About iPhotograph / Volker Wurst  

My Flickr Code: F7 I c+ f+ g+ m+

I had my first SLR at the age of 14. From then on I used it mostly on vacations. When I switched to digital, my interest for photography became more prominent and I started taking pictures without travelling first ;)

As several people had asked about my photogear:
I used a Nikon D70 DSLR for the first ~1000 shots on my photostream and then upgraded to a Nikon D200. After about 1600 shots, I added a Nikon D2Hs to my bag.

Currently, I use the following lenses:
- Sigma 10-20mm F4-5,6 EX DC HSM
- Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G
- Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 AF
- Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G VR
- Nikkor TC-17E II Teleconverter
- Canon 500D 77mm close-up lens
- Tokina ATX Pro 2,8/100mm Makro D
- Tokina Fisheye 3.5-4.5/10-17mm
- Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 D AF
- Nikkor 400mm f3.5 ED-IF AI-S (manual focus)

Some of my earlier zoo pictures were made with a Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D VR, which I sold when I bought the 70-200, as I couldn't afford two of those expensive lenses...

My older travel photos were made with a Nikon FE-2 manual focus SLR and the following lenses:
- Soligor 20mm f/2.8
- Soligor 28-80mm f3.8-4.8
- Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
- Tokina SZ-X 70-210mm f/4-5.6
- Tokina AT-X M90 90mm f/2.5 Macro

All pictures on my flickr page got some post processing in Photoshop CS2. Sometimes just a size reduction and minimal sharpening, sometimes more elaborate adjustments (curve adjustments, shadow/highlights, noise removal via the Noise Ninja plugin, removal of unwanted details etc.)

But the most important elements of my equipment are
- a set of eyes
- a high powered neural processor (aka 'brain') with a 'picture finder' algorithm ;)


Copyright information:
The pictures in my photostream are for your personal viewing pleasure in the context of the flickr page only!

If you want to use them outside of flickr (i.e. on your homepage, as desktop background etc.), please contact me!
For personal / non-commercial use, I typically only want to be credited correctly, but I'd like to know where my pictures are used ;)

If you are interested in using my pictures commercially, please contact me so we can talk about the terms for your purchase. I do respect the work of professional photographers which make their living by selling their photographs, therefore I won't give away my pictures for free.