Finally the sun was rising! Above the large expanse of water a few bands of clouds, making the sky interesting. Large parts of the sky and the water glow orange.
Hard to believe that in a few minutes this sky turned into the sky with scattered clouds that I had published on 1 January.
Tister Bauernmoor was transformed from industrial peat extraction to a rewetted natural paradise after the turn of the millennium. Today, thousands of cranes migrate here in autumn and just as many geese can be observed here during winter time. It is located only about 20 minutes by car from my home.
From one of the two observation towers you have a great view of the vast water areas, in which the clouds can be reflected when there is no wind. What I like about this picture is the glowing orange stripe as it extends below the dark blue cloud. If you look closely, you can also see the orange behind the small groups of trees on the water surface, because there the water was a little calmer on the lee side (the side away from the wind).
Happy New Year to you all!
May 2023 be a better year for all of us.
This week I took the opportunity to go out on the moors in the early hours of the morning hours and had an atmospheric time with lots of geese there. Then when the sun came up, the clouds were just as atmospheric for a brief moment!
With kind regards from Buchholz, Germany,
Marc
You often read that large telephoto focal lengths are only useful in wildlife or bird photography, just as I like to use my 100–500mm lens. But in landscape photography?
I took the cover picture for my last blog post about Schleimünde in the golden light with 500mm. Impressive, isn’t it?
I took the same shot just a few minutes later, after changing the lens to 24mm. You can see it here in the title, always alternating with the 500mm shot.
What makes more of an impression?
I look forward to many comments on how you see it. Use the holiday time around the turn of the year to discuss this topic.
Just the cloud bank, the northern headland with its characteristic group of trees and the many water birds.
Plus the sun just rising over the cloud bank.
And my telephoto lens at 500mm focal length!
That’s how this golden atmosphere at Schleimünde comes about.
The sun had barely passed over one band of clouds before it disappeared again behind the next. Half an hour before, it still looked like one band of clouds, but now the layers of clouds became clear. It was great how the sun not only disappeared behind the cloud band, but also made its upper edge glow dramatically yellow.
In addition, there is the group of trees on the northern hook near Schleimünde. This in turn makes one think of savannah pictures. Only the duck in the foreground doesn’t quite fit in.
What a great atmosphere!