Warmly lit by the sun, withered in winter and standing in the dark moor pond. What a great contrast between the yellow leaves of grass and the dark water of the moor. It was just lovely to be in the Tister … read more or write a comment …
The photo shows tufts of grass standing on a decayed tree trunk in the water of the moorland in Tister Bauernmoor in winter. The grass is illuminated by the warm morning sun and gives a beautiful contrast to the dark … read more or write a comment …
As I walked away from the lake on the sunny side, I thought of following the tracks of the moor railway once more in the Tister Bauernmoor and walking to a small lake on the west side of the moor. … read more or write a comment …
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 … read more or write a comment …
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 … read more or write a comment …
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 … read more or write a comment …
These days we have icy nights in the north of Germany again and I like to think back to the sunrise at ‑12 degrees © in the Tister Bauernmoor, which I was able to experience 2 weeks earlier. The difference … read more or write a comment …
The Tister Moor at ‑12 degrees, shortly after sunrise. All water surfaces were frozen, ice structures hung on the grasses, bushes and trees. The old tree stumps also made a great motif with a bit of snow and the ice flowers … read more or write a comment …
With this motive I did not have to think long whether I still leave it in color. The backlight effect with the cranes reduced to black and white is simply sufficient in this simplicity. That was once again an impression … read more or write a comment …
After the sun had set over the moor landscape, the calls of the cranes became slowly audible. First individual small groups, then ever larger swarms of cranes flew from all directions towards the moor. After the first cranes had landed already … read more or write a comment …
At the time of the crane migration, up to 20,000 cranes had already been counted as overnight stays in the Tister Moor in Lower Saxony, Germany. One evening before sunset I drove to the moor, but I wasn’t alone by … read more or write a comment …