These trees looked like prehistoric creatures with their roots above ground. In a way they look very fragile and they make you wonder how they can stay upright, one the other hand they show the ingenuity of nature to survive. These ent like trees don't look eerie because they were photographed in amazing conditions which I have only seen once. It was slightly misty, but it was a luminous kind of fog which was then backlit by golden light of the rising sun l making the background yellow. The fog turned into a shade of green due to the reflections of the spring leaves. Sometimes this can be a very striking effect, but in this case it was subtle and soft, which is how I like it. I was working on my roots project at the time and to be honest, I have never seen the Tolkien movies and the word Ents was unknown to me. I photographed roots because I was struggling to find mine. These trees to me represent strength and adaptation to the challenges and that really speaks to me
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.
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