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I haven't photographed these trees since 2016 if I'm not mistaken, among others I noticed that they grew bigger, so did those in the forest below, so it's a bit harder to separate each other so that a minimalist frame comes out and that the tips of the others do not fit into the frame and have room to "breathe" in the lower right corner. The conditions were special so that they allowed the making of this image full of contrasts. The black clouds that covered the sky and only a few small cracks in the clouds that allowed the sun to send a ray of light, all these contributed to the creation of this image dear to me, from a place I photographed a few years ago. The same place can surprise you and always offers you something new. This image was made in Parang Mountains, Romania.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 02.2020
Date Uploaded: 10.2021
Photo Location: Romania
Camera: ILCE-7RM2
Copyright: © Cosmin Ovidiu Stan