Ant
This picture of an ant walking on the lower side of a leaf is one of my favourites and hanging on the wall of my bed room as large format print.
This picture is part of the category Close-Up & Macro
18. Mai 2016 - 06:04:16
Red Kite
It is an interesting fact that the number of Red Kites is growing in Switzerland in contrast to most other countries. It is nothing unusual to see one of these raptors in the sky. Still it was quite special when I could see about ten of these animals flying in circles above me. The reason was a farmer who was cutting the grass and by that probably made available some food that they were diving for. I could even observe as one of the birds caught a big dragonfly in flight.
This picture is part of the category Wildlife Wild
9. Juli 2018 - 10:52:19
Good bye, little blue diamond
Good bye, little blue diamond
After I had observed two kingfishers at a new location in the forests nearby, I decided to take a morning off and spend that time on only that most beautiful of all birds. I was in that area for about three hours and had the luck that the bird came back four times and I could observe it. Again and again it returned to the very same branches in the stream and also next to it. It seemed to come there to relax from hunting. This allowed me to take a lot of beautiful pictures.
This picture is part of the category Wildlife Wild
23. Oktober 2018 - 09:20:11
Tunnel view
These fungi found a well protected place in the moss.
This picture is part of the category Close-Up & Macro
8. Oktober 2018 - 10:27:13
Aggressive crab
One evening on my holidays at the North Sea I was sitting on the floor at the mudflat when the sea was receding. I was hoping for some good pictures of sea birds when something rather unexpected happened: Some crabs suddenly started comming out of the water and were looking for a hide behind stones. This crab was pretty sure that I was a stone. It was difficult convincing it that I wasn't a stone and that I didn't want to be one until I started pushing it softly with my feet.
This picture is part of the category Wildlife Wild
30. Juli 2018 - 20:50:12
River Kingfisher
Almost two years after my latest viewing of a river kingfisher in the area of the Rohrer Schachen near Aarau I was riding my bike home when I discovered a kingfisher about to change its seating place along the Aare river. So I stopped and got off my bike, got under the camouflage. Shortly after I realized that there were three kingfishers who dived into the river almost non stop just in front of me. Just after each dive they retuned to some branch nearby. Once that branch was just above me. That is when I took this picture.
This picture is part of the category Wildlife Wild
9. Juli 2018 - 09:41:20
Gossamer-winged Butterflies (Lycaenidae)
Gossamer-winged Butterflies (Lycaenidae)
Long before sunrise the first light of the twilight falls on that little Lycaenidae. Some hours will pass before the sun has finally evaporated the dew from its wings.
This picture is part of the category Close-Up & Macro
23. Mai 2018 - 05:18:49
Pool frog (Pelophylax lessonae)
Pool frog (Pelophylax lessonae)
Quietly it was sitting on the branch swimming in the water. As always when approaching pool frogs I had to be very careful because the slightest movement on my part would force it to jump into the protecting water of the pool. That would mean that one has to wait for a long time for its reappearance - hopefully at the very same location. I could take this picture of the pool frog from a very low position through the reed.
This picture is part of the category Wildlife Wild
16. April 2018 - 10:04:44
Morning song
Colorful autumnal light surrounds the song of this Great Tit.
This picture is part of the category Wildlife Wild
29. Januar 2017 - 15:45:32
Little hat village
In autumn 2017 there were incredibly many fungi growing in our forests, thanks to the very good climatic conditions in that year. Never before had I seen so many different kinds of fungi. You only had to turn around to see another little hat village.
This picture is part of the category Close-Up & Macro
27. September 2017 - 08:15:44
Deer
While spending summer holidays in Northern Germany, in the countryside not far from the Baltic Sea, one evening I decided to go to a forest where I thought there could be some animals. And yes, shortly after I had installed myself under the camouflage four deer approached and enjoyed eating on the lush pasture. Later they were joined by some hares. When I had decided to return home something thrilling started: An off-road car was approaching me across the pasture at high speed. As it turned out it was the local hunter to whom the ground belonged where I was just standing. We had a nice chat. As I had to learn the hunt season had already started. Means that it is somehow dangerous strolling around forest in Northern Germany.
This picture is part of the category Wildlife Wild
15. Juli 2017 - 21:29:13
Glarus Thrust
In the center of the UNESCO world nature heritage there is the village of Elm, well known because of the ex skier Vreni Schneider, the lemonade named after the village and the Martinsloch. Later can be seen on this picture in dramatic light.
This picture is part of the category Landscape
27. August 2017 - 12:17:51
