pine trunks [IV] 2013-12-12

Pine trunks with hoarfrost are stored alongside a track in Schönbuch forest.

game reserves in the Schönbuch forest 2013-12-07

In the Schönbuch forest between Bebenhausen and Weil im Schönbuch are game reserves for wild boar, fallow and red deer:

wild boars

fallow deer

View of the game reserve, one deer can be seen.

red deer

In this area there are some trees with impressive lichen cover.

Birkensee at sunset 2013-12-06

ND 1000x · 91 s · f/8 · 28 mm · ISO 100 · EOS 5D
Frozen Birkensee at sunset. 91s exposure time with ND 1000x grey filter blurres the motion of clouds and light branches.

f/11 · 18 mm · ISO 100 · 0.3 - 1.2 s (for sky resp. foreground)

first snow 2013-11-26

This winter's first snow which didn't immediately melt away, on the fields near Walddorf.

track in the Schönbuch forest

Some young sycamore maple still had green foliage.

Infrared: Birkensee 2013-10-30

Birkensee, 720 nm low-pass

reflections in the lake