Magnolia, pure beauty.
Photo was taken in the spring of 2022 in the middle of the city of Karlsruhe in south-west Germany.
Every year it is a thrill. The magnolia is one of the trees that is the first to bear those beautiful pure white buds in spring. The still dense buds always heighten the tension, to be there in time, until the moment they start to bloom.
The colors in the blossoms are of an unprecedented virginal beauty that fascinates me every time, all the more so when contrasted with the whimsical twigs that carry the blossom. It is pure poetry.
André Post is a Dutch opera singer and landscape photographer from Karlsruhe. He grew up on the shores of the IJsselmeer and now lives in the southwest of Germany between the Black Forest and the Pfälzerwald.
André is a passionate nature lover and when he is not singing, he likes..
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