Photography is 'hot'. Many people take photo-shots of just what they see - and of course this is alright. But many professional photographers fear, that they with their photo-quality will not be asked anymore. Real quality is out....Or not?
         Photography is never without content - we always photograph something or some person. Besides that technics play an important role and I hope to find time soon to present a page about it. I do not like massiveness - though I admit that this website begins to be quite massive.....
           The goal of this website is to present fine and good quality pictures of interesting subjects. 'Fixing an image of reality'. You can send me your answer to the question if I am successful in doing that.

New page: Churches and monasteries in Spain
New 2010 and 2011:
Czech Republic, West-Bohemia:
Roundtrip in 10 albums
Churches and monasteries
Switzerland\Graubünden:Album 403 and following
churches: album 407 and following
Austria\Tyrol: Album 413 and following    
Churches: Album 416 and following 10
Innsbruck: Album 409 and following 
April 2011:
A Journey through western Crete
in 12 albums
Churches and monasteries in North- and South-east Spain:
Album 362 Sant Pere de Rodes 1
Album 363 Sant Pere de Rodes 2 
Album 364 Santa Maria de L'Estany 1
Album 365 Santa Maria de L'Estany 2
Album 382 Catalonia Ripoll Santa Maria 1
Album 383 Catalonia Ripoll Santa Maria 2
Album 384 Catalonia Ripoll Santa Maria 3
Album 385 Catalonia Sant Joan de les Abadesses 1
Album 386 Catalonia Sant Joan de les Abadesses 2
Album 387 Simat Santa Maria de la Valldigna
NEW 2011: 
June 2011 Spitzbergen with 10 Albums
Orchids of Crete in 6 albums
New 2010:
South Tyrol Dolomites         with
15 albums of churches\monasteries  and
13 albums of landscapes\mountains
South-Spain: churches\cathedrals:
Album 326 Novelda Sanctuario de la Magdalena
Album 329 Almeria cathedral 1  Album 330-2
Album 331 Murcia cathedral 1  Album 332-2   333-3
Album 334 Guadix cathedral 1   Album 335-2
Castle La Calahorra:
Album 327 Granada La Calahorra 1  Album 328-2
Old Moorish fortress:
Album 338 Almeria Alcazaba
Enjoy the Western shows of:
Album 336 Tabernas Mini Hollywood 1
Album 337 Tabernas Mini Hollywood 2
Tenerife in 23 albums
New 2009
Rocky Mountains Canada 1994 in 8 albums
England-Scotland 1996 in 6 Albums
South-England fall 1996 in 4 Albums
Garden trip South-England 1999 3 Albums
NEW 2008

         For photography we are living in a very exciting time. The 'pixelrace' goes still on and new camera modells are presented in high tempo. Every month I buy several photo-magazines to keep up with the newest facts and to improve my skills. To combine theory and practice to learn to be a better photographer. I hope.... 
         Anyway - photography gives me a lot of satisfaction - i.e. when I take a picture of a wonderful altarpiece in a Spanish or German cathedral or church to see it all in detail on my screen how to 'repeat my trip'. 
        Browsing my albums - meanwhile  445 date 13th of January 2012 - you can see what my predilections are - and they are quite wide. Nature with impressive landscapes, plants and flowers, like the wild flora on the Costa Blanca in Spain or the Algarve in Portugal. But increasingly churches, cathedrals and monasteries, which are such an important heritage, and so impressive to give a glance of the fine architecture and art to admire. Concerning flowers and plants also the way of photographing with a small aperture and infillflash, resulting in a large depth of field against a black background. Just see the page Rhododendrons the albums 'Rhododendrons in Black'.
          Some people ask me why I don't participate in stockagencies like flickr etc. But I don't want to be a part of a massive community. I often see photos, that I would call 'photographic art' rather than real photography, which is an art of its own. All kinds of retouching in Photoshop which strains the meaning of reality. It has its own right of existence. That's the way I see it. I want to present the reality as my own eyes saw it. And this is sometimes difficult enough for itself. Of course, the way you use the camera plays an important role, but it you want to see this kind of 'photographic art' you are here at the wrong place. Or just around............
          Enjoy my photographs!!I

445 photo-albums!! (January 13, 2012)
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Important and helpful tip:
Go through the albums: click on the first photo and use the arrow-keys to continue!! 

(this gives much more comfort)

Navigation:

On top this page you see the links to all the main pages. 
Each main issue is subdivided in a number of sub-pages. These sub-pages will appear on the left side and the main pages on top.
I plan to make a resume of all the pages of this website. Especially when the number of pages will increase with time!! Please, have some patience for the time being.

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New page: Churches and monasteries in Spain

Spitzbergen with 10 Albums

Orchids of Crete in 6 albums