In the Amper floodplain nature reserve, you often come across fallen trees that have been gnawed on by beavers, brought down or died due to the beaver's feeding damage, only to collapse rotten.
This also happened to this willow lying in the river, which had been bare and lifeless for some time and where it was only a matter of time before the next storm sealed its fate.
Before the relatively dense fog, due to the effect of the rising sun, released this enchanting motif, I tried my luck, in the old fashioned way, with backlit shots. This endeavour was of course abruptly interrupted when this scenario revealed itself to me, with the sun virtually standing behind me. Although I actually find a bright blue sky rather boring, it was just what I needed here to create this blue monochrome effect, also due to the reflection on the large expanse of water.
Hello and welcome to Fotoromantik Robert Sellier.
As a passionate photo artist in the field of nature and landscape photography, always in search of extraordinary motifs and the special experience of light, I am very pleased about your visit to my photo-romantic world.
Fotoromantik Robert Sellier defines himself as a..
Read more…