This photograph is on the cover of the book Woodscapes that I am the co-author of. It is a special picture for many reasons, perhaps because it is proof of my stubbornness. This was taken in the middle of August when the heath was in full bloom and all photographers flocked on the Posbank, which is not far from where I live. I am an introvert who can't work in crowds and so I did the opposite of photographing the blooming moorlands. I went to the forest, next to the moorlands and saw this dense fog building up. The sun had great difficulty piercing through it and for many hours the scene was so magical that I still consider this the best day of my photography life. There is a sense of reverence watching something like this unfold before your eyes, it comes quite close to a spiritual or mystical experience. This is why I love being out there in the landscape on my own. The stillness of an early late summer morning, the promise of a hot day and the knowledge that everyone else is flocking to on one spot and I, all alone, in a woodland I know so very well and love so very much.
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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