Germany - Evening Stormy Light Over Elbe valley in Saxon Switzerland - Sächsische Schweiz
Saxon Switzerland (German: Sächsische Schweiz) is a mountainous climbing area and national park around the Elbe valley south-east of Dresden in Saxony, Germany. Together with the Bohemian Switzerland in the Czech Republic it form the Elbe Sandstone Mountains.
The Elbe Sandstone Mountains lie in the far Southeast of Germany, only 30 kilometres from Dresden, between the Ore Mountains (Erzgebirge) and the Lusatia Mountains (Lausitzer Bergland). They extend from the town of Pirna across the Czech border to the town of Decin in Bohemia. The German part is known as Saxon Switzerland and covers 368 square kilometres of stunning landscape. During the Cretaceous period, between 1,444 and 66 million years ago, a stretch of sea covered the land where today you will find gorges, mesas and rock towers in abundance. The region was formed when rivers flowing from the peaks of the Ore mountains deposited sediment and seashells as the waters flowed to the sea. Technically speaking the Elbe Sandstone Mountains are not mountains at all. The landscape was formed by erosion, from water and wind, which created the region's distinctive features; sandstone blocks, u-shaped valleys and vertical walls, which descend in several steps and are broken up into spurs and rock towers.
When I was making plans for Dresden in Germany I remembered, that there is an interesting area, similar to one we have in Czech republic. I did little research and make sure that I stop by there on my way to Dresden. Evening sun and the yellow fields just completed my vision.
Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II; Lens’s focal length: 17.00 - 40.00 mm Focal length: 21.00 mm; Aperture: 7.1, Exposure time: 1/100 s, ISO: 250
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© Lucie Debelkova / www.luciedebelkova.com (25 months ago | reply)
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©Helminadia Ranford (25 months ago | reply)
oh what a gorgeous Image !!!
coco77mi (25 months ago | reply)
Beautiful capture!
M amjad sadiq (25 months ago | reply)
Great shot!!!
Ibrahim Alwabil (25 months ago | reply)
amazing shot!
itsAngelo (25 months ago | reply)
Wow...
This is really nice.
Thanks for sharing.
B.C.Radke (25 months ago | reply)
awesome colors
beautiful
Mark1970Vintage (25 months ago | reply)
lovely colours.
Chris Waikiki (25 months ago | reply)
great light!
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Lisa-S (25 months ago | reply)
Gorgeous colours.
Joe Chahwan Photography (25 months ago | reply)
Great Composition... wonderful like always
pDOTeter (25 months ago | reply)
Everything is perfect in this photo
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23gxg (25 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called High Energy Places "Only INVITE" Art Gallery AWARD 2, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
www.ameet.in (25 months ago | reply)
This is amazing
Photography Sajjad Tufail ( in KL ) (25 months ago | reply)
Stunningly Amazing...
Photography Sajjad Tufail ( in KL ) (25 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Nature Live ♫ A Devotion to Nature! (Private) P1/A2, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Luigino Snidero (25 months ago | reply)
Great view, Lucie!
Pixel Boy128 (25 months ago | reply)
Awesome!!!
High Blue! (25 months ago | reply)
Awesome! superb!
alexandros9 (25 months ago | reply)
wow fantastic light and scenery! congrats!
kev.hauke (25 months ago | reply)
great Shot :) I love it
hope again [deleted] (25 months ago | reply)
Unique Shot & lovely Colors
Easa Shamih (eEko) | P.h.o.t.o.g.r.a.p.h.y (25 months ago | reply)
awesome :)
David Briard (25 months ago | reply)
Absolutly fantastic!
I do not know Germany and I waiting for your next picture!
Carl Stovell (25 months ago | reply)
Great curve and horizon!
Photoskatto (25 months ago | reply)
Very good this picture, excellent picture composition, perfect timing of weather, beautiful brightness of the yellow field in the foreground.
You are always amazing ..!
Inspirer Muse (25 months ago | reply)
Woaw; wonderful colors and composition!
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Iris_x2002 (25 months ago | reply)
wonderful capture-amazing aerial view
khedmati (25 months ago | reply)
great,,:)
Bill Swindaman (25 months ago | reply)
Beautiful. Stunning light and colors. Your images are such a treat.
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~Buffalonian~ (25 months ago | reply)
rain is about to drop, eh? very nice.
© Saleh AlRashaid / www.Salehphotography.net (25 months ago | reply)
stunning ! love the contrast between land and sky.
Justin Smith - Photography (25 months ago | reply)
I love the sweeping curve of the river, the great color, and the dramatic lighting.
Archer93 (25 months ago | reply)
wow...super Foto!
Die Farben wirken echt klasse.
tobey308 (25 months ago | reply)
great comp and wonderful colors... very nice!
Photo Ecology (25 months ago | reply)
Wonderful composition and lighting! What crop is in the yellow fields?
Rita Crane Photography (25 months ago | reply)
love the curves ... an elegant and gorgeous composition.
Fabio Bianchi 83 (25 months ago | reply)
Really impressive!
The river bend and the dark clouds give movement to the shot
~ Floydian ~ (25 months ago | reply)
Dag Lucie,
Stunning shot my dear, those deep yellow colours.....eye popping....superb and the rest of the composition and those clouds on top...even more stunning.......good, very very very good..!!!
Groetjes, Henk
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►Klaus Allmannsberger Photography (25 months ago | reply)
Lucie, all the scattered places around the world that you are photographing so beautiful, as well as your excellent selection of sites which you are looking for you before and impress your very good eye for shapes and structures of this world, me!
tOM lOIS wINDSON ( prayers 4 japan ) (25 months ago | reply)
wHAT a fABULOUS bIRDS eYE vIEW..
macg5555 (25 months ago | reply)
una impresionante panoramica con una luz fantastica.
Martin-James (25 months ago | reply)
Awesome view, most impressive.
Radoslav_ (25 months ago | reply)
Beautiful, great composition and light. For me a reminder to go out and shoot unless the weather is really crappy.
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woooow great shot!!!!
Luis Zapico (25 months ago | reply)
You are a spectacular photographer. I am happy to can see your gallery.
a.albahrani (25 months ago | reply)
great colors.
Marisa Gabín (*) (24 months ago | reply)
This photo is a Spirit Of Photography
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Landscape Images by David Shield (24 months ago | reply)
Excellent dramatic light!!!
This photo is a Spirit Of Photography
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