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Hello watchers!

Would be really nice if some of you could vote for my photo:
Energy of Light

on BBC Germany's Photowallpaperupload of the year 2008 page:
click here to vote (1st column | 4th row)
You can win one of five BBC USB-Hub / BBC Calendar Packages

Thanks a lot in advance friends!

Take care!
Dave

Canon's Assignment - Iceland Film:

I'm proud to present Canon's Assignment Landscape Clip - filmed in Iceland!
I can't upload the film here but if you're interested you can see and download it on my website

(a german version will be available next week)

Canon's Assignment - Vienna Trailer:

To see the clip go to following website:
ta.canon-europe.com

"What happened in Vienna
From the thousands of entries throughout Europe, 8 lucky finalists were invited to Vienna during the UEFA Euro 2008Â Tournament. Here, they were set individual photographic assignments, given professional tutelage from our noted photographer and produced a series of shots to compete with each other for a place on the ultimate Assignment."

2009 Landscape Calendar:

Daves 2009 landscape calendar with some of his favourite shots of the last two years.

From Icelands Glaciers south to the Austrian Alps, you experience a wide range of stunning landscapes.

Print of the month:

Skogafoss

breathtaking huge skogafoss waterfall in the south of Iceland

Buy the Print of the Month and secure 20 percent discount!
You can click here to go to my website an buy this print.

Iceland Wallpaperpack:

Feel free to download the 5th Wallpaperpack for free on my website.

some work from my gallery:

http://hardmoppy.deviantart.com/journal/20417361/ Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:07:46 PDT Journal of Dave Derbis

back from Iceland:

After flying to Isafjordhur via Reykjavik on Sunday 31/08/2008 the adventure started in the northern fjords of Iceland. On the second day we drove into the wild and through the highlands of Iceland. We saw Godafoss, Galcier Bay, awesome beaches near Vik, Skogafoss, Geysir, Blue Lagoon and lots of other very remote and impressive locations. Finally arrived back at Reykjavik on Friday night, I flew back to Germany on Saturday in the early morning. Resumed it was a very fascinating and impressing but even so a very exhausting trip through Iceland.

More details, photos and of course the film will followÂ

some snapshots:

Canon's Press Release:

Amstelveen, The Netherlands, 1 August 2008: Canon announces details of the final prizes that have been awarded to the four winners of The Assignment, the Europe-wide challenge for amateur photographers that ran between March and May.
From 27 July, each of the four winners Â Dave Derbis from Germany (Landscape), Ivan Hoo from the UK (Portrait), FranceÂs Alain Laboile (Macro), and David Bernard of the Czech Republic (Sport) Â will embark on a Dream Assignment, specially created for them by Canon. On assignment, they will explore and test the EOS system, using an EOS 450D and a selection of lenses that is part of their prize. Their adventures will be filmed and broadcast across Europe later in the year in a series of television spots.
ÂFirst, our final fourÂs photographs were chosen from over 40,000 images originally submitted to The Assignment. Then, they went head-to-head against other country winners in the grand finale held in Vienna. Today, all four can feel justifiably proud of their achievements in coming so far,Â said Gregory Kukolj, Marketing and Communications Director for Canon Europe. ÂWe sincerely hope that Dave, Ivan, Alain and David enjoy the once-in-a-lifetime assignments they are about to undertake.Â

ÂLandscapeÂ winner: Dave Derbis
The first to follow his Dream Assignment, 27-year old German national Dave Derbis is being sent to the Reykjanes peninsula, a volcanic system that lies at the south western edge of Iceland. DavidÂs assignment will combine his twin passions: photography and trial biking in the mountains. Travelling by bike, Dave is tasked with capturing the stunning volcanoes, lava fields and sulphur springs of this otherworldly Âfire and iceÂ terrain. He will test his new Canon EOS 450D to the limit, using a long-range EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM zoom and the lightweight
EF 17-40mm f/4L USM.

"..."

Documentaries featuring Dave, Ivan, Alain and David will be available after each Dream Assignment has been completed.
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features:

personal news:

Back from Vienna and very happy that I've won the Assignment 2008 Category Landscape!
It was an amazing experience!

Canon Assignment 2008

The Assignment 2008 Finalists (L-R): Rudolf Meller, Dave Derbis, Ivan Hoo, Nikolaj Lund, David Bernard, Alain Laboile, Chris Mole, Ola Jacobsen, plus Photography Master Sirio Magnabosco.

You can read Canon's Press Release here:
canon-europe.com/press_centre/press_releases/news/Winners_Assignment.asp

"...Held across 18 European countries between March and May, The Assignment 2008 saw a total of 43,404 images submitted in four categories Â Portrait, Landscape, Sport and Macro.
National category winners were judged against those from other competing countries by an expert panel, chaired by award-winning reportage, portrait and travel photographer Vicki Couchman."

Assignment website:
ta.canon-europe.com

my competition entry:

shot from hot-air-balloon near vienna:

So - now I've won another photography/film trip with Canon and Coasthouse. And I can choose the the location - worldwide. But I'm not sure yet where to go... Where would you like to go in the world to take breathtaking landscape shots in september

(this film will be shown on national geographic

)

cloud manifest:

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features:

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features:

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features:

personal news:

I finally found a new residence in Potsdam/Babelsberg near the Wannsee and can start my internship at ebaY.de in march.

! Also my first time in a four students' flat-sharing community. Also exciting!
So hopefully in the next two months I pass my last four exams to become a B.Sc. Informationmanagement in 2008

That's the plan

cloud manifest:

WE BELIEVE that clouds are unjustly maligned
and that life would be immeasurably poorer without them.

We think that they are NatureÂs poetry,
and the most egalitarian of her displays, since
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WE BELIEVE that clouds are unjustly maligned
and that life would be immeasurably poorer without them.

We think that they are NatureÂs poetry,
and the most egalitarian of her displays, since
everyone can have a fantastic view of them.

We pledge to fight Âblue-sky thinkingÂ wherever we find it.
Life would be dull if we had to look up at
cloudless monotony day after day.

We seek to remind people that clouds are expressions of the
atmosphereÂs moods, and can be read like those of
a personÂs countenance.

Clouds are so commonplace that their beauty is often overlooked.
They are for dreamers and their contemplation benefits the soul.
Indeed, all who consider the shapes they see in them will save
on psychoanalysis bills.

And so we say to all whoÂll listen:
Look up, marvel at the ephemeral beauty, and live life with your head in the clouds!

source: cloudappreciationsociety.org

and for the germans of us

:
wolken gucken

Thank you!

Hi there,

I wanna say thanks to all of you for the comments, favourites and features!

Features: