Swamp Hike (18)
Back home again from holiday with a new set of pictures, after exploring nature in bog land and forests during some weeks.
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This landscape shot shows the swampy peat moors of ‘Hohes Venn’ after heavy rainfall.
‘Hohes Venn’ is the greatest (4500 ha) and oldest National Park of Belgium and the most unique nature biotope in the land.
Due to the local micro climate, ‘Hohes Venn’ is the only (!) place in the world where subalpine vegetation can be found at a height scarcely between 600m and 700m above sealevel.
This means that plants grow and flowers bloom there, that normally only grow just below tree line in mountains like the Alps and Pyrenees.
The whole area is vast and desolate.
It consists mainly of swamps which can only be traversed by using the wooden paths made by the local foresters (a daring exploit).
It is nearly impossible to leave those wooden paths, because the swamp starts immediately to suck your feet and legs into the depth and the more you struggle to get out, the more the swamp sucks……
This makes swamp hiking a unique experience.
Location : Brackvenn (Belgium)
rolvin 29. Dezember 2013, 18:44
A great landscape photography with a wide view into the depths. Very nice image construction and the reflection of the clouds is beautiful. BW Rolandwolfgang und maritha 13. November 2012, 18:01
You are a brillant photographer.Colours,sharpness and cut are excellent.
Wishing you a nice evening
Wolfgang and Maritha.
Nick Topouzelis 2. September 2012, 22:55
Wonderful !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BR
Nick
odeveld219 25. August 2012, 19:18
Een fraai geheel van reflecties en kleuren met een mooi dieptezicht!!Met vriendelijke groeten, Odeveld
Günter Nau 24. August 2012, 20:05
Moore geben meistens ganz herrliche Motive ab, wie man sieht. Die Aufnahme ist extrem gut gelungen.Grüße Günter
TeresaM 24. August 2012, 10:12
Une excellente et très belle vision, Mark !Bonne journée & amitiés,
Brigitte Hoffmann 22. August 2012, 1:19
Mein Lieblingsplatz, Mark !!! DeinFoto ist hinreissend schön, welche Brillianz!Ich hoffe, du hast auch noch die Kanada-Gänse dort gesehen. Sie hatten vier kleine Gänse, die inzwischen aber schon groß sind.
Luc Grollie 21. August 2012, 17:56
looks super !!used a polar filter here ??
greetz,
Annick 21. August 2012, 17:04
Superbe !!! J'adore cette photo !!! ces reflets sont extra !Amitiés
Annick
s. sabine krause 21. August 2012, 9:22
gives us an idea of how difficult (or rather impossible! ; )) hiking off the trodden (bridged!) paths really is in a swamp land like this!! a beautiful far view and some great cloud reflections on the surface of the water! you and the hohes venn must know each other quite intimately by now, so for this shot – welcome back, hiker mark! – it tried to look its most moist, summery, picturesque best for you! ; ) greetings, sabine.† Ushie Farkas 21. August 2012, 5:23
WOW, Ich bin VERZAUBERT!! Gruß UshieqRudi 21. August 2012, 0:14
Prachtig beelden.Astrid Buschmann 20. August 2012, 22:35
Das ist einfach ein ganz herrlicher Anblick, und ich kann mir sehr gut vorstellen, dass man da stundenlang wandern kann und sich an dieser Landschaft erfreuen kann.LG Astrid
willy ombret 20. August 2012, 21:08
magnifique travail couleurs paysage rflets lumièreexcellent
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willy ombret
Deryck 20. August 2012, 20:47
I was just wondering when you were coming back. welcome back and it is nice to see you have so many new pics to show us.This is beautiful Mark. Must have been a great adventure
Deryck