Winter had started already, but the vibrant orange leaves of the oak trees still hanging on when I photographed them on this very foggy day . The contrast of the oak trees with its twisted branches with the straight elegant birch trees in the background is something that really spoke to me. The trees on the foreground look like they are dancing in the silence of the fog. I love how everything becomes so still on misty days like these, how things become simplified and peaceful
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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