Schwarzbubenland

Nocturnal Vision Revisited

Vogelberg Dusk

Homberg At Dusk

A Golden Painted Sky

Chastelbach In Ice

Absence Of Trust

Chellenchöpfli Dusk

The Black Pine

Grindel Without Forest

Stürmenchopf And Magical Light

I like the shape of Stürmenchopf (769 m/2'523 ft), a hill with a „pointy“ peak covered completely by forest. There is a path up there but you won't get any nice views because of the trees. What I tried here was to „frame“ the hill. Which wasn't an easy task. Finding anything on a field was hard enough. And I feared the farmer wouldn't like me stomping around on his field. Luckily, he didn't see me. I came upon this fallen tree which hasn't be moved away and I used it to frame Stürmenchopf.

Secrets Of The Black Arts

The weather looked promising on that day and I went out to capture a sunset. Unfortunately, the sun hid behind the clouds most of the time. I didn't let myself down because of that and set up my gear nonetheless. All I had to do now is wait and hope. My hope sank as more and more clouds piled up. But all of a sudden, a gap in the clouds opened and a beam of bright sunlight hit the hill to my right. I couldn't believe what I saw, it looked unreal. Like a scene out of a dodgy science fiction movie. I quickly pivoted my tripod to the right, composed the picture and shot. Thankfully, I already had my camera ready to shoot otherwise I wouldn't have been able to capture this spectacle of nature. It only lasted a couple of minutes and was gone as quickly as it showed up. After that it started to rain.

Mirror Of Water

Reinacher Heide is a nature reserve between the villages of Dornach and Reinach. I strolled along the river Birs in the nature reserve when all of a sudden this magnificent light appeared. I stormed through the underwood to the shore and set up my tripod very fast, mounted my camera with a CPL and a Lee Hard Grad 0.3 on it, composed the picture and shot. After three minutes or so the light was gone, I was only able to shoot one photo. Thankfully, the image turned out fine.

And Soon There Will Be Gloom

Since 150 years cherry trees shape this landscape above the village of Arlesheim. In April they were in full bloom.

Let It Flow

The Ibachfälle in the forest of Zullwil.

Illuminating The Alps

Evening light at the Hohe Winde (1'204 m/3'950 ft). The low sun illuminated the Alps, which are about 100 kilometres (62 miles) away, beautifully.

Weak Flicker Of Hope

I was on my way to the Hofstetter Bergmatte to take a sunset shot. To get there I had to cut across the Chälengrabenschlucht. When I saw the creek running through the valley I stopped and took a picture. It's only water, rocks and a bit of moss, it seems as if „no life“ could grow there. If you look closely you can see a tiny green plant.

Success Is Failure

Standing inside the Great Hall of Gilgenberg castle with the sun shining through one of the windows.