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All images on this flickr stream and/or originating from this stream are copyrighted "© All Rights Reserved" - no image may be used for any purpose without prior permission given by me. The images are protected by German and international copyright law.

Please ask for permission if you wish to use any of my images.

If you download, blog, use or distribute any of my images in any unauthorised way, be it in a commercial or non-commercial environment without prior permission by me then I will take action to protect my interests.

Note: Under German copyright law the unauthorised use, copying, distributing or attaching a wrong copyright claim is a criminal offense (§§ 106, 107, 108 UrhG) and you will be prosecuted by the German authorities if reported - regardless if you are a German citizen (or company) or from elsewhere.

The fact I do not restrict access to my photos on flickr does not in any way imply consent to any form of use.



Featured places - click to see the photo sets:

Hong Kong - 香港:


Shanghai - 上海:


Macau - 澳门:


Zhuhai - 珠海:






...so many watches, so little time...



Sneak peek at some of my watches:









Current watch collection:
Fortis B-42 Pilot Pro Chrono GMT
Fortis B-42 Marinemaster
Fortis Flieger 24H
Ball Engineer Hydrocarbon Classic I
Seagull 1963
Seagull 0437 Military
Seagull 0430
Seagull 0446
Seagull Moon Phase (Prototype, Pre-Release)
"Ray" Heuer BUND remake
"Ray" Quartz Diver
"Ray" MilSub
上海 7120



Photographic tools and toys:



Bodies:
Nikon D100
Nikon F4E
Nikon F3HP
Olympus E-20P
Panasonic DMC-LX2

Glass:
Nikon AF-D Zoom Nikkor 24-85/2.8-4
Nikon AF-D VR Zoom Nikkor 80-400/4.5-5.6
Sigma 12-24/4.5-5.6 EX HSM DG

Nikon AF Nikkor 180/2.8
Nikon AF-D Micro Nikkor 60/2.8
Nikon AF Nikkor 50/1.8
Sigma AF 24/2.8

Other:
Several flashlights, tripods, monopods, bags, extension tubes and other useful stuff



Some thoughts...

No post processing: Except where otherwise stated, I do not do any photo manipulation, apart from cleaning out sensor dust, cropping or straightening the images. The exposure is always "straight from the camera".

Old school - I come from slide film: In my opinion it makes more sense getting the shot right while on site, than later spending hours trying to correct (with HDR or whatever) what was basically a faulty exposure from the beginning. That's just lost time, better spent on site for the next shot...
There are actually very very few cases where post processing for a "correct" exposure is really necessary.

Perspective - photography is footwork! There is the word of "wide-angle perspective" and at times I find myself using it... - but actually there is no such thing as a "wide-angle perspective".
One changes the photographic perspective by changing the point of view in relation to the object, moving from one location to the next, but not by turning the zoom ring or changing the lens.



Click the widget below to see my "most interesting" pictures according to flickr





Visited places:


Geotagging: Most pictures in my flickr stream are taken in China, Hong Kong and Macau. I tag pictures according to the satellite view - because the Yahoo map base as used in flickr is just too bad (not to say useless) for China, Hong Kong and Macau.
Pictures with the link: "See where this picture was taken" are positioned/tagged much more accurately. If available, please click this link for location info.



Detail Europe:


Detail USA: