Arboretum Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

This is Krasnokutskiy Arboretum, one of the oldest botanical gardens in Ukraine and one of the most interesting examples of Ukrainian landscape architecture. It was founded in 1793 by Ivan Ivanovich Karazin, the first Ukrainian botanist, at his family estate of Osnovintsi (now a part of Krasnokutsk). The arboretum was the final stop of our two-day bike trip over old Ukrainian estates in Kharkivska oblast.

In the picture you see the upper pond with the island of Love, which is believed to be very good for kissing. Around this and another pond about 350 species of trees and bushes from all over the world grow and are the biosphere for many animals. Scientists even found an absolutely new species of insects there, which was called Exochus karazinii Tolkaniz in honor of the arboretum founder’s father Ivan Nazarovich Karazin.

GPS coordinates: 50.083 Lat, 35.163 Long

Please see other shots from this trip – 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

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toto (18709) 2009-07-04 13:41

Bonsoir,
belle photo de ces cygnes au bord de l' eau.
Je crois qu' il y a un peu de surexposition des blancs du pont.
Je me permet de faire un petit WS qui diminue un peu la sur-ex et augmente les détails des reflection sur ce beau plan d' eau.

Amitiés Thomas

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Nicou (44737) 2009-07-04 15:14

Hello,

Très belle iamge, ces cygnes blancs sont mangigique, avec la belle vue sur le plan d'eau, cette verdure, superbe compo, de mervielleux reflets.

Bravo et amitié

Nicou

rodgerg (23993) 2009-07-04 22:59

Hello Sergiy,

A very nice place full of serenity and a beautiful view. Good use of square format, supreb reflections in the water, details well collected. An excellent FG too with the two szann.
Have a nice Sunday,
Roger

jhm (82461) 2009-07-05 4:35

Hello Sergiy,

Thank you very much for your trip 1-2-3-4, very well done.
Lovely cityscape with a lot sunny colours.
You play excellent with light and shadow, sharpness and clarity are superb.
Very well done, TFS.

Have a nice sunday,
John.

daddo (11342) 2009-09-03 1:38

Zdravo Sergiy. A very peaceful image. Beautiful reflections and variety of shades of green. Nice POV with the white swans in the FG. Regards. Klaudio.