We were four photographers who set out on an adventure in a forest that not many people visit. The forest is behind a golf course so it is a bit difficult to access. But it is absolutely one of the most varied forests in the municipality. Something that I am particularly fond of is marshes, and there are plenty of marshes here. To my delight, there was also a high level of water in the ground, which meant that all the marshes were well filled. Every time we came to a marsh, the others would moaning, oh no, now we're going to be stucked here for a while again! And they were absolutely right about that. As soon as we arrived at this marsh, we couldn't help but marvel at this spruce tree that stood there at the water's edge. We immediately spread out in different directions. I found this view right away but was torn between using my 14 or 24mm lens. Since my 14mm was already attached, I started with that. But when I then switched to my 24mm, I immediately felt that it was the right choice. The sky was a problem, I was about to say "as always". It was completely white with no structure whatsoever. So I pointed the camera down to avoid the sky. To remove the glare from the sky in the water, I put a polarizing filter in front of the lens. However, I thought the reflection of the treetops added something to the image so I didn't turn the filter so much that it completely removed the reflection. The wind was completely still, but every now and then there were small gusts of wind that caused water drops from the trees to fall into the water and create air bubbles on the surface of the water. But since the shutter speed was 2 seconds, I had to wait a while so that the branches on the left in the water didn't move to get them sharp. Unfortunately, most of the air bubbles would disappear before then. So I had to wait for opurtunities when there were still some bubbles left after a gust of wind before I could take the next exposure of my focus stacking.
