Photography in promotion and preservation of natural heritage

This year I was participating in Grundtvig workshop “Photography in promotion and preservation of natural heritage” in Estonia. The organization is by Vapramäe-Vellavere-Vitipalu foundation.

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Photo: Māris Celmiņš
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Valguta polder
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Valguta polder
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Valguta polder
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fern
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fir needle in the air
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Vapramäe Landscape conservation area
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Vapramäe Landscape conservation area

The most important in nature photography is waiting and the ability to see or find objects, especially small objects.

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Lizard foot at Vapramäe Landscape conservation area
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Lizard at Vapramäe Landscape conservation area
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Lizard at Vapramäe Landscape conservation area
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Lizard at Vapramäe Landscape conservation area
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Lily of the valley
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dragonfly
One of the visited places was Soomaa National park and it swap, what I realy like.
Soomaa National Park, created in 1993, is the youngest in Estonia, although its area (390 km²), places it second after Lahemaa National Park in terms of size. The national park, situated in Transitional Estonia, was created to protect large pristine raised bogs, flood plain grasslands, paludified forests and meandering rivers. The territory of the park is mostly covered with large mires, separated from each other by the rivers of the Pärnu River basin — Navesti, Halliste, Raudna and Lemmjõgi rivers.
Soomaa was included in the list of important nature protection areas of Europe in 1997, becoming a CORINE biotope area. Since June 17, 1997 it has also been included in the Ramsar list of international wetlands and in 1998 Soomaa National Park was nominated to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Soomaa swamp

Wake up at 2AM and going to swamp, 20 minutes after sunset came in sight sun.

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Soomaa swamp
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Soomaa swamp
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Soomaa swamp
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Soomaa swamp
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Soomaa swamp
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Soomaa swamp
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Soomaa swamp
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Soomaa swamp
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Soomaa swamp
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Spider’s web at Soomaa swamp
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Spider’s web at Soomaa swamp
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Spider’s web at Soomaa swamp
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Soomaa swamp
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Spider’s web at Soomaa swamp
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Spider’s web at Soomaa swamp

Other side of a swamp is another place. To get there you need cross a swing rope bridge, what was a little bit dangerous.

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Soomaa National park
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Soomaa National park

On the ground in the grass was a lot of photographed objects.

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caterpillar
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The Gardener’s building near to Luke Manor (Kämeri maja)
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Near to Luke Manor
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ants
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Special thanks to our trainers and nature photographers: Arne Ader and Urmas Tartes, and organizator Kart Leppik