Kilian Schonberger is a professional photographer and geographer from Germany. His shots of the Czech Bohemian Forest capture the misty landscape's magical aura. (Kilian Schonberger)

German photographer Kilian Schonberger is color blind. Yet his landscape photos of the Czech Bohemian Forest on the German-Czech border are spectacular. He believes that his color blindness allows him to focus his attention to structures and overall image composition.

“My color blindness concerns several tones: I can’t distinguish green from red, magenta from grey, violet from blue and so on,” Schonberger told weather.com. “Sometimes I think that color blindness can even be an advantage, especially in chaotic sceneries like forest environments.”

Schonberger is a nature photographer who hopes that his images can help to soothe our minds in today’s chaotic world.

(MORE: Infrared Photos of Nepal Create a Psychedelic Wonderland)

“I think there is a deep longing for tranquil naturalness among people in our technology-driven environment,” he said. “Therefore, I don’t want to show just portrayals of natural scenes. I want to create visually accessible places where the visitor can virtually put his mind to rest. Possibly this is the real benefit of my work — resting places for the eyes in an overstimulated world.”

During the reign of Soviet Russia, the Czech section of the Bohemian Forest was forbidden, according to Dr. Gernot Peter, head of The Museum of the Bohemian Forest in Vienna, Austria. During the Iron Curtain’s operation, a large portion was used for Czech military camps and training. Although hundreds of villages were destroyed during this time period, after the Curtain’s fall, the beautiful landscape was found to be mostly unharmed. Nature quickly took over once again and only a few ruins are left, Peter said. The 74 miles of the forest between Austria, the Czech Republic and Germany is now protected.

Schonberger has been digitally capturing nature on and off for 10 years. He started taking photos with a digital camera in 2003 in the Alps, but he unfortunately dropped his camera down a waterfall. In 2006 he got his first DSLR camera, and that’s when things really took off.

“For me, photography is an opportunity to show people the way I see the world,” said Schonberger. “Beyond that it’s a way to express my creativity and even some kind of a meditation to me. Others do yoga, I take a headlamp and ascend mountains in the darkness of night.”