Das Wetter ist ein entschei­dender Faktor, wenn es um die Land­schafts­fo­to­grafie geht. Als ich zu Hause saß und in den Himmel sah, war der Himmel grau und das Licht flach. Aber in der Wetter­vor­her­sage sah man eine kleine Wolken­lücke in der Rich­tung in der unter­ge­henden Sonne. Ich zog los mit meiner Kamera und staunte nicht schlecht, als die Sonne für viel­leicht 5 Minuten am Hori­zont durch die Wolken­decke brach und die Wolken in den schönsten Farben färbte. Das Licht der unter­ge­henden Sonne brache die jungen Pflanzen der Wein­berge zum glühen und so entstand dieses wunder­schöne Bild dieses Weinbergs. 

I was ready to set off in a half-eight posi­tion, as the weather fore­cast predicted fog for the beau­tiful autumn land­scape in Kraichgau. I had a few things in my head for which the weather fore­cast predicted great condi­tions. But in the morning, there was less fog than I had hoped for. I quickly looked for alter­na­tives and after the sun had risen, I was able to photo­graph this foggy atmo­sphere with golden light. A photo that looks better the bigger you have it in front of you. 

Vor ein paar Tagen habe ich unsere heimi­sche Wein­berge in wunder­schönem, warmen, sommer­li­chen Morgen­licht abge­lichtet. Wie man solch einen schönen goldenen Schein hinbe­kommt, habe ich unter anderem in meinem BLOG/VLOG erläu­tert. Das Ergebnis jeden­falls lässt einen die sommer­liche Wärme spüren, die an so einem Sommer­morgen durch die Sonne schon in den frühen Morgen­stunden verbreitet wird. 

On my home hill stands this silver birch, which I hadn’t really noticed before. On this foggy morning, however, illu­mi­nated by the light of the sun, which came only hesi­tantly through the fog cover, it seemed to have a special charm. 

The Mehlinger Heide is not quite as well known as its larger rela­tives, such as the Lüne­burg Heath, but even here great morning moods can be captured. Like on this day, when the sun and the misty haze was just right. 

Aufstehen um 4:30 im Sommer. Eine Stunde Auto­fahrt. 20 min laufen zum Spot. 40 min lang Motive und Bild­kom­po­si­tionen auspro­bieren und warten auf den Sonnen­auf­gang. Hat es sich gelohnt? Ich finde ja und ich würde es immer wieder tun. 

Nach einigen Jahren war ich mal wieder in der Mehlinger Heide und habe wunder­bare Bedin­gungen vorge­funden. Vor Sonnen­auf­gang ein leichtes Morgenrot, dazu leichte Nebel­schleier und nach Sonnen­auf­gang eine Explo­sion des Lichtes. Ich habe in kürzester Zeit viele Aufnahmen gemacht, diese gefiel mir ganz besonders. 

It was quite special to see how the rising sun formed an extre­mely strong red glow in the fog of the heath as it rose above the horizon directly behind the fir tree. Secondly, the red glow became stronger when it was suddenly no longer visible. A moment that had to be caught. 

This heath land­scape was a mili­tary trai­ning area a few years ago. Under the heavy equip­ment from the mili­tary, nature suffered parti­cu­larly. Years after the “decom­mis­sio­ning” nature rises with a beau­tiful heath land­scape, from which even the one or other young tree grows out in the meantime. 

Another picture of my favo­rite trees in the heath. Looking at this picture with a little distance, I must say, the early rising, the hour journey and the wait in the cool summer night for the ideal condi­tions was worth it after all. A truly magical moment that we were able to experience. 

When photo­gra­phing on the heath in the morning, timing and condi­tions matter. The light gets brighter by the minute, the fog is in constant motion. It’s a matter of fixing the compo­si­tion as quickly as possible and waiting for the right moment. 

During the day, the heath land­scape looks more like a green desert. For a few weeks in summer, however, the peren­nials bloom and espe­ci­ally in the morning hours, when a veil of mist forms over the meadows, there can some­times be magical moments. 

Als wir noch mitten in der Nacht in der Heide ankamen und nach Kompo­si­tionen ausschau hielten, entdeckte ich entge­gen­ge­setzt zum erwar­tenden Punkt des Sonnen­auf­gangs den Mond über diesem freih­ste­henden Baum in der Heide. Den rich­tigen Moment abege­passt, als er direkt über dem Baum stand, als eine Art riesiger Stern foto­gra­fiert, fand ich dieses Foto span­nend und interessant. 

| Top 100 Natur­foto des Sommers 2023 | Dieses wunder­schöne Licht an einem Weizen­feld in der Nähe meiner Heimat konnte ich im Hoch­sommer an einem schönen Sommer­abend genießen. Das abend­liche, kontrast­arme Seiten­licht ließ das Feld im Vorder­grund wunderbar weich erscheinen. Das Motiv, der einsame Baum auf dem Feld, ist da fast schon Beiwerk. 

The view in the photo is in the direc­tion of the Upper Rhine Plain. This tree with almost heart-shaped crown in late autumn has already dropped its leaf dress and you can see its silhou­ette great. 

At this sunset in winter the sun set without evening red. This was due to a band of clouds behind the horizon that blocked the light rays of the sun that should have colored the clouds over Malsch. Normally such a sunset red appears 15–20 minutes after sunset, but in this case the colo­ring was before sunset. Since I was in time on the spot, I could still catch this scene. The setting sun over the Upper Rhine Plain. Due to the haze in the atmo­sphere, it turned into a red fire­ball and so did the clouds, which is actually not a typical evening red, but still resulted in a beau­tiful scenery. 

This photo could not have been planned, but when I was on my way to a spot that I wanted to photo­graph that morning, this image compo­si­tion lite­rally jumped into my eye. The condi­tions were ideal. The golden-colored clouds, the fog, the just-rising sun. Perfect how the diagonal formed by the illu­mi­nated clouds and the forest in the back­ground mirror and balance the image hori­zon­tally. The fog helped to sepa­rate the tree as a subject from the background. 

Im Früh­jahr kommt Farbe ins Spiel. Ein Grund dafür sind die Raps­felder in der Umge­bung meines Heimat­dorfes. Wunder­schöne Kontraste entstehen zwischen ihnen und dem klaren blauen Himmel. Das ergibt immer wieder schöne Bilder. In dieser Aufnahme nutzte ich einen etwas erhöhten Standort, um den bereits leicht blühenden Baum etwas intimer mitten im Raps­feld zu fotografieren. 

Many pictures of rape­seed fields are taken when the sky is blue. The yellow of the canola, gives with the blue of the sky a beau­tiful color contrast. I wanted to take a more special picture, so I used the last seconds before sunset to posi­tion the tree in the field exactly between me and the sun and get a nice mono­chro­matic picture. 

They could hardly be more diffe­rent. And even in the low morning sun that gradu­ally fights its way through the fog cover, the autumnal foliage is illu­mi­nated in diffe­rent ways, which led to this special shot. 

That morning I was walking along the path when I spotted this tree in the mist. Looking for a suitable compo­si­tion of the image, I disco­vered the traces of a tractor in the field. The lines lead into the picture towards the tree in the fog. 

Bei der Aufnahme dieser Szene während Frost und Nebel kam mir sofort der Titel in den Sinn. Der große Baum im Vorder­grund wirkte auf mich, wie ein Vater der seine beiden Kinder, die beiden Bäume im Hinter­grund, ermahnt. 

No sooner had autumn passed than the first frost arrived. An inver­sion weather condi­tion brought us fog in the nights during the first cold winter nights of the late year. Hoar­frost formed on the remai­ning leaves and bran­ches of the trees. In addi­tion, there was a little snow in some areas. This resulted in a beau­tiful wintry mood in nature, which I could record here on a beau­tiful morning at the edge of the forest. 

Towards the end of the winter 20/21 showed us in Kraichgau once again from its best side, with bright blue skies and suns­hine from morning to night, with free­zing cold but at least also with some snow, which has remained for several days. The combi­na­tion fit well to be able to take beau­tiful pictures of winter here at home. 

When sun meets fog haze special light moods are created. If the sun’s rays are inter­rupted by trees, as in this picture, they suddenly become visible. 

The Armen­tara meadows are a wonderfully easy to hike moun­tain area in South Tyrol. Many bloo­ming flower fields and only a few shady places. This tree on the horizon of one of the meadows parti­cu­larly caught my eye when looking for motifs, it was just perfectly framed by the huge clouds in the background. 

This shady spot near Einsie­deln Monas­tery in Switz­er­land is just the place on a summer hike to escape the sun for a few minutes.