This path with its meadows to the right is prone to fog and I have been fortunate on many occasions with the light, yet autumn colours felt too vibrant for me and winter does not do these trees justice either and so when I was able to photograph it in summer with the beeches now devoid of any neon colours, the more muted atmosphere made this into a much calmer image. The path is very narrow and the trees don't stand in line perfectly, which is exactly the way I like a path to be. The ivy on the trunks creates incredibly intricate patterns, like drawn adornments on these trees, which is what made me choose the tree on the right as the first tree in the frame. The swirls on the trunk add much detail to the image, lifting it from the ordinary to the extraordinary
Ellen Borggreve is a landscape photographer and author of Woodscapes and Praxisbuch Wälder fotografieren, among others. She was born and raised in the woods of the Veluwe where her love for trees originated. Besides forests she also likes to photograph Dutch coastal scenes.
The focus is on tranquil scenes..
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