Sonian Forest, a photo from Flemish Brabant, Flanders

Photographer's Note

‘Tervuren – Sonian Forest’

The Sonian Forest (Dutch: Zoniënwoud, French: Forêt de Soignes) is a forest at the southeast edge of Brussels.
It covers an area of 4.421 hectares and stretches out over the three Belgian regions: Flanders (56%), the Brussels-Capital region (38%) and Wallonia (6%).
At the beginning of the 19th century, however, the area still amounted to approximately 10.000 hectares.

These photos were taken on the territory of the Flemish municipality of Tervuren.
I once showed pictures of the park of Tervuren. However, this park is located on the other side of the municipality. So don't confuse the two.

The Sonian Forest is part of the scattered remains of the ancient Silva Carbonaria or Charcoal Forest. The first mention of the Sonian Forest (Soniaca Silva) dates from the early Middle Ages.
It consists for the most part of high beech forests.

It was strange to find a beech that had no more leaves at all while the surrounding trees still had enough, so that an opening was created above the heads.

The closest part of the forest is only 5 kilometers from my home.
I'm surprised I didn't show pictures of it before. As we were just able to enjoy some beautiful autumn days, it was time to take some pictures in the forest.

jhm, holmertz, Fis2, pierrefonds, PiotrF, ikeharel, pajaran, jemaflor, COSTANTINO, ChrisJ, worldcitizen, mcmtanyel ha puntuado esta nota como útil.

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Silvio1953 (220605) 2021-11-12 5:28

Ciao Paul, great POV on fantastic forest, wonderful autumnal colors, excellent clarity and splendid light, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

jhm (211734) 2021-11-12 6:37

Goedemiddag Paul,

Het Zoniënwoud, moet een beetje dienen als groene long voor Brussel hoofdstad.
U heeft zich goed laten inspireren door de herfst kleuren.
Een foto maken in deze richting zou mij niet direct zijn ingevallen, maar een goede inspiratie kan nooit geen kwaad.
Mooi in het midden van bos genomen in kruinen van de bomen, ook de kleuren zijn aangenaam. Bedankt.

Groeten uit Oost-Vlaanderen,
John.

holmertz (101988) 2021-11-12 6:38

Hello Paul,
It's strange how the trees could so uncoordinated, but it helped you to an interesting composition. The branches of the naked tree have created a nice pattern against the blue area. This photo is probably the most eye-catching composition of the three you show us today, but both WS are perfect examples of the sometimes stunningly simple beauty of nature.
Kind regards,
Gert

ktanska (44468) 2021-11-12 9:26

Hi Paul,
Beautiful autumn foliage with wide variety of colours. Opening created by practically leafless tree was well spotted. Upwards angle works well.
Kari

lousat (138609) 2021-11-12 10:01

Hi Paul,3 magnificent pics from the forest of Tervuren! The perfect moment to take the autumn colors on the trees in this sunny day. 3 different perspectives, all are truly lovely, and the watch to the top of main is amazing! Have a nice weekend and thanks,Luciano

Fis2 (169731) 2021-11-12 10:22

Witaj Paul!
A very nice photos from forest.
This photo makes impression.
Interesting POV, composition and colors.
Well done.
Good evening.
Krzysztof

emka (157280) 2021-11-12 10:27

Hello Paul, Indeed strange that just one tree has no leaves. But it gave the opportunity of a very attractive composition. Wonderful colours. I like the beech forests but in many parts of Poland we are out of range.
We have on the border of Warsaw much bigger forest - Puszcza Kampinoska 24000 ha, but I haven't been there for years.
Best regards

MAlgo

Tue (91574) 2021-11-12 10:52

Hallo Paul,
Een prachtige gezicht op het bladerdak hier waar de lichtblauwe lucht mooi doorheen kwam. Er is een heel aantrekkelijke mix van herfstbladeren en nog groene bladeren. Vanuit verschillende hoeken van de foto steken er reiken er mooi wat stammen naar het midden.
Lars

pierrefonds (113590) 2021-11-12 11:21

Bonsoir Paul,

Le sommet des arbres donne une bonne idée de la hauteur. La prise de vue permet de voir les détails des arbres. La lumière donne un bon rendu aux couleurs de l'image. Bonne soirée.

Pierre

PiotrF (54246) 2021-11-12 15:26

Hello Paul,
Interesting pictures from Sonian Forest. I like amazing composition here. Picture with beautiful colours and very good quality.
Fine presentation
Regards
Piotr

ifege (46951) 2021-11-12 19:58

Hi Paul
I do like taking photos upwards in forests for the unique perspective that they give. This is a great one with its autumn colours.
cheers
Ian

ikeharel (112439) 2021-11-12 21:18

Wonderful composition with an upwards view to the canopy in the forest, Paul.
WS's also attracative colors cast in autumn magnificent phenomenon.
Wish you a nice weekend,
Ike

pajaran (114915) 2021-11-12 23:10

Pozdrav.

Interesantan i lep pogld, dobar tekst ...
Lepo drvece i lisce u jesen, dobro pokazano sa lepim bojama i kontrastom.
Dobar rad sa lepim fotografijama u radionici.
Lepa suma.

Zelim vam lep dan, sve najbolje za vikend.
Paja

jemaflor (146280) 2021-11-12 23:30

Salut Paul,
un bon angle de prise de vue qui donne un bel effet de perspectives avec ces troncs, beaux feuillages avec ces teintes automnale, c'est bien pris, très photogénique.

COSTANTINO (115539) 2021-11-12 23:49

Hello my dearest friend
great inspiration the right timing
a different window to God....
regards
Costantino

Royaldevon (85606) 2021-11-13 14:48

Hello Paul,

This is an eye-catching view of the trees, the trunks naturally drawing us towards the sky, with lots of opportunities to observe the different hues, present on the leaves. The patches of sunlight on the trunk are most interesting, unexpected features.
I like the details and composition of your w/s just as much.

My warm regards,
Bev 😊

mkamionka (73374) 2021-11-13 23:02

Hi Paul,
Indeed sometimes we are so spoiled with the places we see around the world that we forget there are beautiful destinations not far from home. Sadly I didn't manage to capture the colorful moments of autumn this year again. Very original presentation with the interesting perspective. THe sharpness and clarity is amazing and the final effect resembles very much the little colorful dots on the paintings of impresssinists.
Excellent work.

Thank you for your comment, I gave it a longer answer underneath my photo.
M

BennyV (34742) 2021-11-14 9:17

Machtige natuurfoto, Paul.
Majesteuze natuur!

Benny

ChrisJ (171222) 2021-11-15 6:08

Hello Paul,

A terrific upward pov of the forest in its Autumn finery of green and gold, with the blue sky providing a suitable backdrop. Good sharpness too. Tfs!

worldcitizen (15956) 2021-11-18 17:30

Hello Paul,
We always need to remember to look, and down, or we might miss something. :-) I like how the trunk of the tree is soaring into the sky diagonally. The leaves are very pretty, too. It's cool how one path can be bare, and the other be covered in red leaves, like you've shown in the WS.

mcmtanyel (67657) 2021-11-19 17:46

Hello Paul,
Looking up in this forest yielded a fantastic photo. Well seen and rendered.
Regards,
MT