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Cedar Breaks National Monument
Cedar City, June 1993 		Moon over the West Pier
Brighton, October 1994 		L'eglise Notre Dame
Montreal, 24 June 2000 		The Eye
London, 2 February 2001
By accident we passed a sign pointing us to this place.... The view was absolutely breathtaking....
This is definately one of the best photos I have ever taken. 30s exposure of the moon as it sat over West Pier and the lights of the moon and the pier reflecting off the still sea.....
 The kitschy notre dame church in Montreal, when we had an extra day for sightseeing....
 The London Eye, a giant Ferris wheel... and a plane in the background....
Sydney Aquarium
Sydney, 1 May 2001 		Fiery Sky
Death Valley, 22 November 2001 		View the Void
Los Angeles, 8 December 2001 		Can't get enough of this woman....
Battery Park, 20 April 2002
View from behind on a couple sitting in front of one of the big tanks inside the Sydney Aquarium.....
I am slowly running out of words to describe the sunsets I encounter....
 Downtown LA in the jetstream.....
 Gorgeous view of Miss Liberty....
Best polished car ever!
Montreal, 12 June 2002 		Perfect Sunset I
Burbank, 31 August 2002 		Mountain Gorilla
Griffith Park, 5 October 2002 		Pelican and Malibu
Malibu, 5 October 2002
I spent an hour taking photos of reflections of this car....
...
 With my new SLR, I went to the Zoo in Griffith Park and the Gorilla there became my favourite model.
 Homes of the rich and famous in the background....
Explorers...
Alamogordo, 12 October 2002 		Great Picture
Huntington Beach, 10 November 2002 		Jacaranda Trees
Sydney, 17 November 2002 		Circular Quay
Sydney, 18 November 2002
I really like this photo of the three kids walking across the dunes....
I am proud of this photo....
 Jacaranda trees - the same ones that are all over South Africa.... I had tried to rest in my room, but I was too hyped up and eager to see more of Sydney in the sunshine....
 The girl sat still for 4 seconds....
The mother of all Bridge Photos
Sydney, 19 November 2002 		Symmetric Shapes
Korotogo , 25 November 2002 		Sunset
Denarau Island, 27 November 2002 		More of Mount Taranaki
Egmont Village, 1 December 2002
Makes my 2002 Top Ten....
I love this photo becayse of the symmetric shapes of the clouds, sky, sea, shore, beach....
 Sunset at the Denarau Sheraton....
 Gorgeous, isn't it? I spent a whole morning finding a spot without power lines and the mountain in the background....
Mount Taranaki Peak
Egmont Village, 1 December 2002 		Dolphin
White Island, 4 December 2002 		101 crossing Barham...
Universal City, 8 January 2003 		Seagulls in the Sunset
Malibu, 18 January 2003
With a collar of clouds surrounding it....
Up Close just next to the boat... A short while later we encountered a huge sunfish... If our tour was going to be over then, I'd still be tremendously happy.
Have been wanting to shoot this photo for a while now....
So one week later, it's full moon... The tide was far, far out... Tide pools with birds everywhere and the sun setting in front of it... Perfect... Too bad this photo has lots of flaws on it (focus and level), otherwise it could be a classic.
LAX golden in the sunset....
Malibu, 18 January 2003 		Rocks in the Sunset
Malibu, 18 January 2003 		Sunset
Trona, 20 January 2003 		Golden Sand
Malibu, 25 January 2003
When you are at the Malibu state park at sunset, don't miss looking to the other side... Just before the sun sets, the light will reflect off the skyscrapers in the city and the light will shine over....
Reflecting off a tide pool...
 Very nice atmosphere....
 Another nice day at Malibu!
This is supposed to be symbolic
Hollywood, 8 February 2003 		Hotel Del Coronado
San Diego, 15 February 2003 		Shopping Trolley and Pelican
Malibu, 22 March 2003 		Yello
Edinburgh, 29 April 2003
I just don't know what it means....
Reflections on the beach...
 Spread your wings....
 So we rented a car and went for a roadtrip along the highlands... Years before I had done this with Karin and we ended up in terrible weather all along the way....
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Offices at night
Shinjuku, 13 May 2003 		View from Kyomizu-dera
Kyoto, 17 May 2003 		Buddha Statue
Kyoto, 17 May 2003 		Flag and Reichstag
Berlin, 31 August 2003
And Full Moon
Very beautiful....
 I like the expression on the face of this statue....
 ... Long exposure....
Sony Plaza
Berlin, 1 September 2003 		Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, 14 September 2003 		Post box with Graffiti
Chinatown, 23 September 2003 		Riverside Cafe
Brooklyn, 23 September 2003
Sony built a massive plaza in the middle of Berlin at the Postdam place.
Amsterdam's most famous building...
 with a Chinese building back to the left... I really dig this photo....
 Manhattan Bridge and Brooklyn Bridge... Hiroe led me to this place here, called the Riverside Cafe. She and her friend had ice cream and I had a photo session with tripod....
Times Square
Manhattan, 23 September 2003 		Dolphins 1
Shab Samadei, 12 October 2003 		Macro Butterfly
Freising, 15 October 2003 		Great Photo
Edinburgh, 29 November 2003
Ultimate Lightshow....
Suddenly a group of four dolphins arrived - a couple and two friends....
 He was moving fast, but not fast enough for my 100mm/2.8 Macro. This is uncropped... Great shot!
 Just at the start of the Royal Mile is this gorgeous house. This is an ultralong exposure with a car passing by....
Autumn
Osaka, 2 December 2003 		Castle Wall
Osaka, 2 December 2003 		The Passion of the Barbed Wire
Edinburgh, 6 March 2004 		Close-up
Edinburgh, 6 March 2004
With the grey sky in the background and a few rays of golden sunlight, this tree looks especially beautiful....
Castle Wall in the Sun....
 I like this barbed wire fence....
 Nice white/blue/feather/waves contrast....
Wideangle full rainbow
St. Abbs, 4 April 2004 		Scottish Hills
St. Abbs, 4 April 2004 		Highlands and Wallace Monument
Stirling, 7 April 2004 		Angel
Stirling, 7 April 2004




Rorschach Test
Edinburgh, 10 April 2004 		One good thing about our trip to Roppongi
Roppongi, 16 May 2004 		Traffic Cop
Manhattan, 23 May 2004 		Topanga
Topanga, 5 June 2004

I shot this photo...
 And a taxi...
 Was nice to see another one of my old favourites again...
Green and Red
St. Abbs, 10 June 2004 		Shore at the Bay
St. Abbs, 10 June 2004 		Lindisfarne Castle at Holy Island
Holy Island, 14 June 2004 		Santa Monica Waves
Santa Monica, 14 July 2004

With its great colors...
 Just 80 miles southeast of Edinburgh is the English border - close to it is Holy Island. The passage road to Holy Island is underwater during the tide....
 Malibu in the distance...
Summer time is Macro Time Pt. 3
Freising, 30 July 2004 		Wildseeloder
Wildseeloder, 1 August 2004 		Forth Bridge
Queensferry, 13 August 2004 		Forth Bridge from the distance
Queensferry, 13 August 2004

After an evening with lots of wine and BBQ, we ended up hiking the Wildseeloder the next day.... A mountain lake 2000m high up in a volcano-like crater...
Seen from a mossy bank....
Bass Rock
North Berwick, 14 August 2004 		Lone Palm
Maui, 27 August 2004 		Most amazing Moment...
Monterey, 29 August 2004 		Pelican Closeup
Monterey, 29 August 2004
Bass Rock is a seabird sanctuary off North Berwick. 80,000 nesting places are sitting on that rock. No wonder what the white color is....
Picture Postcard....
 After this photo.... the humpback dove down and did a big breach... Jumped out at least 8m high above us out of the water and crashed to the side and splat water all over us.... One of the best moments of that year...
Looks like one wise old bird...
Highway No.1
Highway One, 29 August 2004 		Malibu
Malibu, 30 August 2004 		Tourist girls...
Kayenta, 1 September 2004 		Sun and Shade
Kayenta, 1 September 2004
That's what Scotland should look like!
Wanted to show Dani some of my old fave spots...
I really, really like this photo....
Last Sunshine of the Day....
Kayenta, 1 September 2004 		Dead Tree
Canyonlands, 2 September 2004 		Great Sky!
Arches, 3 September 2004 		Landscape Arch
Arches, 3 September 2004
Before the dusk sets and the afterglow....
Like marble...
 Seen from the area of the South Window.
We were waiting here for a while, hoping the sun would come through....
Capitol Reef
Capitol Reef, 4 September 2004 		Wall Street
Bryce Canyon, 5 September 2004 		Look up
Bryce Canyon, 5 September 2004 		Yosemite!
Yosemite, 10 September 2004
We passed through this park quite quickly....
One of the popular spots at Bryce....
 From Wall Street.... Doing the Navaio trail....
 First time for both of us, the great view of Yosemite with the Half-Dome to the left....
Reflection
Yosemite, 10 September 2004 		Yosemite Scenery
Yosemite, 10 September 2004 		Downtown San Fran
Marin County, 11 September 2004 		Sun is close to setting....
Marin County, 11 September 2004
Of the mountains and sky in the river...
Great view....
 With a big stretch of the bridge in the front...
 Thank god the fog in the background stayed in the background...
Sake Bottles
Osaka, 5 November 2004 		Buddha and the forest
Kyoto, 7 November 2004 		Lanterns?
Kyoto, 7 November 2004 		Even more Rosslyn Chapel
Roslin, 25 November 2004
One of my favourite photos of the year....
Kwanne is the Buddha of mercy...
 No idea what they symbolize....
 As seen from the entrance... I liked the view with the curtains....
Lily dripping
Leith, 22 January 2005 		Calton Hill
Calton Hill, 29 January 2005 		Edinburgh Sunset
Calton Hill, 29 January 2005 		Castle in the Sunset
Calton Hill, 29 January 2005
Close-up
Superwideangle....
 Balmoral Hotel and Scott Monument....
 Shot with 400mm...
Otter Baby
Monterey, 4 February 2005 		Going out...
Monterey, 4 February 2005 		Starry Sky Upside Down
Monterey, 4 February 2005 		Rissos again....
Monterey, 4 February 2005
Likes shellfish....
..on the last cruise of the day....
 A great time to look at the sea and relax before another long flight back.... Looks like Los Angeles at night....
Fluke
Monterey, 4 February 2005 		Seal Model
Monterey, 4 February 2005 		Cool and windy...
Carmel, 4 February 2005 		Winemountains
Napa, 5 February 2005
Rissos are sometimes mistaken for sharks....
Back into the bay....
 ...yet really enjoyable...
 of Pine Ridge in Napa Valley....
Princes Street Gardens
Princes Street Gardens, 24 February 2005 		Glaciers
Greenland, 14 March 2005 		Glaciers in the morning sun....
Greenland, 14 March 2005 		Cooler
Apache Junction, 18 March 2005
With snow over it... Beautiful!
I like the glaciers most of all...
Seem from 6 miles up...
Golden Rust - how much I love thee....
More Rust
Apache Junction, 18 March 2005 		Cactus
Apache Junction, 18 March 2005 		Sturdy Cactus
Apache Junction, 18 March 2005 		Visiting White Sands Again
Alamogordo, 19 March 2005
Did I already say I love rust?
About 4 metres high....
 Somewhere further north of Phoenix
 And a perfect day it was.... I drove 700 miles from Phoenix to get this view again - it was totally worth it... Very dramatic day after rain in the desert....
Rays of Sunshine
Alamogordo, 19 March 2005 		Getting Dusky
Alamogordo, 19 March 2005 		Grand colors
Grand Canyon, 21 March 2005 		More desert view
Flagstaff, 21 March 2005
Passing some sand hill in the distance...
As the sun started to set, I sat down in the warm sun and enjoyed the silence....
 Trying to come through the fog...
 Soak it on, before heading back to Phoenix for a night, then the next day back to LA, then to Amsterdam, then to Edinburgh....
Melrose Abbey Graveyard
Melrose, 9 April 2005 		Muted colors
Melrose, 9 April 2005 		Scott Monument
Edinburgh, 11 April 2005 		Scottish exports
Edinburgh, 13 April 2005
Where the heart of Robert the Bruce is burried...

Transformer! Transformer!
 Wood and Whisky....
Superfast ferries
Edinburgh, 13 April 2005 		Forth Rail Bridge
Edinburgh, 13 April 2005 		Halogen lights
North Sea, 13 April 2005 		Mandrill
Munich, 2 May 2005
Blue Sky and Deck...
From aside... my favourite bridge....
 At the ceiling of the ferry lounge....
 He looked at me so intensely... Very sad photo....
Rainbow
Niagara Falls, 26 May 2005 		Rainbows...
Niagara Falls, 26 May 2005 		Long exposure
Niagara Falls, 26 May 2005 		Long exposure...
Niagara Falls, 26 May 2005
Before our brief stay in NYC, I planned the trip a bit longer, so we could visit Niagara Falls....
...everywhere
 For Niagara Falls, I took my tripod with me. Lufthansa shipped the tripod to the Bahamas. This is why these photos didn't work out as well as I hoped... My goal was originally
...from the Canadian side... No tripod, thank you Lufthansa :-(
Great day....
Niagara Falls, 27 May 2005 		So much better....
Niagara Falls, 27 May 2005 		Dreamy....
Niagara Falls, 27 May 2005 		Little Italy
Manhattan, 28 May 2005
...first I thought the grey sky would screw up my photos... but then it made it so much better....
...if you see the falls from below...
Festivities on today... Was great... It was a procession with holy Mary.... Almost Italian, if the food hadn't been American Italian...
Drama
Liberty Island, 31 May 2005 		Empire at Night
Manhattan, 1 June 2005 		Venetian Courtyard
Venetia, 24 July 2005 		Two gondoliere
Venetia, 24 July 2005
Dark clouds and blue lights...
View like no other...
Relaxing here... They even refused an American offering them 100 Euro for a trip...
Campanile...
Venetia, 24 July 2005 		Campanile
Venetia, 24 July 2005 		Kitzbuehler Horn
Oberndorf, 17 August 2005 		Wilder Kaiser
Kitzbuehel, 18 August 2005
and the flag of Venice...
In the Sunset seen from the ferry....
 With fog crawling up its neck....
 In front of it Oberndorf, our family's second home...
Look up into the trees....
Starnberg, 24 October 2005 		And from really below
Paris, 15 November 2005 		Parthenon
Athens, 13 December 2005 		Ship Bones
Tokyo, 21 December 2005

Monster Tower

Afterglow of the Horn
Oberndorf, 24 January 2006 		Even more fountains....
Barcelona, 14 February 2006 		Flats
Barcelona, 14 February 2006 		Sign
Oslo, 21 May 2006
...going dimmer every second...

As seen from the Gaudi House...
Needle
Meteora, 15 June 2006 		James Bond
Meteora, 16 June 2006 		Bridge from the Peloponnes...
Andirrio, 17 June 2006 		Shipwreck Beach
Zakynthos, 18 June 2006
...with a climber on it...
Climbed up the monastery to the left....
Surely the most famous landmark of Zakynthos is this former smuggler's boat.
From the Sea Level
Zakynthos, 19 June 2006 		Grasshopper
Pylos, 21 June 2006 		The wreck of the Dimitrios
Gytheio, 22 June 2006 		View from the Western Wall
Monemvasia, 23 June 2006
After some swimming and snorchelling lessons we headed out to see the Shipwreck Beach in the late afternoon from the sea level... The light was perfect and the hordes of tourists had left...
And more Macro time!

Method of Transportation
Monemvasia, 23 June 2006 		And nice playing around with depth....
Athens, 28 June 2006 		In the headlights
Maasholm, 5 August 2006 		Feet
Maasholm, 5 August 2006
Horses and little caterpillars are the only way to get through the small passageways of Monemvasia

Cigarettes turning the air blue....
Heino
Maasholm, 5 August 2006 		Madrid Airport
Madrid, 11 September 2006 		Perfect Road
Munich, 25 October 2006 		The Sea
Malibu, 13 January 2007
Eh, Bernd
The new terminal and its architecture
 Just purely beautiful...
 The day had turned out to be really great.
Direct Sunlight...
Malibu, 13 January 2007 		San Francisco Skyline
San Francisco, 14 January 2007 		Grey Whale Fluke
Monterey, 15 January 2007 		Flying Colors
London, 2 February 2007
Just shielded by the private property sign...
Amazing that this photo which was made while driving, turned out so fine...
Good that I brought my 400mm with me...

Perfect Blue - 4
Siberia, 28 March 2007 		Park Road
Osaka, 31 March 2007 		Streets of Firenze...
Florence, 19 May 2007 		Linen shops
Florence, 19 May 2007
Getting brighter...

...with the presence of the cathedral...
Selling bags and designer goods. When we went down there all these portable shops were gone...
Linen shops
Florence, 19 May 2007 		Another view....
Prague, 25 June 2007 		Rainbow over Prague
Prague, 28 June 2007 		Galleria
Berlin, 3 September 2007
Selling bags and designer goods. When we went down there all these portable shops were gone...
...of the Crucifix.
At the NFC Forum we had our evening event. This time it was a stroll around Prague. Rainbows showed up!
 ...and the television tower in the setting sun...
Space Travel
Munich, 22 September 2007 		Swans
Tokyo, 28 September 2007 		Rinnoji Doors
Nikko, 29 September 2007 		Guardian Statues
Nikko, 29 September 2007
At least it feels like it...

Behind this temple were three of the most amazing Buddha statues - the Kami - Buddhist reincarnations of Shinto gods. Unfortunately no photography. Must see!
 At the Nitenmon gate...
Green Moss
Nikko, 29 September 2007 		Seat
Kamakura, 30 September 2007 		Autumn Scenery 2
Munich, 31 October 2007



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