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Matt Anderson
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Congratulations to Matt Anderson for winning Feature Thread of the Week with 12 votes - View Previous Winners

While in Scotland I visited this wonderful lush forest. On a frigid December morning cold temperatures, fog, and a high pressure front created perfect conditions for hoar frost to form. Before my very eyes, the forest transformed into a mystical sugar coated delight. I spent a several hours walking around and photographing hundreds of compositions throughout the area. All the images were taken with a D800E and my favorite light and long travel lens, the highly underrated 70-300mm. I was like a kid in the candy store, almost giddy as I peered through the viewfinder, zooming and panning compositions. The forest seemed to have it's own micro climates and species. As I got closer to the water's edge, the moss on the trees was much more prominent. Deeper in the forest I found darker and warmer tones, fiery leaves blanketing the forest floor. I have a dozen images polished up from this day, it was hard to only pick 5. I hope you enjoy.

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Into the Mystic #7

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Mar 04, 2017 at 11:43 AM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Into the Mystic Series

Beautiful!

Mar 04, 2017 at 11:48 AM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Into the Mystic Series

Superb! Such beauty!

Mar 04, 2017 at 12:52 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Into the Mystic Series

Beautiful images, Matt! The mood is wonderful.
Keith W.

Mar 04, 2017 at 01:01 PM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Into the Mystic Series

Hi Matt...

All of these are extra special. You've earned my vote for your series of photographs that are art...far above the typical landscape.

Thanks
Tom

Mar 04, 2017 at 01:09 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Into the Mystic Series

beautiful, perfect timing

Mar 04, 2017 at 02:50 PM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Into the Mystic Series

A stunning series of shots.

Cheers Ray

Mar 04, 2017 at 04:38 PM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Into the Mystic Series

Mystical scenes. Terrific shots
Harsha

Mar 04, 2017 at 04:50 PM

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Matt

I bet you felt like a kid in a candy store!. These pictures are direct and well seen. The tone scale with the light is superb. I especially like the background light and deep shadow detail. That you had the time to make these deliberate compositions is unbelievably RARE!!

The images translate an awesome light and beautiful forest. Sans is the feeling of over the top digital manipulation or need to make the photos work. Thank you for that! And thanks for the pictures.

Claude

P.S. You may enjoy the book Scotland with photos by Jean-Pierre Gilson

Mar 04, 2017 at 06:04 PM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Into the Mystic Series

Magnificent series!

Mar 04, 2017 at 06:06 PM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Into the Mystic Series

Incredible images, #1 is superb as well as all the others.
Brian

Mar 04, 2017 at 07:02 PM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Into the Mystic Series

Whoa, no kidding about magical!

All of these are special but for some reason the 1st one grabs my attention

Dan

Mar 04, 2017 at 07:29 PM

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#7 does it for me, all great though! Beautiful tones and colors, nice job on the processing

Mar 04, 2017 at 07:50 PM

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Just one word. Amazing.

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Bill

Mar 04, 2017 at 11:41 PM

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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · Into the Mystic Series

Stunning!
Lonnie

Mar 04, 2017 at 11:46 PM

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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · Into the Mystic Series

Beautiful! Your #7 is my favorite. I love trees but have a very hard time with composition. I will start trying a longer focal length.
Thanks for sharing.
Bob

Mar 05, 2017 at 07:30 AM