The first days on the ocean by the Azores island of Pico have gone very well for me, and I was able quickly to get back into my usual work routine ;-) No time lost to bad weather and late luggage!

I was able to photograph a...

After my trip to the Azores in April/May this year, I am flying back again today via Lisbon (the capital of Portugal) to the Azores island of Pico. I am looking forward to seeing the Espaço Talassa team in Lajes, the sea, the...

The Sardine Run 2007 did not happen before my return to Germany. Maybe the big sardine swarms will still come before the end of July. Apart from one or two small swarms of sardines, hunted by a couple of common dolphins and Cape...

Today I am flying to the Wild Coast in South Africa, to the so-called Sardine Run. It will be my third Sardine Run, and, as always, I hope for huge swarms of sardines. The last two attempts were rather unsuccessful. As usual, we...

I have discovered a museum about ocean life in Stralsund. It shows the beauty of the underwater world in a unique church. There is a spectacular enormous skeleton of a fin whale, hanging over the visitors heads.

I am very...

I have moved from the Adlon Kempinski Hotel to The Mandala Hotel opposite the Sony Center on Potsdamer Platz. I prefer the whole atmosphere in the Mandala Hotel to that in the Adlon. The restaurant Facil and Qiu Lounge in the...

On my way to Berlin, I took a break today at Wartburg Castle near Eisenach. High up in the Wartburg one has a fantastic view over the city of Eisenach and the surrounding countryside. I am spending the night in a hotel on the...

On the last day of my latest trip to the Azores, a couple of sperm whales showed up again (the English version of Wikipedia uses the my website as a reference for sperm whales). The sperm whales were very shy, and it was not easy...

Yesterday evening I thought that meeting the giant fin whales would be the highlight of this trip to the Azores... This morning we found a pod of pilot whales who had congregated by Lajes (Pico Island - Azores) and were trying to...

The last two days on the water have been very eventful for me, as I had even better opportunities to photograph fin whales underwater. It has been a completely new experience for me as an underwater photographer to work with such...