View over the uninhabited Minsener Oog to the island of Wangerooge
Wangerooge is the easternmost of the seven inhabited East Frisian Islands
We fly over the East Frisian Islands at an altitude of almost three kilometers
Gently rolling Weser Uplands near the village of Tuchtfeld
Hämelschenburg Castle in Emmerthal/Weserbegland is considered one of the most beautiful Renaissance castles in northern Germany
The Renaissance-style castle sits enthroned right next to the old town of Celle
At the late Baroque hunting lodge at Clemenswerth, eight pavilions are grouped in a star shape around a central building
The small town of Schnackenburg lies on the Elbe in the eastern tip of Lower Saxony
The Cistercian monastery of Fischbeck, founded in 955, has been a Protestant women's monastery since the Reformation
The Rammelsberg visitor mine near Goslar presents 1000 years of mining history
In January 2009, after many mild winters, the Maschsee was once again frozen over
View over Hanover in winter, from the New Town Hall to Raschplatz and List
Landscape structures create fascinating images from above
Winter landscape near Hildesheim
The Steinhuder Meer, the largest inland lake in Lower Saxony, was also frozen over in 2009 and the Wilhelmstein Fortress was within walking distance
The Wilhelmstein Fortress was built on an artificial island in the 18th century
Built in 1866 in neo-Gothic style, Marienburg Castle near Nordstemmen was a gift from George V to his wife Marie
Even though Bremerhaven is part of the federal state of Bremen, it is of great importance for the hinterland of Lower Saxony
A new luxury liner from the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg glides at walking pace along the dammed eye of the Ems to the North Sea
The Lüneburg Heath as a foggy landscape
The watercourses and tidal flats of the Wadden Sea look like trees from the air
The tidal flats and mussel beds of the Wadden Sea in the transitional world of high and low tide
Strandritte sind auf den Nordseeinseln beliebt und sind an den meisten Stränden zugelassen
The Mellum beacon has been warning shipping of treacherous sandbanks since 1856
The Mellum beacon (left) warns ships of the treacherous sandbanks
View over Baltrum, the smallest of the inhabited islands of East Frisia
View across the uninhabited island of Memmert (Memmertsand) to the 17 km long island of Juist
Two farms form the round village of Lübeln in Wendland
Between the Mittelland Canal and the Wolfsburg Volkswagen plant lies the Autostadt Wolfsburg experience city
Salzgitter AG steelworks
The starting point for our flights was the small airfield in Hildesheim
Pllotin Mona at an altitude of one kilometer on the way to the Harz Mountains
A daring housing estate near Bremerhaven
The Hindenburg lock near Anderten was inaugurated in 1928 as the most modern lock in the world at the time
View from above Raschplatz to Hanover Central Station and the city center
The 2.4 km long Maschsee is located right in the heart of Hanover
The strict geometric layout of the Great Garden in Hanover-Herrenhausen and the rebuilt palace
A four-row avenue of lime trees leads from Herrenhausen Palace and the Great Garden to the city center
An Allied bombing raid destroyed the Elbe bridge near Dömitz in 1945 and remained a symbol of the division of Germany
Nuclear waste is stored walled and secured in the pine forests of Wendland: Gorleben interim storage facility
The purest quartz sand for the glass industry is mined in several pits on the A2 highway near Braunschweig
The imperial cathedral of Königslutter was completed around 1170 in Romanesque architecture
Over 800 years ago, the Cistercians founded the Loccum monastery near the Steinhuder Meer
The Elm-Lapp Forest near Helmstedt is considered one of the most beautiful mixed deciduous forests in northern Germany
The heart of the historic old town of Goslar with the market square, the late Gothic town hall and St. Cosmas-Damian church
The episcopal city of Hildesheim offers outstanding Romanesque architecture with St. Michael's Church, St. Mary's Cathedral and St. Godehard's Basilica
The late Romanesque St. Peter's Cathedral, St. Mary's Church and Osnabrück Town Hall characterize the historic old town
The Weser begins at the confluence of the Werra and Fulda rivers in the "three-river town" of Hannoversch-Münden
The photographer in the MT03 gyrocopter, a motorcycle of the air and ideal for aerial photography (Photo:Frank Schinski)

Above Lower Saxony 2010

After "Sky over Hanover", the passion for searching for motifs from the air was reawakened. An overview brings clarity. This requires a different way of thinking, but the change of perspective constantly compensates for this with surprises; you feel like you are in the role of the discoverer. Especially from an open gyroplane. In my case, the 17-year-old pilot Mona usually sat at the front, behind her - also behind a windshield - the photographer with his glass eyes. All around was just air and sky. Freedom above the clouds could not be more boundless. Whether at an altitude of 150 or 3,000 meters, we were in the air for over 75 hours (sponsored by VGH) - taking off from Hildesheim airfield - to take portraits of our federal state of Lower Saxony. A wonderful mobile high seat for landscape photography, where the horizon usually plays an important role. Only the empty gas tank and the full bladder forced him to land after three and a half hours. The photo book was published by Hinstorff-Verlag in 2010.