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Sun rays in the forest

During one of many morning walks in this beautiful forest in the Netherlands, I was greeted by mist, fog and some incoming sunlight. This forest is also known as the "forest of the dancing trees" in the Netherlands. In this forest, only the trees that weren't straight where not cut down by the farmers in the area. These trees were used for building houses in the late 1800's. Therefore, the wonky trees remained behind. But luckily for us, this gives us amazing subjects to photograph!

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 09.2020
Date Uploaded: 11.2020
Photo Location: Ermelo, Netherlands
Camera: NIKON Z 7
Copyright: © Matthijs Bettman