Meditative power of the forest by Silva Wischeropp

I took this meditative landscape shot during a photo walk in the Märkisch Oderland region on 15 February 2019. I discovered the graphic-looking, wintry motif at Lake Baa. Lake Baa is located very close to Altranft between Bad Freienwalde and Wriezen in a valley basin surrounded by mountains. The mixed forest area is one of the most beautiful excursion destinations in the region and is one of the most famous forest areas in Germany because of its special tree population.
Even Fontane was fascinated by Lake Baa. He described it in his "Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg". Like the Unterfutter oak, the lake is entwined with old myths and legends. Here you will find even in the smallest area: the tallest tree in Brandenburg, many hiking trails and the Baasee marsh with wild orchids.
Lake Baa is surrounded by magnificent forest, mainly beech and oak trees. The lake owes its formation to the last ice age. Situated in a basin, it has neither inflow nor outflow. It gets its water from the surrounding springs.
Slender, tall beech trees sway in the sunny winter light. The abstraction into monochrome black and white gives the elegant nature motif a timeless, strength-giving and healing pictorial effect. The arrangement of the dark, towering trunks of the deciduous trees lends the picture a particularly dynamic choreography. The darkly accentuated winter sky creates a dramatic pictorial mood. The group of trees invites us to dance in order to restore the lost, inner balance. The graphic realisation in black and white tones makes the pictorial work perfectly suited to living and working spaces. The enchanting play of light and glow of the treetops in the sky lend strength and confidence.