Photos of trees

Lone tree, amazing sky

Veluwe, NL -

Scots pine

Veluwezoom, NL -

Aligned

Loenermark, NL -

I always strive to position my tripod in a way that the trees don't 'merge', since this can be quite distracting. In this image I managed to do so thanks to the nicely aligned trees. 😄

Lone tree, long exposure

Burgundy, FR -

There was almost no wind, but the clouds were moving, so I decided to go for a long exposure. I had to wait for some clouds to go behind the tree in such a way that the dark branches would stand out nicely against the white clouds.

Trees in the mist

Veluwezoom, NL -

Not a lone tree

Veluwezoom, NL -

Bouncing light

Veluwezoom, NP -

The shining sun poking through the clouds

Pine tree, sunlight and clouds

NP Veluwezoom, NL -

I just needed some really 'bad' weather and some dark clouds to make this an interesting photo. It was just a matter of wait, in the pooring rain, for the light to break through the clouds. I think it worked well.

Lone birch

NP Veluwezoom -

Another black and white intimate landscape photo of a lone birch tree that I photographed a few times before.

Golden hour sunset

Veluwe, NL -

October version of the same group of trees I photographed a few months ago, when the setting sun was way more to the right and outside of the frame. I planned to come back early October, when the position of the setting sun would be more behind, or at least closer to the trees, what hopefully has turned out to be a great shot.

Look at me!

West Bohemia, CZ -

Winter tree

Warnsborn, NL -

Countless times I passed by this birch tree and every time the circumstances are different. This morning the conditions were great. Some snowfall and mist made for a nice and soft image, perfectly isolating the tree, without a distracting background.

Stems

Veluwe, NL -

Perfect morning conditions with sun and mist make for this gorgeous light.

Split

Deelerwoud, NL -

I passed by this tree several times and it seems as if it has been struck by lightning. At least it gave me the opportunity to take this photograph, although it was a bit of a hassle to position my tripod in the right position. At first the sun was too yellow and too bright, but after a while it turned beautifully orange, revealing its spherical shape.

Last light

Veluwe, NL -

The late evening sunlight was struggling to find its way through the fog. I especially like the layers of grass fading into the distance.

Red glow

Veluwe, NL -

A few minutes after the sun had set, this amazing red glow appeared in the sky. Because I knew this would only last for a moment, I rushed back to a pair of trees I noticed earlier, set up my tripod and took the shot.

Beech tree

NP Veluwezoom, NL -

I always look for a lone beech tree in dark woodlands during late autumn season. The beautiful colored leaves often stand out from the dark background, as with this tree.

Lone tree

Posbank, NL -

To find a lone tree to stand out from the background without any distracting elements, look for a tree that's situated on top of a hill. This is hard to find in The Netherlands, where almost all the land is flat. Luckily, there are some push moraines from the last Glacial period in National Park Veluwezoom. Being there around sunrise was necessary to get a nice background glow behind this bare tree.