Photographing forests can leave many photographers stumped; dull lighting can often prove challenging, and as for deciding on the perfect composition it can often be difficult to see the wood for the trees.
So if you’re struggling for inspiration on photographing forests, the images featured here are fantastic examples of just how creative you can be. Forget boring tree photos – shooting forests can yield some of the most versatile and creative results in landscape photography.
Waking Morning © Dmitriy Alekseev
Foggy Morning © Martin Rak
© ’Eye Poetry‘
More Ghosts in the Woods © Colin Campbell
Aspen Forest © Chad Galloway
Sleeping Forest © Иван Казаков
The Forest Awakens © Dennis Fischer
Red Tree Line © Rok Godec
The Cloaking Woods © Lars van de Goor
Sunlight © Hans Kruse
Nature 03 © Mihailo Radicevic
1567 © Peter Holme iii
Silver © Brad Orr
A Walk in the Woods © Ron Azevedo
Sightings © Agneiszka Dargiel
Miracle Forest © Michael-Muller
Red Wood © Evgeni Dinev
Meet in a Dream © Toshikazu Miyazaki
In the Woods © Peter Hartono
Louisiana Plantation © Pompo Bresciani
Hoh © Zeb Andrews
Into the Woods © Bas Meelker
Cynics are Right Nine Times Out of Ten © Marty Desilets
Highness © Alain Baumgarten
Heavenly Light © Ron Azevedo
Dukes Pass Trossachs © David Mould
Falling into Winter © Agnieszka Dargiel
Enchanted Forest © Andreas Jones
50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain © Johny Blaze
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Posted on Thursday, March 29th, 2012 at 11:24 am under Inspire.
Tags: in pictures, landscape photography
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