Ermstal in autumn 2020-10-25

Impressions of the Erms valley in autumn from two cycling tours (25. + 31.10.).

Hofbühl - vineyards near Metzingen in autumn with flowering mustard field and blue sky

Hofbühl
One of the vineyard hills of Metzingen in the Ermstal with a flowering mustard field in the foreground.

track through the Ermstal
between Dettingen and Bad Urach.

track through the Seeburger Tal valley with view of Albtrauf in autumn colours

Seeburger Tal
Track through the Seeburger Tal (Seeburg valley) with view of the slopes of the Schwäbische Alb in autumn colours.

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published on 2020-11-22

Season: autumn

categories: Schwäbische Alb | landscape

keywords: Ermstal

foggy Schönbuch forest 2020-10-10

– or: When I went to photograph the sunset and returned with pictures of fog. For the second time. Like on September 1^st when it rained much of the day, cooling down the air, the clouds disappeared by evening with blue sky arriving from West. Sounds like good ingredients for a nice sunset, which shouldn´t have happended as expected, but instead the Schönbuch forest was covered in fog:

foggy

„wildfire“
Rising fog glowing in the last sunrays over the Schönbuch forest.

fog over the Schönbuch forest in the evening

foggy Schönbuch forest

The fog had the perfect density and altitude to be clearly visible yet not blocking the view of the distinct levels in the landscape. The few clouds at the horizon let enough light pass to create sunset colors as a nice contrast to the foggy forest. Depending on the direction of view, the color of the sky varied from blue over violet to red tones.