Hiking into the rhyolite mountains of Kerlingarfjöll under cloudy skies and then seeing the cloud cover partially break open makes a photographer’s heart beat faster. That’s what happened to me on the second day in Kerlingarfjöll. It had rained during … read more or write a comment …
One side of the valley in Kerlingarfjöll towards the south is characterised by a completely different rock and is visually completely set off from the smooth and rounded rhyolite ridges. There are also some fumaroles there and especially an acoustically … read more or write a comment …
The rhyolite landscape at Kerlingarfjöll is a great hiking area and with its valleys full of fumaroles a great spot for landscape photography. On our first afternoon there in the highlands, we drove from the campsite further up into the … read more or write a comment …
The geothermal site in the mountains of Kerlingarfjöll has been on my wish list for a visit for a long time. I really wanted to hike the landscape there. It is special, after all, that you first descend from the … read more or write a comment …
What a farewell from three weeks in Iceland! In the evening, before we had to leave for the airport, there was a great chance of seeing auroras. The first night of the new aurora season in Iceland. Moreover, clear skies … read more or write a comment …
A morning in the flowering heath landscape in September. As there was fog that morning, the many spider webs in the heather bushes were wet with dew as we walked into Fischbeker Heide. Everywhere you could see the white webs … read more or write a comment …
Rarely have I seen a tree fungus such as this birch porling so beautifully presented. Right on the top edge of a broken birch, beautifully brought into the light by the morning sunlight, while the ground behind the birch stump … read more or write a comment …
Small clearings in the forest alternating with dense tree cover often leads to such tunnel views. Everything in the foreground was in the shade, only in the background a few deciduous trees were highlighted by the sun. Especially along the … read more or write a comment …
In an area northwest of Hasselbrack (the highest point in Hamburg!), you will find such a steep climb with many roots on some hiking trails. It’s almost as if a natural staircase has been laid in the forest for us.
Like a needle, the broken tree stump protrudes from the sea of ferns. In contrast, the tree trunks of the forest in the shade at some distance.
The hikes in the woods often took us into the forest in the morning hours. It was especially nice to hike east in the morning hours, because then I always got to see the backlight situations I love. This morning it … read more or write a comment …
Why this beautiful path on the edge of Brunsberg is called »Höllenschlucht — Hell Gorge« has not yet become clear to me. It is a dry valley left behind by the Ice Age. It has this beautiful sandy soil, so … read more or write a comment …