This gargantuas plane tree in a nearby park is incredibly impressive, yet this time it serves as a frame for this park scene that all of a sudden changed into something mysterious when the light of the winter sun made created this cool haze obscuring all human objects from sight. These are the kinds of really lucky surprises when you least expect them. We were walking out dag here, as we often do, but I always bring a camera with me, because you just never know if something unexpected happens. In this case it did and the way this haze turned this park into something extraordinary was quite miraculous. I tried to balance out the greens and browns in this image and still have a gateway to the haze in the distance which creates a sense of mystery
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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