At 7:30am we were picked up by Jackson. Now a long road trip to Masai Mara started. Around 270 km through the Great Rift and down to Narok. The last part of around 60 to 70 km were dirt roads. At 1pm we arrived at Little Mara Bush Camp. After lunch and getting familiar with […]
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Friday July 11th, 2014
Flight from Hamburg to Nairobi via Zurich. After having checked with Swiss Air and Lufthansa that it is possible to check-in the luggage the night before, we went to Hamburg on Thursday late afternoon and have one night in Radisson Blu (Airport). The early check-in was a frustration. As the co-partner for Swiss Air for […]
Some Macros (2014-07-04/05)
Several Red Admiral butterflies in the garden sitting on a syringa. Not sure whether I got that right. Looks like a Northern red-banded yellow jacket.
Some Macros (2014-06-25)
Again between some phone calls found some time to shoot several macros in the garden. Above bumblebee was done with ISO 1600. Quite decent quality.
Some Macros (2014-06-04)
Some Macros (2014-06-03)
Helgoland trip 2014-05-29
Mainly did the trip to see how the existing equipment performs for the upcoming photo safari. The test can be read here. Besides this some decent shots found their way into my library. Unfortunately I had all long range lenses already packed when a lot of people came to my last location. Using their […]
Hamburg: Hanse-Bird 2014
Short visit to the Hanse-Bird fair which took place at “Elbinsel Kaltehofe”. Very nice location with some individual spots. However, shooting pictures near noon time did not turn out to capture the nice flair of the location properly. Between 1894 and 1990 the island was used to filter the water of the river Elbe. It […]
Cuxhaven: Castle Ritzebüttel
Ritzebüttel Castle in Cuxhaven was the residence of the Hamburg bailiff during the period of membership of Cuxhaven to Hamburg. The castle, which dates partly from the 14th century, is one of the oldest surviving secular buildings of the North German Brick Gothic in the region.
Cuxhaven: Lighthouse “Kleiner Preusse”
From Wikipedia: The lighthouse was built in 1906 along the dike of Wremer garnet cutter port as a cross light. Because of its small size and its black and white paint, he received his name “Little Prussian”. In 1930 he was again dismantled, after wearing a red and white paint few years. The current lighthouse is […]