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Royalforrest
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Copyright: Gert Paassen (Gert-Paassen)
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| Genre: Landscapes |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2009-05-05 |
| Categories: Trees |
| Exposure: f/8, 1/20 seconds |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2009-09-06 20:52 |
| Viewed: 289 |
| Points: 26 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [Dutch] |
Today and landscaping picture from the royal forrest.
This are the private nature property from queen Beatrix and you may there walk and bycicle.
There are few roads for cars.
This one taken with low pov and it's a spring (water comes out the ground).
This are one of my favorite nature parcs because all what we have here in the Netherlands of mammals are in this parc.
Also the 3 species of snakes ( I have one specie).
So I hope you like this one.
Taken on my last rainyday from my first holiday this year to the Veluwe.
5 May are our Liberty day.
Tomorrow another nice flower.
Here are some notes about the royal forrest.
Our host for the day was Jaap Cooper, head forester for the 10,500 ha (100 m elevation) royal estate within the Veluwe National Park.This was the first forest in Holland to receive FSC certification.
The estate was originally established to serve as a royal hunting lodge. The sandy heather fields were mass-planted with Scots Pine (from North German provenance). This native species (SP) was used due to its ability to grow in this harsh environment. It would, in due course, create a more suitable microclimate below its canopy for other tree species. Afforestation was accomplished between 1855 and 1911. Today, Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), Japanese Larch (Larix kaempferi), Sessile Oak (Quercus petraea), Pedunculate Oak (Quercus robur), Beech (Fagus sylvatica), Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) and Birch (Betula spp.) have established through reintroduction (sown and planed) or natural colonisation. In areas where SP was not planted birch, Oak and Beech have invaded.
Current objectives for the estate are to manage its woodlands for the purposes of hunting, timber production, landscape value and nature conservation.These objectives are sometimes conflicting. A zoning system was implemented whereby 15% of the land area was designated as indigenous woodland with no harvest intervention, 75% indigenous woodland with intervention and 20% mixed exotic woodland with intervention.
Since 1985 a continuous cover forest system has been adopted, except for the areas planted with exotic species (Douglas fir). Hence, harvesting is done by selective felling.
Four dead trees per ha are kept for ecological reasons. Where clear felling is required, no more than two ha is felled at a time.
The estate’s current policy is to put no more investment into its forests, but only to intervene to control the quality of future (frame) trees. 100 future trees per hectare are selected, based on tree stability, and poor quality trees are thinned out.
Future trees are individually marked by the estate foresters and harvested when a suitable net present value (NPV) is achieved – normally between 35-40 cm DBH. The average estate yield class is estimated to be YC7 and an average of 50 m³ ha is harvested every 10 years. Exotics are thinned every five years. It is estimated that only two thirds of the estate’s increment is currently harvested.
In general, the form of the trees seemed relatively poor compared with UK standards. Timber is sold for between €5-10/m³ standing and €30/m³ at roadside for firewood. The estate sold 35,000 m³ of timber during 2005. The estate also has a nursery that supplies plants for export. The forest is open to the public for recreational purposes and this allows the estate to benefit from additional income through grants, though the estate would still be profitable without this income. Income is also generated from the estate restaurant and hunting licence fees. As there is no investment into the forests, there is minimal intervention (e.g. no pruning), purely due to economics. In the past, scarification was done to encourage natural regeneration, but high costs (€150/ha) did not make it viable to continue with this practice. No additional planting is done. By controlling deer numbers, natural regeneration is more successful.Wild boars are not an issue as their density is controlled by mast years. The overall impression was that the estate enjoys economies of scale, plus income from various minor sources, and can therefore afford not to invest and still be a profitable enterprise. |
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Hi and good mOrning Big Bro Gert,
What a beautiful and relaxing scene capture.
Perfect DOF/POV and fine composition.
TFS and have a nice week!
Cheers,
Bayram
Hello Gert
Nice scene shot with fine composition.
TFS and regards,
Deniz
- horias
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(3948) - [2009-09-07 2:38]
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Gert,
Great capture this forest landscape.
Lovely colors and details.
Horia
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- cirano
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Wonderful!...
Hello Gert,
A really beautiful scene with serene & lovely details. Great composition & POV.
Well done & TFS.
Regards
Umar
hello Gert
beautiful photo of the underwoods (sous-bois) of that forest,
you choosed a fine POV with the stream framed
by the trees and ground, i love the all trees background, TFS
Asbed
Hi Gert,
Indeed, the forest looks like a royality!
I like the dominating green color in the picture and the smell of freshness everywhere, is great to feel in the picture. The sharpness and POV are nice. The colors are perfectly natural and well defined through your picture. Great work!
thanks and regards,
Paras
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- PeterZ
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- [2009-09-07 8:09]
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Hallo Gert,
Prachtige foto vanuit de bossen bij 't Loo. Alles is goed in deze foto: scherpte, kleuren, standpunt, compositie en de sfeer. Het enige minpuntje vind ik dat de struiken in de verte te licht/te fel zijn, waardoor de dieptewerking in de foto wat minder wordt. Maar dat heb je zelf niet voor het uitkiezen.
Groet,
Peter
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- livius
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- [2009-09-07 10:18]
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Hello Gert
un bellissimo ritratto di questo sottobosco contornato da una morbida luce che lo rende davvero particolare: non sempre è facile fotografare in presenza di tutte queste varie sfumature di verde quando la luce non è proprio forte, ma nel tuo scatto hai saputo tirar fuori il meglio di ciò che la natura ci presenta.
Livio
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- jaycee
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(21912) - [2009-09-07 16:11]
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Hi Gert,
How beautiful the estate must be! This is a lovely scene. The greens and browns are just wonderful. I love the stream flowing down the center of the picture and would love to follow it around the bend. The low pov gives me a feeling of being there. A marvelous composition.
Jane
Hello Gert
This Royalforrest is a very great place, it must be great to walk in this forrest, i like to walk in forrests
the green and brown colors are fantastic and each detail is very sharp
Have a good night
Hello Gert
yesterday morning I simple marked and I came back to message.
this is really very beautiful place in forest. it make relax to humans, when look at it. great composition with small stream and superb coloration. thanks for sharing this beauty with good notes.
have a good night
Ahmet
Hoi Gert,
Weer een erg mooie foto van dit prachtig stukje Nederland. De diepte werking van de stroom is erg mooi, maar zoals Peter al schreef deze wordt iets minder door de fel belichte bomen. Iets waar je niets aan kan doen. De foto geeft een erg rustgevend gevoel. Wel had je iets meer contrast mogen gebruiken. Vooral links voor is de foto een beetje flets.
Groeten.
Niek
