Get a short history overview on how everything started out with FANTASTIC RANGER and how this adventure project evolved to date.
- First holiday trip to Indonesia visiting Bali
- Discovered beautiful animals in the Bali National Park
- I was fascinated by the intense light, colors and the lush nature
- Took lots of pictures with a cheap compact and my handy cam
- The photos turned out quite good so I decided to make my first photo show
- Bought my first DSLR camera set
- Took a fully planned second trip to Bali Barat
- Made my first encounters with a variety of insects, snakes and wild boars
- Planned trip to the Baluran National Park on Java
- My camera equipment is now extended with some very good tele lenses
- Main focus on reptiles, amphibians and first time on mammals
- First planned trip to Ujun Kulon National Park on Java
- First time in a almost impenetrable jungle with a variety of animals
- Great variety of landscapes changing from jungle to savannah to desert
- Although there were a lot of different animals living in that area we had lots of difficulties in seeing them
- Another trip to Java as I wanted to concentrate on different spots on this island
- My first attempts in taking some movie shots besides shooting photos
- Visited Surabaja with it’s great variety of birds
- Guided trip to Ujun Kulon National Park (west Java) where I traveled on the water roads by speed boat
- First contacts and exchanges with those in charge of the Baluran National Park for a future collaboration
Fist trip in March
- Took some of the fist photos of wild dogs in the Baluran National Park
- One more time in Surabaja to see the large variety of birds
- Visited the mangroves and islands on a guided boat trip to Ujun Kulon National Park (west Java). Great water roads on the beautiful water landscapes in this area
Second trip in September
- First private/personal trip across the awesome landscapes of the Ujun Kulon National Park
- Further extending my skills in taking more movies
- First adventure trip to the Anak Krakatau volcano where I took a lot of movie clips
- Visited the Wajkambas National Park where I collaborated in a scientific research