As I was walking through the woods towards some small lakes in my neighborhood (Netherlands), I saw the sun illuminating these trees and I had to take a picture.
The compositions I was making couldn't capture that aw feeling, so out of frustration I decided to try an ICM.
After some walking up and down I found the right foreground, mostly straight trees and a limited sky, which resulted in this photo.
Shot 2025-05-19 07:26:52 in natural light with Nikon Z8 + 24-120 F4; Manual, 96mm, 0.4, F16, ISO64
In post processing (my camerasetup excludes any picture enhancements) I had to do some cropping and cleaning up to make it more serene.