Winter in Black and White
Last week the impossible happened. It had snowed for several days and the temperatures stayed low enough for the snow to not instantly melt away (like in the last years). And then it became even more crazy, on tuesday the clouds went away and the sun came out 
So I decided to take a day off from work to go hiking through the nearby woods. I took the train to Rothenstein (first station by train to Saalfeld) and from there I just started walking through the small valleys and forests nearby. Of course the route I walked was way longer than expected and when I returned to Rothenstein after 6 hours (already at dawn) I missed the train back by a few minutes. So after walking home to Jena I was back from my “little” field trip after 7 hours.
It was a really interestig experience exploring the forest in such a sunny winter weather. Still lots of snow everywhere and the sun shining down from the deep blue sky. I of course took pictures like a maniac and have now nearly finnished sorting out and processing them. Very surprisingly I ended up converting lots of the pictures to black and white. This is something which I have only rarely done before and I really didn’t expect the pictures to end up that good at all.
Without any more words here are some selected winter pictures in black and white
(color pictures will follow next week)
High Seat
The Old Oak Tree
Magic Forest
on 13 January 2010 at 20:17
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Beautiful images.