Shark Attack
I shot a shark. Well… a photo of a shark in the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta (USA). Did you know that between 1580 and 2011 only 471 deathly casualties of shark attacks have been recorded. This would mean less than 1 person per year on average. Whatever statistics you look at, the chances of being [...]
Arachnophobia
There are some insects everyone likes – honeybees, butterflies, ladybirds, but others have a bad reputation. Spiders belong to them. As I am personally more afraid of frogs (believe it or not), I can only guess why many of you might have some difficulties in appreciating the picture of this post. Maybe its the unusual [...]
On your marks, get set, go! Happy 2013.
No matter in which timezone you live, there are only few hours left until you can start the new year 2013. A few days back I was at a camel race in Dubai (United Arab Emirates) and while photographing the milliseconds after the start I was thinking: Isn’t every new year like a start of [...]
Canvas vs. Celluloid
For centuries, paintings – next to literature – were the only way to capture and document historical events, landscapes or people. Up to today, our understanding of what Jesus looked like, how battles were fought a few hundred years ago, how kings were crowned or what ancient cities looked like is probably based on paintings and other pieces [...]
Under the Sea
None of my travels so far was geared towards diving, but every now and then coincidence brings me to wonderful diving spots. Luckily, I had my PADI license on me when I arrived in Praia do Tofo (Mozambique). I didn’t know before that the small village offers world class diving opportunities besides beautiful beaches. If [...]
Who Let The Dogs Out
In April this year I spent one day in Melaka (Malaysia). A beautiful town where Chinese and Malay history is influenced by Dutch and Portuguese colonial culture. While I was strolling through the streets, I met these two hairy creatures. They didn’t bark but were silently observing life outside their front door. Not too bad [...]
Wait and See
How was your last vacation? Two thousand kilometers in ten days? Four countries in three weeks? Whole Latin America in a month? “I want to experience as much as possible”, that’s what is also often in my mind. But I started to realize that to achieve this, you don’t need to run faster. It’s the [...]
Dazzling Dolphins
About eight weeks back, I once again visited Oman with friends. This time, we toured the rocky part of the country called Musandam. Shipping through the fjords, sightings of dolphins is in principle nothing unusual. But when it happens to you it is definitely special. So while you enjoy the photo nine facts you can [...]
Come and kiss me!
Forget Bentleys and private jets. When you live in the middle of the desert, what you need is a good camel. Admittedly the times, when caravans crossed the desert, loaded with food and other trading goods is long gone in the United Arab Emirates. The animals are also not used anymore as means of transport [...]
Two in ten thousand
She is definitely exhausted. Still, after she has laid her eggs she hurries back to the ocean before the sun glimpses on the horizon. Maybe it’s pride that gives her all that energy. She not only belongs to the fantastic family of sea turtles that has remained unchanged for approximately 90 million years, but she [...]
Lucky to see an Arabian Oryx
Close encounters with bigger animals are always exciting. Even more so if they happen surprisingly like when suddenly this Oryx was standing in front of me in the desert (United Arab Emirates). Afterwards I learned that the Arabian Oryx is one of four species (the others are native to Africa) and only was saved from extinction [...]
Eye-to-eye with the jaguar
Wow, what an encounter. Drifting in log boat down a river somewhere in the Pantanal (Brazil), I suddenly looked into the face of a female jaguar. It was a short moment of eye-to-eye before the lady followed her cub. Leopards only feed on meat and are the third-largest feline in the world. Only tigers and lions are [...]
