These are the first images I took with the new Canon MP-E 65mm lens. I read a lot about it and how difficult it is to focus because of the very shallow depth of field. And I must admit it is not that easy as I thought. Some pictures were taken with the MR-14EX Macro [...]
A nice half day trip is from Palfries to the Alvier. It takes you about 2 hours to the summit. Yes, you have to use this ladder to get to the top… Nice view to the Walensee and perhaps the WC with the best view in the world. Palfries -> Alvier [...]
This is one of my panoramas I took on the summit of Säntis. It is a merge of 14 landscape pictures. Click here for the large version.
This time in August the sunrise is at about 6:30 am. So we started at 5 to be ready for this event. The Mount Säntis is the highest peak in the Appenzell region (2502m). From the summit you can see six countries and the view is breathtaking! The easiest way to reach the top is [...]
A mating couple I love the clean blurry background in the next two shots A Hairy face
Going around the lake takes about 2 hours. Last year we were 1 month earlier and there were large areas covered with snow. This time it was a lot warmer but still wonderful and relaxing. I took 2 panoramas of the Lünersee reservoir. One panorama is a merge of about 5 pictures. They were stiched together [...]
We went to Romanshorn at the Lake Constance to take some pictures of the fireworks which started at 10:30pm. It was also the Summer Nights festival and therefore there were lots of people. But we had a pretty good location because the fireworks were actually let off on the sea (a few hundred meters apart from the [...]
The botanic gardens are situated near the Schloss Nymphenburg. It was created 1909 and has more than 15’000 different plants. The entrance charge is only 4 euros and you should definitely go there. You can walk directly from the botanic gardens to the Nymphenburg where you can find the Schlosscafe in the Palmenhaus. It is [...]
On the weekend we tried to make some original potato tortillas. Basically you need potatoes, eggs, onions and oil. We prepared the meal for 3 persons and fortunately we had some help from our spanish friend Artigas (thanks Artigas) so the result wasn’t that bad… we documented the process in detail to repeat it for further perfection . Check out [...]
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