The moonlight paragliders
Posted on April 25th, 2014
It was a cold winter night, I was lying in the snow on the top of a mountain, ready to take some starscape images of the alps. As suddenly behind me a chatter was going on.
I thought to me, what’s going on and turned me around and saw a bunch of people. And you won’t beliefe it, they were folding out their parachutes and not a long time later the first crazy guy was starting and left the peak on the air. There must be about 30 paragliders up there and all of ‘em took the way back over the air.
Oh boy, and I thought I am the crazy guy, at night on the peaks with my heavy photo gear, how I was wrong.
Bubu on the ridge
Posted on April 24th, 2014
Once upon a time in the morning Bubu told, that he need to hike. So okay, I packed him in the trunk and drove to the cable car station in Adelboden, took the a ride up and we walked several hours around and enjoyed the beautiful alpine landscape.
The dangerous part is, what’s going on in the small head of Bubu. One moment not intent and the small guy is on a journey. And this was such a moment; should I or should I not…
This moment was coming later after he saw a mountain lake. But at the end of this walking, small Bubu was really finished.
Back in town
Posted on April 22nd, 2014
And there are the bombers back again. With a loud hum flew this fluffy part past my ear and landed on the flower. The bumblebees are my favorite insects because they are so fluffy like my dog Bubu. Okay, I will not huddle them because they will sting me. But I like to watch an listen to them.
I hope I will catch some more fluffies with my camera this year, they are very camera shy.
Maybe I need more focal length 
The closed peak hut
Posted on April 19th, 2014
The idea was to get up to this nice mountain and make first some beautiful sunset images, followed by the great dusk images and finished with the awesome nightshots.
But Mr. Fear was too late to see the sunset. I was nearly running the last part and missed the sun hiding behind the horizon. So I had enough time for all the other images, I want to take and I was staying up there until about 10 o’clock pm and walked down in the dark night.
This mountain path up to the Mythen is closed from end of October until May when the snow is gone. I was at the very last day up there, before the snow was coming. The peak hut was already closed for the winter and I was maybe the last person on the peak until the spring. On the other hand, who knows what other crazy guys are doing 
The sun is coming
Posted on April 18th, 2014
The plan was driving on holiday over easter up to the mounains and making photos like a machine, was the plan… But well, the weather is going bad and now it is nothing with making photos. Only sitting in the hotel room and going out with the dog from time to time to get wet from the rain or now from the snow. That was also the reason for the missing post yesterday. I was waiting for the darkness and with the darkness the first clouds were coming and covered the sky.
So, for tonight a photo from the stack, unfortunately not a fresh one.
I shot this image as an HDR from the top of the Selun mountain. You can see the first light of the begining day and you can still see some stars at the opposite corner. And after I shot this image I thought in a short while is the sun coming up over the horizon. But no, it was going over an hour until I could see the sun shining over the peaks.
Color explosion
Posted on April 16th, 2014
Yesterday was it not possible for me to write a post, because I made this image, and some more…
On my way home I was a little disappointed about the bad weather conditions. Dark clouds above me and no sunshine, but after I was outside the town and near my home village, I saw the horizon. And there weren’t any clouds. So what will happen, when the sun passing the clouds and come near the horizon where no clouds are? Right, it will send all the red light under the clouds and we will become a memorable sunset. And so it happend!
The skyline of the alps
Posted on April 12th, 2014
Look at this, what a beautiful sight! It’s the view from the Selun mountain to south east over the alps. You can can see the lake Walensee and behind the Mountains of the kanton Glarus.
And who says a moonless nights are better to see stars? Maybe, but the moonlight is lighten up the wonderful landscape of this nice part of the earth.
I personally like this awesome sight over the Skyline of the Alps and every step at the steep way up to the mountain was worth it.
Good morning, sun!
Posted on April 10th, 2014
After I spent a half night out for walking and finding good locations for nightshots, I was already on my way back home, as the sun beguns to flood the valley with light. You can see the sunrays of the red early morning sun comes over the peaks into the valley and lighten up the peaks until they glow like beacon.
I hates to stand up in the early morning, better is stay awake the whole night and I can see the sunset, the stars and the sunrise.
Time to say goodbye
Posted on April 8th, 2014
So, now it’s time for us to bid farewell from a friend who never was really here. He announced to come but then he was too busy elsewhere and let us stay in the rain. And that was the problem – rain. It should be snow but it was only rain.
But I give you another chance and you are allowed to come again at the end of the year, but come on time don’t come too early!
Therefore, have a nice stay in the south and c u later my friend winter.
Bloomy monday
Posted on April 7th, 2014
And again, it was a beautiful sunny monday, more or less, but it was warm. The flowers and the trees are beginning to bloom and all around me are twitters, ah I mean birds.
I shoot this flower in my garden and used a speedlight with a cable. The exposure time was short enough to darken the background but the flashlight was bright enough for the flower. Only the flower in the background was to close for the flash.
In this spirit; enjoy the spring and the nature awakening around you!
