No. B/47 - ANCIENT FAIRYTALE: In 2022 the autumn-foliage was again somehow very different from normal. After a hot and very dry summer the trees started to partly throw off wilted but still green leaves. The majority of the leaves , though, the trees kept in a greenish yellow color. Only very late in the year at the end of November the leaves turned into a more orangy and deeper yellow. That's when this foto was taken.
Sizes: 2:3 / 60x40, 90x60, 120x80, 150x100
No. B/46 - SUN-BEAMS: This day's dense fog reluctantly cleared in the late afternoon, last remains drifting through the woods. The sun-beams casting lightspots on the forest-floor.
Sizes: 2:3 / 60x40, 90x60, 120x80, 150x100
No. B/39 - FRAGILE TOUGHNESS: As a result from the past droughts and from vermins extensive clearings have been cut into the forest. At the edge of such a clearing these birch trees caught my attention. They look so fragile but are so tough.
Sizes: 2:3 / 60x40, 90x60, 120x80, 150x100
No. B/08 - LUSH GREEN MAGIC FOREST: During springtime in 2022 it was such a delight to enjoy the lush green and the carpet of wild garlic in this forest... Not knowing how dried out and brown this would look like in late August, the trees curling and throwing off their leafs being in serious drought-stress.
Sizes: 2:3 / 60x40, 90x60, 120x80, 150x100
No. B/41 - Squeak: In spring I discovered this Copper Beech among all the other "normal" beeches. Quite a contrast - to me the colors almost "squeak".
Sizes: 2:3 / 60x40, 90x60, 120x80, 150x100
No. B/21 - ILLUMINATION: One day I discovered this small grove with birch-trees. That winter offered few clear skies and it took weeks until I got this cloudless sunset, bathing the birches in a deep orange.
Sizes: 2:3 / 60x40, 90x60, 120x80, 150x100
No. B/19 - ASPIRING: Somehow I was attracted by the tangle of these different tree-trunks, the smaller tree aspiring in their middle.
Sizes: 2:3 / 60x40, 90x60, 120x80, 150x100
No. B/12 - TIDELAND: During low tide the sea revealed this tideland, glasswort sticking out like little trees.
Sizes: 16:9 / 64x36, 112x63, 128x72, 160x90, [4TH FAPA, 3rd Price Winner]
No. B/42 - OAK'S JUMBLE: Snow fell during the night in my hometown. The next morning I took a stroll through the woods and discovered this image. A place I had been many times before and just never seen this composition.
Sizes: 2:3 / 60x40, 90x60, 120x80, 150x100
No. B/44 - FOREST LIGHTHOUSE: In late autumn all the trees eventually had lost their foliage or discolored into darker hues. Only the larches had some of their shining needles left.
Sizes: 2:3 / 60x40, 90x60, 120x80, 150x100
No. B/37 - AUTUMN GOLD: In 2018/19 we experienced a long spread drought in Germany. I have a feeling that this is the cause for somehow slightly different hues of autumn colors I haven't noticed in former years.
Sizes: 2:3 / 60x40, 90x60, 120x80, 150x100
No. B/40 - LITTLE GEM: This is a very important refuge for animals and plants of all kinds - being surrounded by a heavily used cultural landscape.
Sizes: 16:9 / 64x36, 112x63, 128x72, 160x90
No. B/35 - AMONG OTHERS: While struggling to find a good composition on this beautiful brook I finally noticed the yellow leaf lying all by itself among the mostly red foliage.
Sizes: 16:9 / 64x36, 112x63, 128x72, 160x90
No. B/32 - DIFFERENT: This courageous beech dares to break up the monoculture.
Sizes: 2:3 / 60x40, 90x60, 120x80, 150x100
No. B/31 - LIGHTSHOW: I was intrigued by these long tree trunks reaching high up. The play of light and shadow on them emphasized their massivness.
Sizes: 2:3 / 60x40, 90x60, 120x80, 150x100
No. B/38 - POTBOURRI: After a long drought late autumn presented these very rich and different hues of red, letting almost every single tree stand out and creating a potbourri of reds, embedding gold and green.
Sizes: 16:9 / 64x36, 112x63, 128x72, 160x90
No. B/16 - LIGHTGLOW: A strong autumn-storm was approaching that evening, foreboding sleet -showers and gusts whipping across the mountains, temperature dropping rapidly.
Sizes: 16:9 / 64x36, 112x63, 128x72, 160x90
No. D/18 - STEADFAST:
Sizes: 2:3 / 60x40, 90x60, 120x80, 150x100
No. B/27 - EMERALD: That evening the sea was pretty calm. But the colors were awesome. It was a bit tricky to not drop my gear and myself into the water, though.
Sizes: 16:9 / 64x36, 112x63, 128x72, 160x90
No. B/17 - BOTTOM TO TOP: Spring started a bit later in that year. The lush green leafs started out to grow rather towards the bottom of the forest and stood out against the still grey-brown tops.
Sizes: 16:9 / 64x36, 112x63, 128x72, 160x90
No. B/28 - DESERTED: It is not common being able to savour deserted beaches in Europe. It was gorgous standing on top of these cliffs, smelling the fresh sea air.
Sizes: 16:9 / 64x36, 112x63, 128x72, 160x90
No. B/03 & 34 - SPOT ON YELLOW & SPECKLED PURPLE: It was mid-march when a cold-front blew gusts of icy wind across this ridge. Towards sunset gaps in the clouds occasionally illuminated the birch trees. Later, just about sunset, the light took on a magenta hue in the illuminated parts of the clouds and also on the trees. Other areas of the sky stayed in that cold, blue hue of a late overcast day.
Sizes: 16:9 / 64x36, 112x63, 128x72, 160x90
No. B/04 - MIGHTY AND STRONG, BUT NOT INVULNERABLE: I was fascinated by this massive tree-trunk lying in a riverbed, obviously washed down by a huge torrent coming from the mighty mountains.
Sizes: 2:3 / 60x40, 90x60, 120x80, 150x100, [4TH FAPA, Awarded Entry]
No. B/33 - ALIVE: Despite being fallen over this tree manages to live on. Quite the opposite were my feet - standing for hours in the cold brook until I had the right composition.
Sizes: 16:9 / 64x36, 112x63, 128x72, 160x90
No. B/26 - THE GOLDEN BEACH: Strong winds had churned up the ocean and the sun bathed the beach in golden light as it went towards sunset.
Sizes: 16:9 / 64x36, 112x63, 128x72, 160x90
No. B/10 - SECRET GEM: During winter-time many well-visited spots in the alps are abondoned - exactly what I am looking for. Coincidentaly I found this amazing gorge. But the reason why being secluded during that time can also be a pain in the rear end. There were piles of snow and I had to fight my way into this little secret world... well worth it!!
Sizes: 2:3 / 60x40, 90x60, 120x80, 150x100
No. B/24 - TIMELESS: It was a rainy day in spring at the french Atlantic coast, the beach deserted. For a few minutes the sun peaked through... time didn't matter at that moment.
Sizes: 16:9 / 64x36, 112x63, 128x72, 160x90
No. B/29 - THE BLUE BEACH: I had to take a pretty far hike along the coastline back to my car. It got late and as I took a break and turned around I saw that the beach had turned blue.
Sizes: 16:9 / 64x36, 112x63, 128x72, 160x90
No. B/22 & 23 - THE ORANGE AND BLUE LES TAS DE POIS: One day before a storm and big waves had battered these high cliffs. The storm had settled during the night and this evening was quiet and peaceful.
Sizes: 16:9 / 64x36, 112x63, 128x72, 160x90
No. B/25 - DANCE OF LIGHT: It had been raining all day. In the late afternoon the strong wind managed to blow all the dark clouds away. For a short time the cloud-gaps in the transition zone to blue skies created beams of light which moved quickly across the water before the weather completely cleared up.
Sizes: 16:9 / 64x36, 112x63, 128x72, 160x90
No. B/07 - LONELY: Standing on the cliffs all by myself, watching this wave break far beneath in the vast expanse of the ocean.
Sizes: 2:3 / 60x40, 90x60, 120x80, 150x100
No. B/42 - NATURE'S CARVING:
Sizes: 2:3 / 60x40, 90x60, 120x80, 150x100
No. B/01 - ALPINE SPOTLIGHT: These conditions lasted for about 10 seconds. Then the clouds moved back in and it began to snow.
Sizes: 2:3 / 60x40, 90x60, 120x80, 150x100
No. B/18 - WITHSTANDING: Strong winds and a heavy snowfall were tearing at this oak-tree.
Sizes: 2:3 / 60x40, 90x60, 120x80, 150x100
No. B/06 - WINTERTIME: Snow began to fall and slowly covering everything in the forest, muffling every sound to almost utter silence.
Sizes: 2:3 / 60x40, 90x60, 120x80, 150x100
No. B/13 - SILVER HORN: High winds blowing snow from the top of the mountain. I zoomed in close to capture the flying, powdery snow.
Sizes: 2:3 / 60x40, 90x60, 120x80, 150x100
No. B/15 - LEAVES AND NEEDLES: Almost like Rooibos tea...
Sizes: 16:9 / 64x36, 112x63, 128x72, 160x90
No. B/05 - LAND OF THE SORCERER: I couldn't believe my luck having found this beautiful waterfall and being completely on my own. It was strenuous though, clambering up a steep slope beside the brook and not spoiling the vegetation. Additionally steady rain made it difficult to photograph.
Sizes: 2:3 / 60x40, 90x60, 120x80, 150x100
No. B/14 - GREEN GORGE: It was a cloudy day, but sometimes weak sunrays peered through the clouds and the branches and lit the mossy patches.
Sizes: 2:3 / 60x40, 90x60, 120x80, 150x100
