Since i was a young child, i love the wood, from the very beginning of my childhood. The animals and plants were always intersting to me, and i always loved - and still love - the dark and cool atmosphere of the wood, though we have in Northern Germany mostly coniferous woodland and only at the edge of our forests small stripes of deciduous wood. I loved to climb on trees or explore the wonders of nature - sometimes i found a feather or new - to me unknown - plants, mushrooms or flowers. Sometimes i even found dead animals or new buildings - this was always very exciting to me and my friends. I am very thankful for my childhood in a small village, because me and my friends had so much nature to explore. The wood was full of miracles and it was great fun to walk through the woods of my hometown.
This evening i was in the mood, to walk again a few minutes in one of these childhood-forests - and i was astonished, how similiar it looked to the time of my childhood, in the 60ties and 70ties. In the 80ties is looked totally different, because of a big clear felling, but in the meantime the wood has grown again and it almost looks like it looked when i was a little boy. This was the inspiration to me, to create a bit a spooky atmosphere on this shot, because i felt very small and little, then, when i entered the realms of this dark wood with the big trees. For children the wood is probable a bit darker and the trees are bigger than for grown up people.
One word about my used camera: I made the shot with the Oly E3, which is always a good companion, especially when it must go quick and i don't want to wear heavy gear. Together with the "kit lens" :-) 12-60mm and the built in vibration reduction system it is a very good and easy to wear "All in one"-solution. I do not need a tripod or additional lenses - the D200@18-200 is for some occasions my alternative to the E3, especially because of the bigger tele focal length (f.e. if it could happen to shoot wild animals or when i am out on big areas, where i have to shoot very long distances), while the Oly@12-60 offers good perspectives with the popup-liveview-display. The Nikon is better in noise, the Oly is more robust and water proof, its 12-60mm lens is almost a macro lens.
Both systems are great "1 camera/1lens for the whole shooting"-solutions, but this time i preferred the Oly, mostly because of laziness and because i used it not very often in the last weeks. I was in the mood for fourthirds, so to speak. ;-)
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