Walking in this forest of a very foggy winter morning was eerie to say the least. This forest is believed to be haunted and in normal conditions this feels like nonsense, but walking there, getting lost at times and finding my way back again felt like I was being watched. At one point a woman with her dog crossed the path and she said : I am positively scared today and I always come here. I was uncomfortable but also intrigued. The old beeches looked alive. I had never been able to create a good image in this forest, but with this dense fog, which was haunting at times, but still and serene as well, the trees looked like they had never done before. Only in winter could this tree look so animated with its magnificent branches leaning over the path. I never found this spot back again after I captured this.
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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