The beauty of this image, I think, is the layering. The first, front layer is where I am standing. Between the trees. Here it is a little dark. The next layer is the clearing where the light falls on the grass. The path leads the eye nicely through all the layers. The clearing ends with a "wall" of conifers. Then comes another dark area under the conifers. In the very middle, we are looking at a 'wall' of foliage along a path, which is thus open again. Photo was taken in the Emmerdennen in the spring of 2022.
I love bringing my camera into a forest. To properly catch the atmosphere of a forest is a challenge. The light is usually insufficient but that adds to the atmosphere... Read more…