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Written by Florian Launette on 2025-01-25 at 21:46

Do you know the legend of the Kindelesbrunnen? The one that tells why storks deposit babies?

This fable was born in Alsace, around 1850. Women who wanted to have a child had to make a wish above a Kinderbrunnen, in other words a "children's well", maintained by a gnome with a white beard. Under the Strasbourg Cathedral there was an underground lake where the souls of children waiting to be born played. Once the wish was made, the gnome took his boat to go and fish out a soul and deposit it on the edge of the well.

This is where our stork arrived and with its powerful beak, it deposited the baby in a basket before carrying it to its cradle.

If the fable was born in Alsace, it is because for a long time, it was the only region where storks were found. In large numbers. Almost every rural village had its nest, which was not the case in the rest of France, where the species was absent or extremely rare.

In Croatia, we are lucky: there are many storks. The White one of course but also the Black one, very threatened and endangered in France.

How I took this photo ? Canon EOS R3 - EF500mm f/4L IS II USM +2x III - 1000 mm 1/2000e f8 Iso 400 Manual Raw Not IA

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Written by utunuttu on 2025-01-25 at 21:47

Wonderful capture 🤎

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Written by Florian Launette on 2025-01-25 at 21:47

@utunuttu thank you very much 🙏🏻

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Written by Michael Lyon on 2025-01-26 at 02:21

Great photo!

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Written by Florian Launette on 2025-01-26 at 06:45

@mlyon0486 Thank you !

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Written by Jacob Black Photography on 2025-01-26 at 04:43

@Florianlaunette this is fantastic! Thank you for sharing. I’ve found a local area with a lot of Heron nests and have been chasing a shot like this for a long time.

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Written by Florian Launette on 2025-01-26 at 06:46

@jbeesfilm@mastodon.social keep trying, you will do it. Wait until sunset and you might be lucky as me. Have a nice day

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Written by Juan Camilo Sinisterra on 2025-01-26 at 11:02

Incredible shot!

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Written by Florian Launette on 2025-01-26 at 11:04

@jcsinisterra Thank you 🙏🏻🙏🏻

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