Chalk cliffs in the Jasmund National Park by Silva Wischeropp

Enchanting limestone rocks in the Jasmund National Park on the beautiful island of Rügen on the Baltic Sea. This nature shot was taken with the Nikon D90 on 4 August 2013 during my summer holiday on the Baltic coast.

The vastness of the Great Jasmund Bodden, the picturesque sunrises and sunsets, the mirror-smooth sea in calm weather and the spray that the storm drives in front of it, the reed belts and forests around the Bodden have always attracted nature lovers and romantics. These depictions can be found in many drawings and paintings by the Romantics.
The Small and the Great Jasmund Bodden belong to the North Rügen waters. The Bodden water is hardly salty and is considered a true angler's paradise. Both bodies of water are popular with locals and tourists for swimming and sailing. With an area of around 60 square kilometres, the Great Jasmund Bodden is one of the largest bodden waters in the Baltic Sea. There is a very varied cycle tour around the Little Jasmund Bodden.

Caspar David Friedrich also sought out the proximity to the water, and he used the breathtaking impressions in his drawings and paintings.

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Silva Wischeropp was born in the Hanseatic city of Wismar in the former GDR. Today she lives and works in Berlin. As an experienced and passionate travel photographer whose interests span a broad range, she focuses on portraiture, street life, reportage, documentary, travel, tourism, landscape and nature. In addition, she is known for her recordings in the fields of architecture and fashion. Since 2016, her new repertoire includes surreal digital photo collages. For 20 years she has been known in Germany and abroad as a creative photo artist. Her works have been widely published and exhibited. "The photographic image process represents my personal work and creation area. This means dealing with image worlds, politics, human needs and sensitivities. The camera expands my scope to meet that other reality. Photography makes me happy, creates joy, closes boundaries, opens new doors, widens horizons. The camera teaches me to see, to sharpen the view, to capture moments, to perceive fleeting moments that are not visible to others. I am a creative person, a picture-maker, who draws on herself, does not copy a lot and develops her own imagery. So I move between the poles, reach different fixed points, look behind the scenes. Out of the thousandfold existing I manage to bring out something unique, unique moments of the picture."

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