Portrait of a Fireworm
Additional Info Macro Portrait of a Fireworm (Hermodice carunculata) taken at Middlefinger in Gozo, Malta. Download fullsize JPG
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Exploring P31
Additional Info This picture was taken on the P31 Wreck lying near Comino, Malta while ascending to the safety stop. Looking down I noticed the cool perspective and the divers coming around were the icing on the cake. Download fullsize JPG
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Blackwater Blue
Additional Info On a dive back from Cathedral Cave I was shooting some fried egg jellyfish when another diver alerted me to shoot a picture of a funny scene involving my dive buddy Ines and another fried egg jellyfish. Since the scene was evolving very quickly I was not able […]
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Lines of Hephaestus
Additional Info On the way back up from the Hephaestus I looked down and really liked the lines the Hephaestus drew beneath me, so I tried my best to center the shot (which is REALLY hard with nitrogen narcosis!) and tried to accentuate the structure in post processing. Download fullsize […]
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Heart Nebula
Additional Info This was my first astro project with added Ha-Info using a specialized filter. The RGB info was taken at Großmugl, Ha in the backyard of my parents. Download fullsize JPG
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Fried Egg UFO
Additional Info After discovering how to do blackwater photos I tried them on every sea animal that would let me. So naturally when we swam back from Cathedral Cave and the water was full of fried egg jellyfish I wanted to take their picture. I looked for a particularly symmetrical […]
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Snorkeling with Dolphins
Additional Info After anchoring in Dolphinhouse on our way back to Hurghada a crew member spotted a dolphin and started snorkeling with it. We all jumped in a zodiac and were driven to the dolphin. Unfortunately the flashes on my camera were still charging since we were not supposed to […]
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Blackwater Jellyfish
Additional Info This was the first picture I successfully pulled off with a black blackground while diving by day. (at night this is a lot easier 😉 )It was taken at Middlefinger in Gozo, Malta and shows a mauve stinger jellyfish (pelagia noctiluca). Download fullsize JPG
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Hephaestus‘ Bow
Additional Info This photo was taken a week after the oil tanker MT Hephaestus was scuttled in Gozo, Malta. This was the first view I ever got of that wreck which I was very impressed by since it is still completely white! Download fullsize JPG
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Stockholm Market
Additional Info I visited Stockholm with a friend in Dezember 2021 during Austrian Lockdown. When strolling around at night we came across this impressive looking market hall, which we later found out is Östermalm Saluhall. Download fullsize JPG
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Floating above the Carnatic
Additional Info This image was shot on the Carnatic (hence the name :P) shortly before starting the ascent back to the boat. I was blown away by the colors this wreck offers and its wooden structure, which I tried to capture here. Download fullsize JPG
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Lanabüba
Additional Info I heard a lot of this little guy before this dive, the longnose hawkfish or Langnasenbüschelbarsch as the germans call him. Small fish – big name. This photo was taken in Small Giftun – Police Station on a day I was still recovering from a fever I had […]
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THE P31 Shot
Additional Info The P31 near Comino, Malta probably is one of my favourite photo dive spots – it lies on just 18m max in a very protected space with great visibility and I have dived it countless times. My equipment had not changed since my last dive here, so I […]
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Cruising Stingray
Additional Info The red sea offers countless blue spotted stingrays (Taeniura lymma), to the point where you do not want to take pictures of them any more, but this one cruised by us very gracefully while diving at night in Gordon Reef, Tiran. Download fullsize JPG
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Sleeping Beauty
Additional Info When diving at night in Gordon Reef, Tiran, I noticed a sleeping fish and took the opportunity to take a closeup of his eye, as this is much easier when they do not move. Unfortunately I never took a photo of the whole fish and thus was not […]
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Exploring Cathedral Cave
Additional Info On this dive of Cathedral Cave we dived it in a single file line zigzagging upwards through the stone formations. I was one of the first in the line, so the people behind me passed between my lens and the entry of the cave. Eventually things alligned perfectly […]
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Hey! Don’t drive trough my Picture!
Additional Info At the time I was experimenting with landscape astrophotography shots in Großmugl where light pollution is realtively low for the surrounding area of Vienna. I tried to time all my shot so no car would drive through. This shot I mistimed and thought it was ruined by the […]
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Andromeda Galaxy in Clear Skies
Additional Info This was the first star-tracked astro shot I took. Taken at Ebenwaldhöhe, one of the best spots for low light pollution near Vienna, and while a little dark it still is a milestone for my astrophotography. Download fullsize JPG
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