Poplar

Poplar

Poplar

The poplar, iconic tree of the Lower Rhine region. A tree losing its former friends: poplars are deemed weak, useless, allergy-forming like birches. They are lining streets and railway embankments. Without them, the landscape would change drastically.

About Manfred Berndtgen

Manfred Berndtgen, maintainer of this site, is a part-time researcher with enough spare time for doing useless things and sharing them with the rest of the world. His main photographic subjects are made of plants or stones, and since he's learning Haskell everything seems functional to him.