These ancient chestnut trees are quite challenging to photograph. I tried again and again and spent one entire morning one just a few square meters trying out compositions with just my prime 50mm lens. I had been working on a one lens project and to make this image work, I had to resort to creating a vertical panorama of 5 images that were then combined to create one photograph. These trees are not in the best condition anymore and I fear they might soon be gone, which is why photographing them became even more important to me. I converted this image into a black and white because the I wanted to emphasize the age of the trees and to make it look more like a pencil drawing. I was able to create almost the same image again a week later in dense fog, which has quite a different mood to it. This image will also be available in my shop
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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