Oak Arcade by Ellen Borggreve

Whilst a morning hike over the moorlands I came across these arcading oak trees. The framed the winding path perfectly and the early morning mist made this an even more painterly scene. I love the dull greens of the end of summer, without the neons of Spring and the bright colours of autumn. There is something very subtle and calming about the colour of the foliage just before they change in yellow, orange and red. This scene no longer exists. As is often the case with overhanging trees, these are vulnerable to storms and other unfortunate weather conditions, but I am grateful I was able to photograph this before it vanished

This artwork is offered by Ellen Borggreve

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 that seem to lie outside everyday reality, without people in the picture, with subjects that are about to disappear often being the subject. The fleeting patterns in the sand, but especially old forest giants that are disappearing at breakneck speed due to climate change.

Ellen is an awarded photographer at 1x and was named one of the world's best landscape photographers by Photoblog in 2019. Her work has been published in books, Nature Photography Magazine, Focus, Landscape Photography Magazine, On Landscape and many other publications. She shares her knowledge gained during her long career as a soft sculpture artist and designer combined with over 40 years of experience in photography in the many articles she writes for Landscape Photography Magazine and also her own blog. She also enjoys teaching where she puts the individual vision of photographers first.

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