Forests have an ancient and mysterious charm that keeps us all coming back, whether we're photographers looking for the perfect shot or just travelers and weekenders. An expansive, natural and healthy forest is like a cathedral erected to the glory of nature, which is probably why we find these photos to be so stunning.
Luckily for those of us stuck in the city, talented photographers flock to forests' shaded canopies to take stunning photos like these. Kilian Schönberger and Guillermo Caballa are just a couple of talented photographers who find the forests of their countries to be endless wells of inspiration.
If you or someone you know of has some amazing photos of mysterious forests that belong in this list, please add those photos to this list! Vote for your favorites, too!
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Rila Mountains, Bulgaria
The Moss Swamp In Romania
White Carpathians
In the shapes of the leaves, in less than a second, on the right side in the middle my granddaughter spotted the shape of a leopard.
Hallerbos, Belgium
Beskydy Mountains, Czech Republic
Otzarreta Forest, Basque Country, Spain
Chinese Hemlock Trail, Taipingshan, Taiwan
Czech Republic
North Greenwich, London, England
Misty Forest
Stanton Moor, Peak District, Uk
Just beautiful.I just embroidered some tree trunk 3-D very much like it. Wow. The heather on the foreground is lovely. Great!
Italy
Nagoya, Japan
Haute-loire, France
Looks more like a scene from Little Red Riding Hood. And if you look in the center and right, you'll see three pairs of eerie blue eyes...
Germany
Taipingshan, Taiwan
Crooked Forest, Poland
Hallerbos, Belgium
Arashiyama, Japan
Latvia
Ghost Tree Forest Mt. Seymour , British Columbia.
Taipingshan, Taiwan
Trollskog Western Norway
I like to see photos of forests as they really look, not photoshopped to look like something out of a Sci Fi movie!
Whyte Lake Mossy Forest, British Columbia
The Sentinel
Poland
Germany, Burg Drachenfels
Bavaria, Germany
Morning In Estonian Birchwood
Germany
was a war faught here or something? it gives me that vibe. Great photo! any photo that immediately brings emotion is an A+
Lithuania
Monforte De Lemos. Galicia (spain)
Rarau, Romania
Croocked Forest, Nowy Czarnów, Poland
Oak Creek, Arizona
Glendalough, County Wicklow, Ireland
I know it's a forest but I can still imagine Jack the Ripper skulking about
Abandoned Railway Line Near Friockheim, Scotland..
Yakushima, Japan
Misty Forest, Rodnei Mountains, Romania
Estonian Bog Forest
Brownsberg Nationalpark, Suriname, South America
Kamacnik In Vrbovsko, Croatia
Paggaio, Greece
Romania
Romania
Rain Forest, Lynn Canyon, British Columbia
Penrhos Country Park, Holyhead
Penrhos Nature Reserve Holyhead Anglesey is a beautiful place. under risk from a development company. a 200 acre reserve on an AONB SoTragic
The Giant Tree Of Halatte Forest, France
Giant Totara Tree, Peel Forest, New Zealand
Mountain Forest, Island Of Moorea, French Polynesia
Kvacianska Dolina, Slovakia
Into The Light...
End Of The Winter
Mt Kilimanjaro
Podkarpackie, Poland
The Mossy Lynn Creek Forest, British Columbia
Illusion Forest, France
Nad Stromy, Sninsky Kamen, Slovakia
Northern Germany
Laurel Forest, Madeira Island.
Dartmoor National Park, Devon, England.
England is the most beautiful country in the world. My the biggest dream is to go there someday.
Bavarian Forest, Germany
Lower Demonstration Forest, British Columbia
"krattwald", Germany
The Mysrerious Way On Forest Halatte, France
Serbia
Birch Trees, Germany
Lynmouth, North Devon, Uk.
Lithuania
Bükk Mountains, Hungary
Misty Morning In Groningen/netherlands
Blandford Forest, Dorset.
I wish i coul be there because its amazing the colors on the picture it looks wird but beutiful
Wistman's Wood, Dartmoor
Jaen, Andalusia, Spain
Haagse Bos, The Netherlands
Horsham Pennsylvania, Usa
Beetsterzwaagse Bossen (woods), Beetsterzwaag, Friesland, The Netherlands
Norvan Falls Cedar Forest Trail British Columbia
Pico Ruivo, Madeira Island.
Redwood Forest Rotorua Nzl
Glowing Trees, Glendalough, Wicklow, Ireland
Hallate Forest In France
Singing Pass, British Columbia, Canada
Upper Cwm Bridge, Llanbedr, Wales
Woodlands Conservancy, Greater New Orleans, Louisiana
Tarra Bulga Rain Forest.victoria. Australia
Lapland .
Wells Gray, British Columbia, Canada
The Mysterious Huelgoat, Brittany, France
Kornietova Valley, Slovakian Mountains - Velka Fatra (by Hana Mrhalova)
Lynn Peak Twisted Cedar Giant, British Columbia.
Masinagudi, Tamil Nadu, India
El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, México
Magnifiques Reflets D'or...
Cyprus - Troodos National Forest Park
Lithuania, Forest Of Puorai
Walk In The Woods, Ottawa, Ontario
North Zealand, Denmark.
Silver Birch Trees At Arne, Dorset.
Busteni, Romania
Nice shot, I really get that feeling of isolation. Lots of mysterious woods in Romania.
After The Ice Storm, Toronto Zoo, Ontario, Canada
Beech Woods, Dorset
La Forge Du Bois Belet, La Charente, France
Kippens, Newfoundland, Canada
I thnk that this picture shows a beutiful place cover by snow and its a wonderfull place to live I love the snow.
Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Marakoopa Caves And Reserve, Tasmania, Australia
Bulgaria, Beglika
"the Forest Maravillador” Otzarreta, Vasque Country, Spain
Langdale, Cumbria, England
Dominica, Pont Casse Waitukubuli National Trail
Mili Gorge On Crete, Greece
Beacon Hill Wood, Somerset, Uk
Panemunes Silas, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Hollyburn Enchanted Forest, British Columbia
Plaine Du Champs De Bataille , New-calédonia
Cloud Forest, Monteverde, Costa Rica
Temperate Rainforest British Columbia Canada
National Trust In West Yorkshire England.
Watson Mill S.p., Usa (no Heavy Photoshop)
Berlin Surroundings
Berlin, Germany
Hayedo De La Tejera Negra,guadalajara,españa
Mere Sands Woods, England
Forest Castel In West, Sweden
Oak Trees, North Dorset.
Forest In Finnland Near Kannus
Birch Forest Mongolia
Chattahoochee National Forest Dahlonega Georgia Usa
Looks like our homestead in Eastern Kentucky. Our house was over the hill from a road like this.
Leicestershire, England
i believe nature is beautiful the way God made it, so why use photoshop etc.....it really saddens me that people feel it nesacery to do this
i believe nature is beautiful the way God made it, so why use photoshop etc.....it really saddens me that people feel it nesacery to do this