Here you find a selection of awe-inspiring landscape and wilderness pictures that I really like. Each of them revises some memories from my travels around the world. Sometimes I was lucky to catch spectacular light and weather conditions. On other occasions the posing of animals and persons was unique. Over time you are rewarded as a photographer for all you patience and early rising in the mornings.

Be inspired and have a look at my Best of.. gallery, where you find some of my favorite landscape and wildlife pictures!

Here you find a collection of cat pictures, that I have taken over the last years. They are from Switzerland, Patagonia and Russia!

For more pictures please visit my gallery Cats.

These pictures were taken on a sunny weekend in Suzdal in October 2016. The endless towers of churches and monasteries were extremely impressive and in my view it is one of the most beautiful places in Russia.

For more pictures please visit my gallery Suzdal of Russia.

Here you find a collection of animal pictures, that I have taken in the wildlife park Goldau in Switzerland.  There will be lynx, wild cats and red foxes. More infos on the animals of the wildlife park you find here: Tierpark Goldau

For more pictures please visit my gallery Wildlife Park Goldau.

These pictures were taken on several visits of the Golden Ring in winter time. The endless towers of churches and monasteries were extremely impressive and it is highly recommended for visiting.

For more pictures please visit my gallery Golden Ring of Russia.

These pictures were taken during two hikes from Jiri to Everest Base Camp in 2008 and 2016. The whole region is awe-inspiring for its beautiful mountains and buddhistic buildings. It is definitely a must to visit that region and also have seen Mount Everest and spectacular Ama Dablam.

For more pictures please visit my gallery Everest and Ama Dablam.

This fantastic route from Jiri to Everest Base Camp in April 2016 took me about 4 weeks. There were awesome landscapes and very friendly people in the villages. It is one of my favorite hikes in the world.

For more pictures please visit my gallery Solu-Khumbu Nepal.

In May 2016 I visited Myanmar and apart from day excursions I mainly concentrated on 4 different places: Mandalay, Bagan, Inle Lake and Mrauk U. It was a great experience with extremely friendly people, but it was also low season with temperatures often above 40 degrees.

For more pictures please visit my gallery Myanmar.

In May 2016 I participated in a 400km ultra-run in Northern Scotland, which went on the classic Cape Wrath Trail. I used the opportunity to take pictures and was very lucky with sunny conditions. I took 2 cameras with me: A Canon 5dsR with 70-200mm f4 lens and a Sony A7R2 with 16-35mm f4 lens.

I was also happy to finish this ultra at rank 32 out of 95 starters. It was a very tough run for me without any preparation and as a consequence I ended with a feet injury.

Results and interested background information you will find on www.capewrathultra.com.

For more impressions please visit the gallery Cape Wrath Ultra

Here you find nice close-up pictures of ibexes in Glarner Land. Most of these pictures I have taken in August 2016 with a Canon 5dsR and the superb Canon 200-400mm lens. The photo-shootings took place close the following 3 huts: Muttseehut, Kistenpasshut and Bifertenhut

For the complete gallery of nearly 100 pictures please visit Ibexes of Switzerland.

Here you find some interesting shots from people all over the world. Most of these pictures were taken in Nepal. I was very often fascinated by people living in those very remote areas with a low standard of living. As you see from the pictures those people very often lead a happy life and don't know of the stress encountered in the western civilization.

For more pictures please visit my gallery People.

These pictures were taken on different locations during my travels. They show mostly wild animals in all its beauty. Sometimes you need to be very lucky for taking such photographs. On other occasions patience and a good tele-lens are needed. I was very lucky for the picture "Squirrel with nut"!

For more wildlife pictures please visit the colorful gallery Wildlife.

Tags: Wildlife Photography, Nature Wildlife, National Geographic, Beautiful Nature Pictures, Squirrel with nut, Eichhörnchen mit Nuss

In July 2013 and March 2015 I spent some days camping at Jökulsarlon in South Iceland. There are not only beautiful icebergs in all kind of blue colors but also wildlife for photography. It is a very special place that I can highly recommend to visit.

Be inspired and have a look at my Jökulsarlon gallery, where you find a selection of over 100 awe-inspiring wildlife pictures from those trips! Most of them are from March 2015

Here you find some nice pictures of panther chameleons that I have taken on 10 different occasions in the Masoala hall of the Zoo Zurich.

I mainly used the following lenses: Canon 100mm Macro, Zeiss 100mm Macro, Sigma 180mm Macro, Canon 300mm 2.8, Canon 70-200mm 2.8 and Canon 200-400mm.

For the complete gallery of nearly 100 pictures please visit Chameleons.

These pictures were taken in July 2014 on a solo hike in Hornstrandir, a very remote place in north-west Iceland. The region is famous for its arctic foxes.

For more pictures please visit my gallery Arctic Foxes of Hornstrandir.

Here you will find a selection of beautiful, cute puffins. Most of them I photographed with a Canon 5dsR and 200-560mm lens in Southern Iceland.

For the complete collection please visit my gallery Puffins in Iceland.

In November 2014 I did an overwhelming trip on a boat from Ushuaia via Falkland Islands and South Georgia to Antarctic Peninsula.  Though it was a luxury trip on a huge cruise boat it was also an adventure for me as I entered virgin land on being 3 weeks on a boat and also Antarctica was virgin land for me.

The penguins were very photogenic and it was a pleasure watching them in sea and on land. Besides there were seals, elephant leopards, whales and birds.

Be inspired and have a look at my Antarctic Wildlife gallery, where you find a selection of over 100 awe-inspiring wildlife pictures from that trip!

In November 2014 I did an overwhelming trip on a boat from Ushuaia via Falkland Islands and South Georgia to Antarctic Peninsula. Though it was a luxury trip on a huge cruise boat it was also an adventure for me as I entered virgin land on being 3 weeks on a boat and also Antarctica was virgin land for me.

The icebergs and float often were very photogenic and I have never seen so much snow and ice in my life. Besides beautiful cloud formations and old historic whaling villages were also photographic objects.

Be inspired and have a look at my Antarctic Landscapes gallery, where you find a selection of over 100 awe-inspiring landscape pictures from that trip!

These pictures were taken in August 2014 on hiking solo the beautiful Alpamayo-Circuit in Peru. I spent totally 14 days on this beautiful trek and nearly all of the time was above 4000m altitude.

For more pictures please visit my gallery Alpamayo-Circuit in Peru.

These pictures were taken during the Mustang Trail Race 2014. For an interesting race report I can highly recommend the  following article from one of the participants: "The wondrous Mustang Trail Race - Looking down on Eagles!"

The Kingdom of Mustang is a very fascinating area with awe-inspiring landscapes, beautiful cloud formations and a very interesting culture with lovely monasteries, old caves and other monuments worth seen. I can definitely recommend this place for hiking and also would highly encourage you participating in the above trail-run, that usually takes place in April. But please keep in mind that most time you will spend on altitudes higher than 3500m.

For more pictures please visit my gallery Kingdom of Mustang.

The Laugavegur trail in Iceland is one of my favorite places in Europe. I spent there several times as a hiker and also as a runner in one of my favorite ultra-runs, the Laugavegur-Ultra. As you can see from the pictures it is definitely designed for photography as nature shows its beauty in all colors and interesting weather patterns are encountered very often.

I highly recommend the Laugavegur trail as a one-week hike and would also encourage every sportive person to sign for the ultra-run. It is an intense experience you will never forget.

For more pictures please visit my Laugavegur in Summer gallery!

Solo-Hiking the Laugavegur in winter with snowshoes was one of my greatest experience in my life! You encounter beautiful scenery and fantastic light for photography. Each day is an new adventure, as weather patterns are often unpredictable and the next winter storm might already approach. For this hike you need to be very experienced and only the best equipment should be chosen.

For more pictures please visit the gallery Laugavegur in Winter.

These pictures were taken during my numerous hikes in Switzerland. Prominently covered are famous mountains like the Matterhorn, Piz Palü and Eiger. But also shots from Glarner Land and Central Switzerland could be found.

For more pictures on Swiss Mountains please visit my gallery Mountains of Switzerland.

In December 2013/ January 2014 I experienced one of my best solo hikes ever when surrounding beautiful Cerro Torre via the Southern Patagonian Icefield. A detailed, interesting description of that adventure and the preparations you will find on Spanish Highs supporting solo Patagonia Icefield Trek. It was very fascinating walking on the endless ice field and experiencing the lenticular cloud formations that develop very often on the ice field! Cerro Torre and Cerro Fitzroy are definitely candidates for the most beautiful mountains on our planet earth!

For more pictures please visit my gallery Patagonian Icefield.

If I had to select one favorite mountain on earth than I would go for Cerro Torre! That mountain distinguishes itself through its beauty from all sides and is more or less not climbable for the "man of the street". Sometimes a lot of patience is needed to actually see that mountain, which is usually hidden more than 250 days a year by clouds coming from the Patagonian Icefield! Circo de los Altares was one of my best camp sites in my life with stunning views to impressive mountains and additionally having the feeling of the endless Patagonian Icefield.

I can highly recommend the film "Cerro Torre - A snowball's chance in hell!"!

Fore more pictures please visit my gallery Cerro Torre.

Cerro Fitzroy (3406m) is the highest mountain in the National Park Los Glaciares in Patagonia. It is both for climbers and photographers easier to deal with than Cerro Torre and very often impressive cloud formations develop from the Patagonian Icefield. I highly recommend this area for hiking and photography and even for non-experienced hikers most trails are easily dealt with.

For more pictures please visit my gallery Cerro Fitzroy.