My name is Köteles Ferenc (surname is the first part in Hungarian), i was born in 1969, in Budapest, Hungary. I took a master's degree on biology in 1995.

My "career" as semiprofessional photographer began in the second half of 1980s. First I started taking slides using a 6x6 Pentacon Six, then I used 35mm Praktica cameras with matching great prime lenses. In 2003 I gave a try with a bridge-level Minolta digital camera (Dimage5), and experiencing the already great results I switched to an outstanding DLSR camera: the Konica-Minolta Dynax 7D. I have used this camera since the beginning of 2005 and I don't want to change for several years. (See the About the pictures page for more details the equipment used.)

They say there are two kinds of photographers: one has artistic intentions, and the other "only" wants to document. Being a botanist I definitely belong to the second group: my aim is to show plant species in their own habitat, while emphasizing their important identifying features to the extent possible.

Oh, well, and there is an "official" picture here;-)