Finland is amazing. Its amazing during summer and fall, but its in winter that it goes beyond amazing and just turns into somekind of fairytale frozen planet. It really is incredible. And if you like trees, Finland has just what you need. There are trees everywhere. Endless forests stretching endlessly beyond the horizon. Do i like trees? No, i dont like trees. I adore trees! If i was forced to choose between shooting trees or mountains for all eternity, and i had to choose just one of them, i would choose trees. Thats how much i love photographing trees.
The trees in this particular shot is not typical for the area we visit in Lapland. There is mostly the incredible conifer trees as well as birches that are dominant. But on our way up to Riisitunturin National Park we passed a small patch of these almost dead spruce trees. They looked so naked and cold, yet so strikingly beautiful. And the shape of the ground made the whole scene a bit sensual in a weird way. Its hard to explain what attracts me in certain scenes, and in this case i think very few would find this attracting, but i absolutely love the stark zombie like beauty present in this scene. No colour at all. A very monochromatic scene, stripped to its core. I couldnt take my eyes away. I framed it so that the curve shape of the ground became prominent and gave some kind of harmony to the composition.