This enchanting, photographic autumn motif was taken with the Nikon D90 on 14 October 2017 in a small city park in Pankow. The magical, autumnal floral photograph in a composition of red-coloured leaves of the wig bush radiates a colourful, warm atmosphere.
The abstract, extravagant motif impresses with its luminosity and magic and lends a fairytale atmosphere to any living space.
The significance of the leaf colours for the Iroquois:
In Iroquois mythology, the colours of the Indian summer have a special meaning. The yellow leaves symbolise the fires of the spirits, while the red leaves are soaked in the blood of the bear that the heavenly hunters have killed. However, the indigenous population only told such stories in winter. Because summer was reserved for work. And anyone who broke this law was punished by the invisible nature spirits Jo-Ga-Oh.
"For me, photography feels like really capturing the moment - like a kind of alchemy where time is physically captured."
Silva Wischeropp was born in the Hanseatic city of Wismar in the former GDR. Today she lives and works in Berlin. As a passionate travel..
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