This was once a mighty beech tree, now it is a tree trunk with still great character. I spotted how it was almost like he had an arm that was stretched out with in his hand a bundle of twigs. I find it puzzling how he can hold onto these small branches, but it is an intriguing thing to not fully understand the magic of nature. The trunk was covered in toadstools. The funny thing is that I tried to photograph this n foggy conditions, which did not turn out that great. On this morning the autumn leaves were lit up by the rising sun and this made the perfect fairytale backdrop for this ruler of his magical kingdom.
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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