PicsArt Monthly July/ August 2014 | Page 19

INSPIRATION : Photo In the Heart of the Forest Forests offer photographers nature at its very densest, with endless trees casting an enormous network of shadows, turning the ground beneath their canopy into a dark and mysterious sea. A galaxy of life flows through their trunks and over their roots, chomping away at their leaves and finding shelter in their bark. In a forest, a pair of eyes are almost always certainly staring up or down at you from any given angle, yet animals manage to remain mostly unseen, having practiced for millions of years to become tough-to-find prey for their surrounding predators. What’s often left are columns of towering trees silently guarding the life-forms living amongst them, occasionally letting through a few majestic rays of sunlight. This sight alone can stop any photographer in their tracks, as they try and capture the vastness of the growth around them, knowing they can never fully penetrate the mysteries of the forest, not even from the inside. These are some of the best photos of forests users have shared on PicsArt. These photos come from all over the world, and depict a diverse range of landscapes and life. PicsArt Monthly |19