Bisti Eggs Land Before Time

The eighth of my Life in the “Desert Southwest” series documenting the land of New Mexico, Arizona and Utah, The unique landscape in the desert southwest lends itself to infrared photography so well. The light textures, Monsoon season all come together for some amazing images, I have been working on this project for the last […]
A Sunday Buggy Ride

An Amish buggy ride
Ribcave

A 30 second exposure in the total darkness of Porth Yr Ogof Cave in Wales.
Dawn on Derwentwater

A new day breaks over the Lake District, England.
Roadtrip in Texas

After a week-long observing run in Texas, having collected data in sufficient amounts to keep ourselves busy until next year, we enjoyed the scenic route back to the airport, the road leading up into the magnificient mountain pass below the clouds.
Ulmer Mnster

One of my passions is infrared photography of churches in Europe, gothic churches in particular. The Ulmer Münster has the highest church tower in the world and infrared gives it a rather menacing feeling.
Infrared ash and full moon

Sometimes, strange things occur in astronomy and this was one of those nights. While observing in Texas, we realized that our instruments recorded almost no light but the sky was cloud-free. I therefore went outside to take infrared images which is when we finally realized what was going on. Seen here, the pink glow in […]
An astronomer in Texas – 9

–part 9 of the essay An astronomer in Texas– The next day, with an early end of the night due to the ash particles, we decided to take a walk and explore the surrounding area. The so-called red edge makes every plant appear very bright in the infrared and cacti are no exception – they […]
Alta Via Merano covered in clouds

The Alta Via Merano, located in South Tyrol, is one of the most beautiful hiking trails in Europe. We were particularly lucky since the clouds were about to lift just when we started. This photo shows the last seconds right before that, while to our eyes it was still intransparent. People often ask me how […]
An astronomer in Texas – 10

–part 10 of the essay An astronomer in Texas– Finally, success! Clear, dark skies for science and also for photography. The milky way is fascinating both in the visible and the infrared, but I prefer the mix that is created by this filter and wavelength-sorted with blue corresponding to green, green to red and red […]
The lake of lago di garda

Lago di garda, or lake Garda, is very popular with tourists, particularly from Germany. It is a beautiful lake in the Italian alps. This, however, is just a puddle of water with the actual lake hidden. I like the difference in perspective between how it actually looked to how the camera captured it only a […]
Lightning and full moon

This is the only time I saw a full thunderstorm with partially clear skies and full moon. Taken from my balcony at home, I simply enjoyed the show and let the camera do the work in time lapse mode.