Once upon a time...
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...and christmas 2003, cooking caramel...
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...mmhh, delicious! ![](../media/Martin/nachher.jpg)
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But I also like to eat and cook hot food ... |
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and in parallel enjoy a beer. The hops growing on our house will not be touched for this, though! That one is pure decoration and the garden is Christas domain.
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What else do I like to do in spare time? |
Building dams with Corinne and Svenja when hiking in the mountains ![](../media/Martin/Stauungen_bauen.jpg)
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woodworking, be it furniture ...
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...or the wooden cedar canoe, which I regularly use to explore Swiss lakes with my family.
The red "Ferrari" was my allweather rough 4WD transporter - until rust parted us - now I'm a more economic Fiat Panda 4x4 driver :-)
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as zoologist I appreciate everything with legs, fins or wings |
insects ![](../media/Martin/Hummeli.jpg)
whose relatives I keep for depriving them of theyr honey - see below
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not everybody will be thrilled about these roll-over images ... may be more so by that one to the right ...
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My affection for animal life extends up to stuffed animals, under-water life ... ><{{('> and /\^..^/\ bats ^v^
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Together with a collegue I am bee-keeping at the apiary of the MZU Uitikon. Presently we are renovating the beehouse.
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There is lots of space for many hives, but this means also lots of work... ![](../media/Martin/Bienenhaus.jpg)
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the scuba diving equipment - drying in the basement...![](../media/Martin/Tauchpuff.jpg) |
Photography... |
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My Nikon F90X with 20mm, 35-85mm, 180 mm,und SB-260 is less often in use lately. Slides taken with my Rollei 35 are of comparable sharpness. ![](../media/Martin/Kameras.jpg)
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But since owning a digital camera, and ...![](../media/Martin/Ixus400.jpg) |
and appropriate underwater casing,the hobby shifts toward digital... ![](../media/Martin/UW_Gehaeuse.jpg)
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Now since I replaced the F90X with a D200 and added the Nikon 18-200VR zoom, there's still another new twist to digital photography :-) ![](../media/Martin/Nikon_D200_18-200VR.jpg)
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Last but not least ... I like star gazing, astronomy ! - Since High School a lasting hobby: |
Uranus
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Obviously we do not take such spectacular shots in our astronomy club, the 'Astroclub Solaris Aarau', but we try our best!
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Whirlpool galaxy
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I can be reached at my offfice at the WSL :
martin.obrist AT wsl.ch
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