Twice a year there is a period when the sun sets pretty much exactly behind Mannheim’s water tower. If you are lucky enough to have such a beau­tiful evening glow at this time, you only have to wait for the lights of the water games to expe­ri­ence a wonderful ambi­ence. At weekends, these foun­tains are colourfully illu­mi­nated. During the other days of the week, they are white. 

An idyllic little town with Hohen­stein Castle towe­ring high above was the starting point for this photo­graph. A great sunset announced itself as we drove to the spot. However, since the sky did not fit quite so harmo­niously into the picture. 

It was quite a cool and windy evening when I took this photo. But the mood was still beau­tiful. This was also helped by the crows that constantly rose from the roof of the Semper Opera House. To get some of them on this picture, I had to work with several expo­sures and put them toge­ther afterwards. 

One of the sights of Hamburg is the moated castle in the Spei­cher­stadt. Here taken on a cold winter evening in November. Due to the long expo­sure time, the water is beau­tifully even and smooth. 

A scene that I saw every evening during my stay in Hamburg, on the way home. Then on the last evening I took it when it had rained a little before and the reflec­tions of the lights on the cobble­s­tones were perfect. 

The skyscra­pers known as Dancing Towers stand at a busy inter­sec­tion, directly at the entrance to the Repe­ra­bahn in St. Pauli, Hamburg. I have taken advan­tage of the busy street and the light streaks of passing cars as an effect into the picture. 

It was so to speak impe­rial weather when I took this photo of Moritz­burg Castle. Perfect I thought, then nothing suits the yellow of the castle better than the comple­men­tary color blue of the sky. 

The picture shows the Forum of Trajan in Rome at night. The brightly lit back­drop of the over­pleibsel from anti­quity are a crowd puller at any time of day. 

On a beau­tiful summer evening in Rome, we went on a photo­walk through the entire city center and photo­gra­phed the many sights at night. For this photo with the Lights­tripes were a few attempts and the right moment needed. 

Along the forti­fi­ca­tion wall around the old town of Alghero, there are a few ways to get the old town itself into the picture. I decided to compose on the old town wall itself, to use it as a leading line into the picture. Using a long expo­sure of a few seconds, I was able to block out the people walking by. The lighting mood itself did the rest. 

Known as the Chapel Bridge, the old wooden bridge in Lucerne is the city’s crowd puller. Burned down a few years ago, it has been comple­tely rebuilt and some of the artwork inside has also been restored and preserved. To remove the many people, a long expo­sure of 50 sec. was used here. 

The beau­tifully situated town of Rapperswil-Jona on Lake Zurich offers a highly photo­gra­phic back­drop. Espe­ci­ally on the prome­nade of the small harbor below the castle, many great photos can be taken, like this one. 

A real sight in Reyjk­javik is the Harpa concert hall, which stands in the city’s harbor and is parti­cu­larly impres­sive in the evening, thanks to its ever-chan­ging lighting. In this picture, the facade changes from red to yellow.