Today is sadly my day of departure, and I have used the morning light one last time this trip to photograph the Jumeirah Beach Hotel and the Burj Al Arab with the 12-24 mm Nikon lens. I love to relax on an empty beach, and I can...

I spent most of today in and around the Burj Al Arab. I find the building so impressive that words fail me. But I think that my pictures reflect its uniqueness very well !? I would welcome any comments on this ! Unfortunately it...

On the journey back to Dubai, I took a couple of pictures at Dubai Creek. The façade of the National Bank of Dubai is particularly impressive.

I spent the second day in the Sultanate of Oman with the Musandamdivers again, as my transfer to Khasab to the Golden Tulip Hotel unfortunately did not work out. After another dive near Musandam, I returned to Dubai to the...

After my first day in Dubai, I continued on for two days to Oman to go diving. The journey from Dubai to the Musandamdivers in Musandam - Dibba, took about 2 hours. The Musadandivers use dhows for their day trips around Musandam...

The flight with Emirates in Business Class to Dubai was once again a real experience, but unfortunately the flight is only 6 ours long :-) I heard the Russian language earlier than I had expected, as three Russian teenagers were...

This evening I am flying from Frankfurt with Emirates to the Emirate of Dubai. Dubai is part of the United Arab Emirates. My reason for travelling there is not only to photograph the underwater world in the Persian Gulf, but also...

I have recently heard news of recession and a devaluation of the Krone from the up to now economically very successful Iceland. On Iceland too, houses have been bought with cheap money and sold later at a profit. It is a form of...

The Japanese camera manufacturer Pentax and the Korean electronics company Samsung want to produce a digital single lens reflex camera. This would be a further consolidation in the area of digital photography. The electronics...