Here’s the perfect example of the ‘ordinary little square shots’ I was talking about in the previous post.
A lot of effort and hard work in the field to find some compositional order within the chaos of the forest (far more cluttered than it appears here)… only to end up with a pleasing shot that is, all things considered, rather ordinary.



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Definitely not satisfied with the ‘ordinary little square shots’ that are easily obtainable in the woods using a medium telephoto lens, I tried to ‘dare’ a more elaborate and personal approach, which cost me several leg cramps because of the awkward position I had to assume in order to frame and take the shot.
This image was created using the focus stacking technique (4 shots), allowing me to keep both the flowers in the extreme foreground and the trees in the background in sharp focus.



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I spent three days in the beautiful beech and oak forests of the Wienerwald, near Vienna, during the peak of the wild garlic bloom.
Unfortunately, the weather gave me extremely harsh light and an almost complete absence of clouds to diffuse it, so I ended up shooting only when the sun was low, just before sunset.
By the end of each day, my clothes were so saturated with the scent of the blossoms that I felt like some kind of walking garlic bread.



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In the less marshy areas of the Cracovian forest mentioned in the previous post, some clearings open up, leaving room for an undergrowth often characterised by the presence of ferns, which in my opinion are plants of particular grace and elegance.
In this season, their immature light green colour makes them stand out from their surroundings.


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When I am in a forest, I generally feel a certain inner peace and a kind of intimate spiritual connection.
If the forest is also flooded, I can feel myself in a kind of small earthly paradise.
If, in addition, the sky is cloudy, the joy for my eyes becomes total, because my gaze can appreciate every detail of the surrounding chaos while the different greens of the foliage become so intense that they seem to pierce me with injections of vital energy.
In this state of grace, I spent hours wandering around the Cracovian swampy forest in Slovenia, sinking in water and mud up to my knee, trying as usual to find, in the absolute chaos, a hopefully decent composition that could do justice to the place.


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Here is a very classic view of the waterfall at the springs of Enna stream.
The considerable water flow prevented me from positioning myself inside the stream in order to try other shots.
The lush vegetation around the waterfall also prevented me from trying to photograph it from more original viewpoints.
However, I like the shot for its atmosphere.



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Many years have passed since I first fell in love with this old and twisted beech tree along the Dardagna creek. This year I was finally able to find the right conditions to capture its strength and beauty.


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In the middle of the creek, with strong winds shooting water splashes at me from the bottom and with downpours coming from the top, I can’t say it was relaxing trying to take this picture: water drops on the lens and on the camera, constantly moving branches and leaves, camera movements always lurking.
An hour-and-a-half-long struggle to find the right composition and the right moment.
But I think it was worth it in the end.



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Another shot from Prästaskogens naturreservat, with some twisted beech trees in their last dance before the cold winter.

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This is the scenario with which Söderåsen National Park welcomed me last week.
A place that will stay in my heart for its intimate and delicate beauty.
I diffused and softened the light with an in camera double exposure.

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