Appreciation of photography | A tribute to 《game of thrones》— Use the camera to tell the wonderful story of the forests of medieval Europe

The eighth and final season of 《 game of thrones 》 premiered on April 14, 2019, and fans around the world are thrilled.One fan is German photographer Kilian Schonberger, who recently paid tribute to the magical series with his own offbeat images.Schonberger's photographs, aptly titled "Winter is Coming", were shot in the dark forests and mountains of central Europe...

This article is divided into two parts, 《 game of thrones 》 series and the author's other photographic works

Photographer: Kilian Schonberger

Kilian Schonberger, born in 1985, is a photographer and geographer from Germany.He always wanted to be a photographer with a unique style and perspective -- even though he was colorblind.Schonberger, however, turned this disadvantage into an advantage, putting aside those colors and focusing on the mastery of light, shadow, line and texture of images. These efforts have attracted wide attention of his works in recent years.

Winter comes from the north, and so does the army of the dead

Westeros faces serious threats, not just from winterfell

The whole north would be assailed by the spears and swords of the white walkers and their undead

A frozen hand caught the mountain and Hornwood

Fear from the far north

A landscape of snow and ice

There is an ancient life there

Only a few people have seen them

Even fewer have met and survived

They were the white walkers

In the north, the war began

The others destroyed the land north of the wall

The fallen are the leaders of the night king's others

Recruit an army of the living dead

The wall the land north of the wall was taken

The people who live there have to flee

But those killed by the white walkers

They became members of the legion of the living dead

All life here is in the shadow of death

This powerful barrier protected the south for centuries

But even that kind of defense

Nor can they stop the night king and his army

The night's watch's soldiers are even weaker against the necromancers

The undead from the cold tomb

One by one the watchmen's posts were breached

Death and silence enveloped them

The invaders from the north did not stop their attack

Their armies flooded the land south of the wall like fog

Lonely mountain and hornwood forest are the night king's prime targets

The people who live there seem unable to escape bad luck

People prayed to god for mercy

The old sacred places in the forest are being revisited

But apparently faced with a powerful invader

There is nothing useless in prayer

The nobles sought refuge behind the castle

Civilians tried to flee into the forest

Some people leave the forest

Others still live in the forest

The nobles' castle became a trap

With the attack of the undead, this place becomes purgatory

The terrible thing is that no one is captured.

The war between brave soldiers and the undead is not equal

Under the power of the undead

Few survived

And they become the new force of the undead

The dead became rulers of the land

Almost all life here is gone

Humans have only a few choices

Hidden deep in the cold forest

Or hide behind the strong walls of a remote fortress

But these survivors' days are numbered

Under the attack of the undead

It is only a matter of time before the castle is breached

In the north of westeros, there is little hope of survival

Southerners, too, seem resigned to their fate

Is this the end of human history

But suddenly the sun shone red

No, that's not light. That's fire

It's the dragon's fire

The burning breath of the dragon is upon the cold undead

Has the dragon mother come to save us

Is this a turning point in the war

We don't know

But it's a perfect storyline in my imagination

Photography by Kilian Schonberger

Kilian Schoenberger has a forest behind his home

He had been fascinated by the enigmatic scene in the forest

Grimm's fairy tales and old stories from home

Was his source of inspiration

He is an excellent photographer

Congenital color blindness, which is why his works are so impressive

For him, color was always a game of chance

He explained that the

I don't have to visually distinguish colors

Instead, focus on stunning images and composition and texture

After the rain, stay until dawn

You can find fantastic conditions

High humidity and low temperatures usually create powerful fog

Can make the common forest full of mystery

The day before the shoot

Do your homework about the weather

Look for a high point while shooting

To look at the surroundings and at the right Angle

But usually for one shot, sometimes for several kilometers

In the forests of medieval Europe

Some areas have been grazed for over a century

Trees can be trampled into strange shapes by animals

But these are imaginative elements in his eyes

Fog became an important element in his paintings

More of Schonberger's photography