This is quite a well-known picture of mine that was published in calendars and magazines all over the world. It is the horizontal version of Moodiness which is also available in my shop here. The vertical image emphasizes the narrowness of the path where this one focuses on the wide entrance with narrows down in the background almost like a funnel of birches. The path has a naturally yellow shade and the fog turned into shades of green and blue due to the reflections of both the blue sky and the green summer foliage of the trees. In August the foliage turns into a lovely dull dark green which has a painterly feel rather than Spring's bright neon colours, which I often find a bit overwhelming.
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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