Landscape Photo Competition 2013 No 4 : Entry Number 179

Blurry to some, beautiful to others. I love slow shutter in-forest photography techniques which are tricky to get right, but which can be so creative. You have succeeded in visualising an atmosphere and in taking its picture. You have made strong lines and shapes from the trees and their undergrowth giving a harmonious yet surreal effect with a beautiful pastel palette of colours. Taking your photography one step further has made this picture beautiful and interesting. Well done.

Thank you for choosing once again one of my pictures as a finalist in one of the competitions. My name is Stefan Betz and I am a nature and wildlife photographer from germany. I shot this pictures while testing a 1ds Mark III in combinationen with an EF 50mm 1.8. I wanted to create pictures with a painted look a like. It seems it worked. Greets & Thank you Stefan Betz