Category: Animals

“MINE” dog portraits with extras
As a dog lover it always makes me happy when photographers attract attention on an international level with new and creative dog photo projects. Ranging from the “Underwater Dogs” to Christian Vieler’s funny dog portraits to Harlow & Sage, whose dog friendship has touched the world. As soon as I come across a new dog ...

More details about the best Press Photos of the Year
Every year the World Press Photo exhibit is an obligatory date for me. This event is always worth to follow and take a closer look at. The “World Press Photo Awards” are a renowned photo competition. The winning picture, the “World Press Photo of the Year”, will be awarded a sum of 10,000 Euros. A ...

Here are the finalists of the Comedy Wildlife Photography Award.
Oooh, the time has come again. The award season is well under way and the finalists of one of my favorite contests have already been announced. Last year I told you about my fascination for the Comedy Wildlife Photography Award and I’m starting to realize that this year’s selection of the winning and finalists’ photos ...

A dream come true: Whale Watching
Hey guys, Today I don’t want to say a lot but mainly let the pictures I took speak for themselves. In Iceland, to be more exact in the town of Húsavík, which locals and visitors love to call Europe’s whale-watching capital, I fulfilled a great dream. I used the opportunity to watch whales in the ...

How far to go for the perfect shot?
By now we’ve often heard them. The stories of people who, as they try to create the perfect selfie, risk their lives, take incredible risks and often die tragically. Every time I hear such a story I really have doubts about the evolution of mankind. To die for a picture of yourself? This idea probably ...

Ocean Ramsey
Sharks count among the creatures which most people are scared of. I’m probably not very wrong when I blame a very popular Hollywood movie for this phenomenon. Ocean Ramsey also sees it this way and aims to put the bad reputations sharks have and all the panic, which mainly movies like “Jaws” have caused, in ...

Schönbrunn with my SIGMA 135mm
Hello, everyone, today it was time for me, my Canon 5D Mark III and my newest family member, (which I already told you about last week) the SIGMA 135mm for another photo walk! I already showed you some indoor photos last week and now it was about time to go out into the fresh air ...

Sea-horse by Justin Hofman
A photo that looks amazing on the first glance but breaks your heart at the second. This moving picture of a seahorse holding onto a cotton bud was taken by Justin Hofman, a renowned wildlife and conservation photographer in one of the worlds most popular holiday locations. Indonesia. The photo of the sea horse went ...

Animal doubles – Krister Sørbø’s “Like Owner, like Dog“
I’m sure most of you are familiar with it. The beginning scene in the Disney movie “101 Dalmatians”, where Pongo walks through the streets with his master Roger and comes across all sorts of dogs with their masters or mistresses. What fascinated me about this scene so much as a child was the fact that ...

Sigma 100-400mm F5-6.3 Contemporary Review
In relation to its reach Sigma 100-400mm F5-6.3 Contemporary is a relatively inexpensive and light and compact telephoto zoom lens. Despite that it is capable of producing sharp shots even at the long end, like you can see in the crops down below. Build quality and handling For the most part Sigma 100-400mm F5-6.3 Contemporary ...