Cerro Torre has fascinated me since the first photograph I ever saw of it. Getting something honest from it took years of trying. The answer, when it came, arrived at night.

Days of cloudless sky over El Chaltén. No use to a landscape photographer. So I went out at night instead — and found the Fitz Roy Range standing silent under the stars.

We had planned to visit Iceland in June, but due to a few circumstances beyond our control we were forced to postpone our trip to September. In the end this turned out to be a good choice: less tourists and the prospect of viewing the northern lights…

In addition to lots of positive feedback (thank you all for your comments!) my image "A Desert's Sky" has also raised lots of questions all around the web. How did you do it? Which settings did you use? What equipment? Here's a little…

Yesterday, we were lucky in Europe - we could expect to see a total lunar eclipse. In Vienna weather wasn't perfect, and the moon had to pass a layer of clouds before it was visible. Luckily the eclipse wasn't over before.