Very old beech trees in foggy winter wonderland.
The tree in the front was one that I really loved with its grumpy elephant-like trunk. This was the last time I was able to photograph it before it succumbed. I have another horizontal version of this photograph in my shop, but this vertical one caught the most amazing warm light just between rain and heavy thaw. These tree creatures reminded me of Alice in Wonderland's famous words : "Curiouser and Curiouser", because they are like entities from another realm, a fantasy world where trees come alive and snow still exists.
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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