Category Archives: New Pictures

New gallery “Concrete Jungles of Tokyo” is up

Some time ago I was browsing my images from my last trip to Tokyo during Winter of 2015.
While browsing I discovered many unedited pictures and decided to make a series out of them because they all follow a consistent theme and unlike my previous modern architecture photos they are in colour. Please have a look here.

And here I give you a little teaser:

: Curvy

: Waves

: Grids 2

: Boxes

: Concrete Jungles of Tokyo

: Concrete Leopard

Personal top 10 photos of 2018

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It’s again time of the year to recapitulate. Already while I was browsing through my photo archive to select photos for my 2019 calender earlier this year I was quite shocked how the amount of photo folders declined this year.
Here is a little overview of the amount of photo folders which correspondent to occasions where I took photos, over the past 7 years.

– 2011: 33 folders
– 2012: 33 folders
– 2013: 42 folders
– 2014: 39 folders
– 2015: 33 folders
– 2016: 31 folders
– 2017: 31 folders
– 2018: 9 folders

At least it’s not surprising to me when I think about all the other time-consuming things I’ve been doing this year, like attending a Japanese language class once a week, plenty of training for my first Olympic triathlon this year, finishing a three semester long degree at an online university which required approx. 18h/week and constantly learning new stuff for work in my free-time, while working full-time and still accumulating plenty of over-hours.
For next year I can already say that I want to do less different things at once and focus more on fewer things, especially photography. At times I was really missing the free-spirited feeling on being outdoors and on the road, experiencing new places and get inspired by them while trying to capture the essence of those places.
That’s why I want to give a big shout-out to my friend Alexander Otto who has been such a great company and source of inspiration during all my big photo trips this year, to Tenerife in late March, to the Alps in July and to the US South-west in October. Who knows, without him and his constant drive to explore new places I might have not done many photo trips by myself this year.

Last year I was writing that it might take a couple of months to catch up with processing of my shots from Japan, Australia and Tasmania from 2017, I could not have been more optimistic, I think I barely processed a half of the shots yet. The same goes for my shots from 2018, that’s why I have to cheat a little bit this year and probably next year with my top 10 photos of the year. For this years’ photos I considered also photos from 2017 which I was only able to process this year.

When I look at my abstract architecture prints hanging above my TV I feel really sad that I again didn’t shoot anything like that this year and for 2 years in a row already.
I really hope I get to do this next year again, I already have plenty of places in mind which I want to experiment with.

Now I’ll leave you with my personal top 10 photos which I published this year and wishing you a happy new year, enjoy

: The spectacular granite tor of the Cathedral (located in the Mount Buffalo national park, Australia) had a really majestic appearance in the first light of this very morning after being completely hidden in fog earlier. After a rather cold and foggy morning - with very limited sight - seeing and feeling this warm sunlight was pure bliss!

: Winterwalk
On a perfect winter day last year I was going for a long walk in the mountains. The deep snow was cracking under my feet, the sun was kissing my face and I could see every breath in the ice-cold air. I'm looking forward to get such nice conditions this year as well!

: Wild Awakening
After a long break I eventually was able to start processing the pictures from my last photo journey, where I was visiting the island of Tenerife together with my buddy Alex. I took this picture on one of my favourite spots in the north of the island and because I didn't take seascape shots for such a long time this felt like pure bliss, being out and about at the wild sea, smelling the salty air and feeling the raw power of the waves rolling in. We almost spend two hours staying at huge rocks next to the beach soaking in the scenery and sometimes also salty water from big waves which we didn't anticipate. In the end we had to get our feet wet because it was getting high tide and there was already a small stream of water between the rocks and the beach which cut off our way back.

: Teide on Fire
During our trip on Tenerife my friend Alex and I experienced an interesting weather phenomenon which is called Calima and means that sand from the Sahara desert is carried by windstreams all the way to the Canary Islands. This phenomenon is noticeable by very hazy and yellowish haze. On the first evening where we could notice the phenomenon we got an incredible colourful sunset, no matter in which direction you looked, the sky just exploded of colours, it was definitely my most intense sunset for this year so far. While we've been in the beautiful and otherworldly Cañadas area, we could literally capture Mt. Teide catching fire from the sky. Now I'm not sure whether the Calima was responsible for such an incredible sunset because the days after all sunrises and sunsets were quite unspectacular. Let me know if you're a weather expert and you can help me out.

: Per Aspera Ad Astra
On the last night of our trip to Tenerife my buddy Alex and I went on a little hike to a place full of small pumice rock towers, which turned out to be not that easy to find at first. Fortunately the moon already rose high enough to shed light on those peculiar structures, significantly helping to find them in the dark. At the beginning the moon was still so low that it even caused flares in our wide-angle lenses. After briefly scouting the location we spend many hours at this very place shooting only two compositions each exposed for around 1.5 - 2 hours. While our cameras did their job we got quite creative in killing time, a good amount of time we were jumping and dancing around to electronic music to fight the cold and entertain ourselves 😉 As per usual on those long photo nights we went to sleep at around 5:30 and already had to get up at 7:30 to get to the airport and catch our flights. I can't say that we got enough sleep but in my opinion still well worth the effort and if not for the picture, then at least for the fun we had during that night 😉

: Rushing Melody
I'm slowly catching up with pictures from the last year. By the way, I wish everybody a happy new year and hope they head a great time on new years eve! This is one from the annual trip to the Alps with my friend Alex in August! Actually, because the weather was so bad in the Alps, we decided to make the best out of the trip and went to the French Jura Mountains in the hope to get some beautiful waterfall scenery in front of our cameras. We got quite lucky with this spot which was the first place we visited, however all other places did not work out, because there was hardly any water in the rivers. Phototrips are always full of surprises, positive as well as negative ones. I guess this is what makes it so exciting for me!

: Transitions
Seasons have a temporary nature. The joy I experience in every season is also temporary and will transition into something else in the new season. Therefore, at first, a change of season is seen as disruptive. However, witnessing a change of season in nature can be very aesthetic and should symbolise the beauty of change, that means still seeing the good things which are left from the previous season and already get an outlook what's on next. I've always wanted to capture that in a photo and during my trip to the Southwest in the US I was finally able to get a picture with autumnal foliage and snow in one frame.

: Wild West
It was my first time visiting the south-west of the US with my buddy Alex and that's how I imagined the "wild west" in a nutshell. After having seen plenty of western movies together with my dad when I was a child and only recently while watching Westworld I had this particular image in my mind. This picture was captured way after sunset during a very impressive blue hour, the rocks kept glowing for over 20 minutes after the sun had set. I was glad I got away with a satisfying image before I laid down in the car, because I had a bad cold and urgently needed some rest after driving and walking around all day long. The satisfying feeling of having experienced such beautiful landscapes and even gotten away with a nice image really helped sleeping in.

: Warmth
This is a shot from a late autumn hike last year where we just had as good weather like these days, but unfortunately I didn't get any good shots this year. It is always such a spectacular experience when see the setting sun emphasising the already beautiful mountain ranges and giving away the last warm bits before a cold night high up. Actually on this trip at the end of October I experienced an unusual warm night at around 2000m of altitude, not going much below 10°C.

: Bötlis
During our last annual trip to the Alps, my friend Alex and I drove to a lake in the Swiss Alps we scouted earlier on GoogleEarth and were surprised how beautiful it really was. On the lake shore there were cosy benches and fireplaces with firewood next to them. It was simply too inviting to not spend a night by the campfire. We were also surprised to bump into Roland Gerth there again, whom we only met briefly one day earlier somewhere else. This time we had more time to chat and exchange thoughts about landscape photography.

Recent additions to “The Alps” section

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There is a couple of new images from various trips to the Alps I added to the The Alps section. Enjoy 😉

: Alpen Blues
While browsing my pictures from the annual trip to the Alps in 2016 with my buddy N. Alexander Otto Photography I found some gems which make me look forward for this years' trip to the Alps which is about to start in a week! This is a shot from a blue hour morning scene at an alpine lake were we stayed over the night. The night before we got engulfed in fog just after we reached the lake. We didn't get any shots that night, but went on a late swim in the lake after an arduous hike, which turned out to be almost too refreshing for the following cold night. The next morning didn't offer any spectacular light for us, however spending a morning on a mountain witnessing the world waking up from high above is special or even magical itself and that's what this picture symbolises for me. When was the last time you woke up on a mountain seeing the first light of the day?

: Warmth
This is a shot from a late autumn hike last year where we just had as good weather like these days, but unfortunately I didn't get any good shots this year. It is always such a spectacular experience when see the setting sun emphasising the already beautiful mountain ranges and giving away the last warm bits before a cold night high up. Actually on this trip at the end of October I experienced an unusual warm night at around 2000m of altitude, not going much below 10°C.

: Yearning
Although it already feels like winter here, the landscape doesn't show itself in its white dress yet. After all tonight already was winter solstice, meaning that we can already looking forward for longer days and more sun exposure. This is a shot from 2017 where we had a short be intense winter in south Bavaria.

: Bötlis
During our last annual trip to the Alps, my friend Alex and I drove to a lake in the Swiss Alps we scouted earlier on GoogleEarth and were surprised how beautiful it really was. On the lake shore there were cosy benches and fireplaces with firewood next to them. It was simply too inviting to not spend a night by the campfire. We were also surprised to bump into Roland Gerth there again, whom we only met briefly one day earlier somewhere else. This time we had more time to chat and exchange thoughts about landscape photography.

: Where there is Water there is a Path
During our last annual trip to the Alps my buddy N. Alexander Otto Photography and I planned to visit a couple of waterfalls, after getting disappointed about rather unphotogenic waterfalls during last years' trip, where in most cases there simply was not enough water. Luckily in the Alps we had plenty of rainfall the days before we started our trip, so this time we got lucky! In the case of this photo we visited a very wet gorge in south Bavaria, where there was water coming literally from all directions, that's why we got soaked a little bit. This would be quite a dream right now after having over 30°C for weeks in Germany.

: Wild Flowers
On our annual trip to the Alps this year, we experienced a lot of beautiful wild flowers on the alpine meadows we crossed. The photo only shows a small bit of one of my favourite meadows, it actually can't really do justice to the beauty of the real meadow, but it's a nice memory which brings back to my mind the smell and the feeling I associate with this place.

Added gallery for Australia / Tasmania

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As you might have noticed in my social media channels a year ago I traveled to Australia and Tasmania last year around this time, I just added a new gallery with my pictures I posted on social media earlier. Most probably I’ll get back to the pictures soon and edit more of them because I’m content that I still have good material left, stay tuned 😉

: Purple Awakening
When I visited Mount Buffalo national park in Australia during this sunrise I had rapidly changing conditions, everything was engulfed in fog and only every now and then the fog drifted away and opened up the view towards the spectacular granite tor of the Cathedral. It was still a spectacular morning although the warm sunlight came through pretty late.

: Rise of the Golem
When I was visiting the Mount Buffalo national park in Australia, the rock granite tor of the Cathedral looked like a huge golem to me 😮

: Majesty
The spectacular granite tor of the Cathedral (located in the Mount Buffalo national park, Australia) had a really majestic appearance in the first light of this very morning after being completely hidden in fog earlier. After a rather cold and foggy morning - with very limited sight - seeing and feeling this warm sunlight was pure bliss!

: Swirled Away 2
This is another shot from the Great Ocean Road in the south of Australia and another example of the beauty that comes from erosion caused by the constant moving sea.

: Storm Incoming
When I visited the westcoast of Tasmania there was very stormy weather for a whole day, an hour after taking this picture there was lashing rain. This place really caught my attention because of the bizarre bushes and rocks, I'm not even sure if I was able to do the scenery justice with this picture.

: Bizarre Trees
When visiting Sarah Anne Rocks in Tasmania those white trees caught my attention. The standing trees and the cut down trees form interesting regular and chaotic structures.

: Take me Away
This is another one from the rough west coast of Tasmania. Taking this picture at the coast took place after taking "Storm Incoming" where the storm clouds were already close to the coast. When I started taking photos of the coast rain literally came from all sides, I was constantly busy wiping the front of my lens. While shooting in this kind of weather is a kind of pain, it mostly comes with dramatic clouds and the weather suited this wild location quite well. I eventually gave up after all my microfibre cloths and my own clothes were completely drenched.

: Capsized
Hiking to this place on Cape Pillar in Tasmania was quite exhausting and even though we were hiking pretty fast to be in time for sunset we just missed the best part of it by 10 or 20 minutes. The sky was literally burning in red and orange tones but the only thing we could do was to keep hiking to eventually reach the place where we wanted to shoot. This is a soothing blue hour shot with a little bit of decent afterglow. I have to say it felt quite the opposite when I was standing on the cliff taking this shot while being exposed to strong wind, it was quite scary.

: Morning at the Lakes
This was a quite and peaceful morning in front of the beautiful Cradle Mountain on Tasmania with Hanson Lake on the left and Dove Lake to the right. Hiking in the Cradle Mountain national park is a real pleasure, it has fairly easy hikes and offers dozens of nice views!

: The Throne
Overlooking the Mt Buffalo national park and parts of the Alpine National Park, the mountain Mount Bogong in the back is the highest mountain in the state of Victoria in Australia. I was visiting during winter season and was surprised that only the highest peaks were covered in snow, however already the next day we got a little bit of snow in the Mt. Buffalo national park.

: Bizarre Trees 2
On my journey through Tasmania I encountered and was fascinated by countless bizarre looking trees. I really enjoyed that distinct flora the island has to offer, sometimes it looked so different to the flora I'm used to in Central Europe. Because of the characteristic shape of those trees, it looks like they have a human-like appearance in this picture, much like a crowd of people interacting with each other.

: Swirled Away
Finally I made my way to the Great Ocean Road in the south of Australia and this was how I was greeted on that very morning, not the best conditions but at least the sea was wild! Watching the erosion process through the sea is quite interesting, it made the coast as interesting as it is now, but it also destroys its previous creations in the same go. It's in steady change, like life. New creations are only possible after sacrificing old ones. This interpretation helped me to move on after recent struggles to give up on the past.

New pictures added to landscape aerial gallery

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Once in a while I wanted to update my landscape aerial gallery because it’s long due!

: Gloomy Lake 2

: Gloomy Lake
On this day my friend Quirin and I were hoping for a nice sunset at lake Eibsee. However all we got was a gloomy mood, the first time I've seen this lake in this kind of mood. I liked it despite the hope to catch a nice sunset 😉

: The Green Divide
Nature is a really inspiring painter. It keeps changing its canvas slightly on a daily basis. Those canvases inspire us landscape photographers to see and freeze the display of beauty. In this example there is a nice complementary mix between red/brown hues from autumn/winter and fresh greens from early spring. I'm quite sure this very picture wouldn't work as nicely once spring will transform everything into lush greens. In fact, there is a dedicated season for every aesthetic highlight artists like photographers are interested in. As a landscape photographer I really like how this ever-changing canvas creates this synchronisation or connection with nature, which is based on visual stimuli and goes beyond the normal consciousness of time and the change of seasons. At least for me this connection has been dictating my holiday dates and trip destinations for the last couple of years.

: Scars
It's always interesting to see how water leaves its "scars" in mother nature, which is especially apparent in the mountains. However this is just a minor display of this effect, glaciers are a by far more massive display of erosion.

: Stormy Yakushima
Although I never got into a storm on Yakushima, the weather above our heads looked stormy at times. Fortunately, the worst weather we experienced during the whole trip was some drizzle and cold blowing winds. On our last day of the hike we met an old Japanese man who told us that he re-visited the island several times, because he got rained in during several trips and was happy with the weather this time, that's when we realised that we didn't really experience bad weather 😉

: Over the Clouds
The amount of early morning clouds and fog was enormous during my visit at the Mount Buffalo national park in Australia! Before the fog rolled away you could only enjoy the view from high above.

: Rushing Melody 2
Can you feel and hear the soothing sound of rushing water? For me that has a meditative feeling to it!

: Gloomy Alps
During our last annual trip to the Alps my friend Alex and I experienced mostly overcast weather with heavy clouds. Despite minor frustration about the weather this aerial view from the French Alps shows the advantages of this weather, some very moody atmosphere!

: Mountain Roads of Japan
During my last trip to Japan I was hiking and road tripping together with friend Alex. Some of the roads we encountered were really scary, especially in the higher mountain areas, where we could only find bendy one-lane roads, sometimes those roads were even blocked by recently fallen rocks, caused by ordinary slides or minor earthquakes. This means we had to got out of the car and remove rocks blocking the road frequently. In this picture I show you another scary element: oncoming trucks! I was lucky enough to get a drone shot with big truck transporting wood. I guess it took a while until we got used to those roads and situations 😉

: Volcanic Creation
Every time I'm exposed to volcanism it's so fascinating for me. It gives the area a very interesting and distinct shape and due to the mix of minerals which were part of the ejecta different plants grow on the surface, which gives the area also a distinct colour. It's the kind of natural art which impresses me the most! This aerial picture was taken around Mount Aso in Japan.

: Good Morning Kyushu
On the first day of our roadtrip on Kyushu (southernmost main-island of Japan) my friend Alex and I were blessed with a beautiful sunrise, one of very few unfortunately. This is an aerial view over the south-east of Kyushu, seen from the southern tip at Cape Sata. Only when I saw this view myself I noticed how mountainous Japan really was. The following days we learned this fact the hard way by driving over dangerous single-way mountain roads for hours, sometimes blocked by recently fallen rocks, caused by ordinary slides or minor earthquakes.

: Surrounded by Fog
During our four day hike on Yakushima in Japan my friend Alex and I got surrounded by fog! Below one of those big boulders I found shelter over the night.

: Enchanted Yakushima
Only on the 3rd day of our 4 day long hike on Yakushima my friend NicolasAlexanderOtto and me got lucky with the weather conditions for sunset shooting despite the wet and dull weather during the whole day and the day before. We were also lucky to have stopped hiking early to search for a suitable place to stay overnight on that particular day. Just when I finished building up my night camp the sky broke open. This is an aerial shot towards Miyanoura on the northeastern coast of Yakushima.

: Fog Kingdom
During our hike on Yakushima in Japan Alex and me experienced beautiful low hanging clouds constantly moving in and out, it even lasted until sunset which was happening only 30min after taking from this shot.

New pictures in the galleries

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New pictures in the galleries!

: Facing Worlds
On my last hike this year I got to see an interesting scene where one mountainside was already in all its white glory while the other side was still in autumn mood. Already during the hike - while gaining altitude - we noticed the beautiful transition from autumn to winter. There is so much to discover during change of seasons, I find it really satisfying to see and feel the annual change of seasons

: Flooded by Light
Last May I went on a short trip to the Elbsandsteingebirge - Sächsische Schweiz national park together with my friends Jan and Alex. We were quite lucky with the overall weather conditions, we had plenty of fog and sunsets and sunrises which were not too bad. This picture has been taken on the most beautiful morning during the time we've been there, the landscape was literally flooded by warm light. I guess I'll look at this picture more often in the next couple of weeks when the weather here in Germany turns cold and gloomy.

: Autumn Walk
This is a memory how autumn looked like close to my home in late October, now almost all trees have lost their leaves and winter has taken over. Everything looks bleak now, hence I can't wait for plenty of snow 😉 Are you already looking forward for winter?

: First Snow
This is a rather abstract view from my last hike in the alps. I liked how the gentle snow cover and the soft and fading dusk light emphasized the structure on the mountain surface.

Golden Autumn

New Gallery: Landscape Aerials

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I recently started with aerial photography so I thought it would be a good idea to make a new gallery for those pictures. May I present you my first attempts at aerial photography, all done with a DJI Inspire 1 Pro.

: Alps on Fire
Today I was very fortunate to be at the right spot at the right time, just as the fog rose to cloak the mountains, the sun - already on the horizon - gave it a bright red glow. It was just breathtaking to witness everything from above!

: On Shore
This is an aerial impression from yesterdays outing to Eibsee at Zugspitze. Unfortunately the weather decided to cancel yesterdays' sunset and filled the whole area with fog and clouds only within a couple of minutes.

: Frosted
While looking for compelling aerial compositions I discovered a nice red-green colour contrast in a little forest close-by. The beautiful hoar frost we had this morning helped to emphasize the structure in the trees.

More additions to Alps gallery

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I added some new and old pictures to the Alps gallery.

Finally the gallery takes shape! I hope you like it 😉

: Splashes of Colour
Although autumn is currently at its peak in some areas of the Alps autumn is barely noticeable. On my last hike for the year last weekend I was intrigued by those very subtle autumn colour tones I found, they appear like splashes of colour here and there.

: Heavenly Accommodation
There is nothing like slumbering below the heavenly nightskies in the mountains. I was lucky to have almost perfect conditions on our last night in the Italian Alps.

: Paint the Sky
This is a glimpse of how winter looked like in the Dolomites close to the famous St. Johann chapel in Ranui a week ago. This area didn't have fresh snowfall for quite some time, almost all trees lost their precious white sugar coating. To make up for that I brought some white back in the sky by shooting a star-trail composite.

: Moonlight Sonata
When I was standing there I really almost dazzled by the strong light of the full moon and so my lens 😉 Unfortunately the weather was just not winterly enough to provide for scenic winter scapes. Recently the temperature was too high and there was also a lack of fresh snow so we returned earlier than planned from our trip. The massif in the frame is Cimon della Pala. It is also called "The Matterhorn of the Dolomites" because of it's very similar shape.

: Touched by the first light
Some weeks ago I enjoyed a tranquil night in the Alps and was blessed with magic warm light the next morning. No matter how exhausting your hike and how freezing cold the night before was, those are the mornings which let you forget all the efforts and make them totally worth it 😉 What do you think about it, have you experienced a sunrise on a mountain summit before?

New gallery: The Alps

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I’m happy to present you a new gallery, a dedicated gallery for my pictures of the European Alps!

Because I’ve been on a one week roadtrip through the Swiss, French and Italian Alps I also want to present you new pictures which appear in the Alps gallery:

: Darkness and Frost
During my recent trip to the Italian Alps I was also able to explore a glacier. I'm always fascinated by the form and texture of glaciers, but also by its colour palette, essentially it's black and white with a turquise tint here and there. Glaciers are also mysterious places for me, they conceal secrets from thousands of years ago, they are well hidden below layers of ice which can be as thick as several hundred meters. As always Alex was happy to volunteer as a model for this picture in order to get some sense of scale.

: The Explorer
During our recent trip to the Alps Alex and me also had a stop in the Italian Alps. Despite a rain shower the night before the weather was very diverse while still cooperative from a photographers point of view. This is one of the more dramatic displays we got to see. What the viewer can't see is the drizzling rain which made shooting this scene very hard, like shooting in the spray of a waterfall. Fortunately Alex and I brought enough patience and microfibre cloth.

: Silent Reflections 2
On the same morning as in "Silent Reflections" we went on a glacier in order to get a top view of the area we already explored earlier. The view from there didn't offer many photogenic compositions but only walking on a glacier during the peaceful morning hours was an exciting experience for sure! While walking there I discovered this intriguing foreground in the small glacier lake which immediately grabbed my attention.

: Goodbye Blue Sky
While hiking in the Italian Alps together with my friend Alex we were blessed with very interesting weather and light. Although it was raining every now and then we never got drenched but were able to witness breathtaking atmospheres, due to the ever-changing weather.

: Let's conquer the Sky
On our last night in the French Alps we had fantastic conditions for night shots, despite the cloud on the right the sky and air was clear, the moon has set and temperatures dropped below 0°C. That's also why my camera froze while leaving it outside over night as already shown in a snapshot I uploaded earlier. The display of stars was one of the best I've seen in central Europe for quite some time. I think being able to see starry skies like that is a privilege not all people can enjoy. They live in densely populated metropolitan areas where light pollution is keeping their eyes from seeing stars. I hope my picture could bring a bit of happiness to those people, at least for a couple of seconds 😉 But you should still experience the real deal sometime, it's so much better to see it with your own eyes!

: Bleak
On the first day during our trip to the Alps we didn't have so much luck with the weather but at least we were blessed with some moody fog which I wanted to show with this shot. The guy on the other side of course is Alex.

: Give Me Mountains
In the French Alps we were surrounded by several breathtaking mountain vistas, I was tempted to take many panorama shots and this is one of them. I'm intrigued by mountains, they challenge me, they always surprise me, and make me appreciate the wonders of nature. Mountains are my happy place - give me mountains 😉

: Silent Reflections 1
A tranquil morning in the Italian Alps. Those are the moments you long for during busy and hectic days in daily life. Fortunately I brought back home pictures which give me a relaxing feeling as if I was standing there right now, hearing nothing but the peaceful silence of a sunrise in the mountains. I hope this works for you too!

Additions to Iceland gallery

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Some months ago I browsed my Iceland picutre folder and finished three more pictures which I uploaded only on social media so far. If you like my work make sure to follow me on social media, I update content more often over there. Please find the respective links in the “About” section.

: Martian Beach
When I selected pictures for a slide-show of my recent Iceland trip some days ago I found so many other shots I want to share 😉 This is the beach at Jökulsarlón, like most places in Iceland it looks like a Martian landscape, hence the name. I really liked the contrast of the black sand and the white appearing icebergs floating and sitting around.

: Fire in the Night
What appears to be a cheap photomanipulation actually is some rare view I was lucky enough to witness once in my life: seeing a starry sky at 9:45pm with a phenomenal moonset below. Seen in Iceland close to Dettifoss.

: The Arctic Photographer
Iceland throwback! One of the most breathtaking locations in Iceland undoubtedly is the Jökulsárlón - Glacier Lagoon. It's really fascinating to observe huge icebergs floating in a big glacier lagoon and seals playing hide & seek while still far away from the arctic circle. While shooting and getting really close to the icebergs Alex was kind enough to pose for me in front of this amazing vista.

Photography by Philipp Lutz

Landscape and Architecture Photography

Category Archives: New Pictures

New gallery “Concrete Jungles of Tokyo” is up

Personal top 10 photos of 2018

Recent additions to “The Alps” section

Added gallery for Australia / Tasmania

New pictures added to landscape aerial gallery

New pictures in the galleries

New Gallery: Landscape Aerials

More additions to Alps gallery

New gallery: The Alps

Additions to Iceland gallery