La Gomera

Some coastline impressoins of La Gomera

When you come down the road from the La Gomera rainforest mountains, the first things you see are some houses and the atlantic see. It goes staight ahead down to the coast. In this case the north east coast of La Gomera. With Tenerife in the background. Its a complete change of colors. The dark green and spooky forest on the top, with all the fog and clouds passing throu and the sunny coast with beaches and the blue sea. White painted houses with red roofs, banana plantations and very curvy roads. It was a stop back on my way to the ferry in San Sebastian. I have been on La Gomera for a hiking trip. And thouse pictures are beside impressions from this trip. It was not a phototrip 🙂

Butterflies

The two dancing Butterflies

Two beautyfull red Butterflies having fun with each other on a closed hibiscus blossom. I have never seen butterfly making love before and I don`t expected that they are doing it tail to tail 🙂 They where so busy whis themselves thaty they don`t noticed me and my 150mm Sigma macro lens. Going close was not difficult. Getting enough light for a closed apperture and for a fast shutter speed was the chellenge here 🙂 You can`t see it but they are indoor pictures. Taken at Palmitos Parks  House of Butterflies. The Butterfly House and the exotic birds flight show are a good reasen to visit this medium size Zoo in the south of Gran Canaria. The Bird House at Palmitos Park is not as big as Loro Parques Bird flight area but they have a raptor and exotic birds flight show there. And a huge House of Butterflys. Using my Monopod for all thouse photos was no problem. No one of the officials cares about my monopod and 150mm macro lens. This is also a plus. You are not everywhere welcome with professional photo stuff.

Ich habe mir eigentlich die Gedanken darüber gemacht, wie sich Schmetterlinge überhaupt fortpflanzen. Jetzt weiß ich es 🙂  Aber ein wenig überrascht war ich schon im ersten Moment, vor allem darüber das sie sich überhaupt nicht gestört gefühlt haben. Sie waren einfach zu sehr mit dem Flattern und rum hüpfen beschäftigt. Nah ran zu kommen war also schon mal kein Problem. Eher das Licht, um eine möglichst kurze Belichtungszeit zu erreichen und die Blende einigermaßen zu machen zu können. Was man nicht sieht, das ganze spielte sich im Schmetterlingshaus ( House of Butterflys) des Palmits Parks auf Gran Canaria ab. Wegen des Schmetterlingshauses und der Vogelflugshow hatte sich der Besuch dort für mich gelohnt. Delfinshows interessieren mich nicht, und gegen das Vogelhaus im Loro Park kommen sie dort auf keinen Fall an. Wenn man das kennt und als Maßstab nimmt ist man eher enttäuscht.

Trichoglossus Haematodus

Trichoglossus Haematodus

The rainbow Lorikeet ( Trichoglossus Haematodus ) or as we say in germany Allfarblori is a very colorfull and friendly little bird I met this birds on my last trip to the Canary island Tenerife at the Katandra Treetop. A big birds free fly compound in one of europas best zoos, the Loro Parque. And I only do this kind of pictures when I am on vacation 🙂 The birds there are very handsome For most of the pictures I used my old Sigma 105 macro lens. In the manual mode, because the autofocus is not very quick. Or should I say it is very slow 🙂

 

Großer Arbersee

Der große Arbersee

The great Arber Lake ( Großer Arbersee) is one of the three lakes at the bavarian forest, and its a legacy of the last ice age. Its an natural reserve and at one side of the sea starts a area calleds Fairytale Forrst. I visit this area this year on a cloudy summerday, walked around the lake and tried to do some landscape pictures.

 

Timanfaya fire mountains

Montañas del Fuego – The Timanfaya fire mountain

The second part of my trip to the Timanfaya fire mountain (Montañas del Fuego). Its an national park vulcano area in the southwestern part of the island of Lanzarote, Canary Island. Ihe last big eruption was in 1824, and the biggest eruption was in 1730, when it covers half of the island with lava. And please dont miss the first part 🙂

Montañas del Fuego

The Timanfaya fire Mountain

Some impressions fom my trip to the Timanfaya fire mountains (Montañas del Fuego). Its an national park vulcano area in the southwestern part of the island of Lanzarote, Canary Island. Ihe last big eruption was in 1824, and the biggest eruption was in 1730, when it covers half of the island with lava.

squaller

A beautyfull little squaller

I met this little squaller on my last trip to the canaies istland Tenerife. He made a lot of noise while defending his food against everyone. But he was not afraid of my 105mm macro lens. Yes you heared right, I did all thouse pictures with a macro lens. I am not a bird photographer and I never wanted to be one. But I took the chance and did some portraits of this little squaller.

Der kleine Schreihals hier hat ein ziemliches Theater veranstalltet als ich mich Ihm mit meinem 105er Makro genähert habe. Also entweder wollte er sein Futter verteidigen, oder er mochte mein Objektiv nicht. Vielleicht hat er sich ja auch gedacht, so ein altes Sigma auf einer Nikon, das geht gar nicht 🙂

Light Green

Light Green

Thats how spring in germany normaly looks. The plants shines in a light green,  the sky is pale blue with little clouds and a little breeze is going throu the fields.

Osthafen Frankfurt

Osthafen Frankfurt – Frankfurt’s East Harbor

Der Osthafen Frankfurt

The beautyfull Frankfurt east harbor at night. A cupple of years ago befor they build the new european central bank there. With the new bridge over the river Main there are now more photographers at the evening as you can count. Everyone is trying to get s skyline picture.

So sah der der Osthafen Frankfurt früher aus. Ein paar Jahre bevor dort die EZB fertig gebaut wurde und er noch nicht so „überlaufen“ war wie im Moment. Mit der Ferigstellung der neuen brücke weiß man ja gar nicht mehr wohin vor lauter Fotografen. Und das Raab Karcher gelände wird ja mitlerweile auch nei bebaut. Dann sollte es wohl komplett vorbei sein mit dem alten, ewas schmuddeligen industrie Charme.