermutten lies inmidst a sunny meadow in the canton Grisons, above the Albula Pass. — Minolta X-700, 85mm telephoto lens, Fujichrome Provia 100F, 31 May 2003Clouds are reflecting on the surface of Lake Lenzerheide. — Minolta X-700, 85mm telephoto lens, Fujichrome Provia 100F, 31 May 2003Top station on the summit of Mount Parpan Rothorn. — Minolta X-700, 85mm telephoto lens, Fujichrome Provia 100F, 31 May 2003The summit of Mount Arosa Rothorn. — Minolta X-700, 85mm telephoto lens, Fujichrome Provia 100F, 31 May 2003Once it was a village, now it's more like a city. Aerial view of Arosa. — Minolta X-700, 85mm telephoto lens, Fujichrome Provia 100F, 31 May 2003Mount Weisshorn nearby Arosa. In the year 2001 there was held an astronomy week in Arosa. Many hobby astronomers took their telescope onto the Swisscom platform on the left hand side. I took my heavy 30cm f/4 Newtonian with me. The sight of the Cirrus nebula and Northamerica nebula in constellation Cygnus with O-III filter was breathtaking. — Minolta X-700, 85mm telephoto lens, Fujichrome Provia 100F, 31 May 2003Light and shadows at the small village Medergen, It lies above Langwies in Plessur valley on the way from Arosa to Chur. — Minolta X-700, 85mm telephoto lens, Fujichrome Provia 100F, 31 May 2003Aerial view of train station in Chur. — Minolta X-700, 85mm telephoto lens, Fujichrome Provia 100F, 31 May 2003Aerial view of the post square in Chur with the double roundabout. — Minolta X-700, 85mm telephoto lens, Fujichrome Provia 100F, 31 May 2003A crop circle man in a field nearby Sargans. — Minolta X-700, 85mm telephoto lens, Fujichrome Provia 100F, 31 May 2003The small village Quinten at Lake Walen is only reachable by hiking or by ship. This is the village center with the jetty. In the center of the image one can see the Restaurant Seehus — Minolta X-700, 85mm telephoto lens, Fujichrome Provia 100F, 31 May 2003A little bit west of Quinten towards Weesen lies a group of houses called Laui. The prominent house in the foreground is the Kublihaus. It was taken over in the year 1808 by Johann Melchior Kubli. He was born in 1750 in Netstal/GL and was 1782 transcript writer in the process against Anna Göldi, the last executed which in Europe. Because he tried to defend her, e had to leave canton Glarus in 1808 and moved to Quinten. — Minolta X-700, 85mm telephoto lens, Fujichrome Provia 100F, 31 May 2003Aerial view of the village Weesen at Lake Walen. Here is the harbour and the fountain. — Minolta X-700, 85mm telephoto lens, Fujichrome Provia 100F, 31 May 2003The restaurant on the summit of Mount Etzel. I have seen it many many times from my flat in Rapperswil, but never been there. — Minolta X-700, 85mm telephoto lens, Fujichrome Provia 100F, 31 May 2003The cemetary nearby the monastery of Einsiedeln. — Minolta X-700, 85mm telephoto lens, Fujichrome Provia 100F, 31 May 2003The famous Kapell Bridge at Lucerne across the river Reuss. Downstream nearby is the small Rathaus Bridge. — Minolta X-700, 85mm telephoto lens, Fujichrome Provia 100F, 31 May 2003The Lido nearby the traffic museum across from Lucern on the other side of the Lake Lucerne. — Minolta X-700, 85mm telephoto lens, Fujichrome Provia 100F, 31 May 2003In the foreground the famous KKL (culture and congress center Lucerne) and the train station. The river Reuss exits Lake Lucerne here. — Minolta X-700, 85mm telephoto lens, Fujichrome Provia 100F, 31 May 2003The Grand Casino in Lucerne on the shore of Lake Lucerne. — Minolta X-700, 85mm telephoto lens, Fujichrome Provia 100F, 31 May 2003
