Gliding into the evening From the Hohe Wand, looking east.
Paragliding 2011-01-21 Finishing my Hohe Wand mini-series, a shot of one of the popular sports. Since the hill consists of "high walls" there are plenty of thermals. Some people actually seem to enjoy jumping off the cliffs!
Hubertus 2011-01-20 Continuing my series from the Hohe Wand, this stag was resting when he saw me. [behind the fence of the nature park]. The hart is the mascot and symbol of the hunters - but once (late 8th century?) a duke Hubertus was hunting and (according to legend) saw a hart with a glowing cross between its antlers and heard a voice telling him to give up his worldly goods and become a priest, which he did. [n.b. some pp in this shot] And many thanks for the encouraging comments on my two landscape shots - the 'layers' shot was pure serendipity. The wide landscape shot is especially appealing since I've hiked many of those hills and mountains (back when I could).
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2011-01-20 Continuing my series from the Hohe Wand, this stag was resting when he saw me. [behind the fence of the nature park]. The hart is the mascot and symbol of the hunters - but once (late 8th century?) a duke Hubertus was hunting and (according to legend) saw a hart with a glowing cross between its antlers and heard a voice telling him to give up his worldly goods and become a priest, which he did. [n.b. some pp in this shot]
And many thanks for the encouraging comments on my two landscape shots - the 'layers' shot was pure serendipity. The wide landscape shot is especially appealing since I've hiked many of those hills and mountains (back when I could).](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-Knvn5pK/0/L/i-Knvn5pK-L.jpg)