The Natural Cathedral
“La Cathédrale Naturelle”– Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Lars van der Goor – Featured Photographer
I love photos that you can walk into. This one by Lars is a great example. The light on the trees is quite amazing. Many images in the forest feel dark and gloomy while this feels just the opposite. Inspiring perhaps? The flowers soften the path while the natural cross at the end of the road seems like a perfect destination. Lars isn’t just a one image wonder in fact his style captures the woods (and many other subjects) better than any photographer I have ever seen. Check out his gallery HERE to prove me right! For his entire website head on over to http://www.larsvandegoor.com or just chat him up on his FACEBOOK
Enter Lars:
Sometimes you take your best images just around the corner. I happen to know this path very well and in my early years of photography I cycled that path in every season. In May/June you can find these flowers “cow parsley” along the side of the road. It was in the early evening with a warm soft sunshiny glow on the trees. I took this one with my Panasonic DMC FZ50 and took it from a very low angle. What you see at the end of the road looks like a cross which in fact is a part of a small sluice.
Camera Settings
ISO 100
f/ 3.7
Focal length 82 mm
1/60sec
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Now this is MAJESTIC!
Sublime photo! I love vibrant colors and the use of depth of field. Kudus to the photographer!
I think this is the most beautiful photo of a row of trees I have ever seen. Definitely a road to Lothlorien, I expect to see Galadriel standing at the end.
There’s a fantasy feel to this, like its an enchanted wood. Very beautiful shot!
beautiful…
Amazing photos!You are very talented!Keep up with the good work!
Thank you for visiting my blog… and so happy to have found your wonderful site! Just gorgeous photos.
when nature creates some thing she is the winner of that stream.
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An amazing photograph. Absolutely stunning.
Gods House…
My kind of cathedral … though I like the stone Gothic ones too ..
Gorgeous picture…breathtaking!
Wow, stunning photo!
Amazing Light!!!!
Natural Cathedral – that is amazing to find. Great photo. And so are his other photos !
This is fabulous! I want to dance through the trail and talk to every tree!
This is a fantastic image, what a great eye! I really like the pp too, you have produced a real winner
Beautiful and I agree the title completes the post. Blessings, Ellen
Beautiful!
A wonderfully ethereal photograph. Amazing work.
superior work…
I feel as though I’ve stepped into part of middle earth. Utterly beautiful, serene and magical…
I can only think of one word: Tolkienesque. It looks like a path in the Elven forest of Lothlorien. Amazing view, beautifully captured
Hi there!
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Anyway, I am sure you are no stranger to this Award, but I absolutely love your blog and I want to nominate you regardless of how many awards you may already have. Photography is one of my most favorite things in life, and I love that you bring great photos to us. I hope to contribute a little more traffic to your site.
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Best,
Madeleine and Gingersnap! (the dogs)
and Linda (Mama L.)
Fantastic natural beauty.
I want to go there! Lovely!
Stunning…. Nature is wonderful… I think she has outdone herself here…. My first thought was that it looks more like a painting than a photo.. There seems way too much natural balance for it to be a photo.. and yet…
Great shot Lars…
Beautiful
Where is the unicorn? Definitely a picture which makes me believe in fairies, unicorns and magic.
Love it!!
Great leading lines! Strong shot.
Beautiful!
Gorgeous! The lighting and shadows are wonderful.
Hi,
What a stunning photo, just beautiful how it looks like the inside of a Cathedral, amazing.
What a beautiful and inspiring picture! I can only imagine what it feels like to walk this path, smelling the flowers, feeling the air on my arms, and hearing the birds chirp above. Ah, a new favorite place in my mind. Thanks for highlighting it!
The light makes it look magical. What an ethereal piece.
Interesting light effect here! Ann
This is beautiful!
Thanks for the visit. Very nice pictures!
I wish I had gotten married there. It is heaven. Stunning!
This photo is simply beautiful as well as amazing. I was taken back at first glance. Love this photo.
Great photo. I enjoyed watching it. Love the colours
Just breath-taking.
This is an actual place?! I am floored. If someone granted me entrance to this mystical haven, I would never leave!
I’ve linked this to my personal blog on WordPress and so far it’s gathered more responses in a shorter time than any other post I’ve ever made. Bravo for posting this brilliant photograph! (Although most of the commenting people seem to miss that while this is a natural cathedral, the basic pattern had to be planted by man!
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Almost surreal–the lighting seems like an impossibility!
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This is absolutely amazing. It’s like a fairy tale! I would love to see it in person someday. Really, really breathtaking photo. =D
What a beautiful picture. It almost looks like from a fantasy world!
This is absolutely gorgeous. I want to get married here.
I have never seen nature shot in such a magical, mystical way. His photography is absolutely breathtaking. Thank you for introducing us to this talent.
I’m speechless…That is one awesome pic!
Absolutely amazing!!!
Awesome shot! You never cease to amaze us. Keep up the beautiful work.
Great POV and lighting
Truly majestic.
Absolutely stunning! Please post more of this photographer.
Thank you, Lars (and PhotoBotos) for sharing this. The colors are rapture-ish, the effect, magnificent. And the camera settings? You’ve helped me find some of my own majesty around the corner…. Because you are right. Great shots don’t necessarily need an exotic location, just great timing and an even better eye.
It really does look like a cathedral–one that God made, not man-made. What a joy it must be to bike here (or walk) and see all the changes during the year!
Ancient yet timeless vision. Lovely!
Only nature can create such a perfect cathedral
This is stunning – it is my Deep in the Forest poem about dryads!
What photographic skills – takes my breath away!
Quite beautiful! I’ve seen this already on Pinterest and it’s certainly worth pinning.
Breathtaking!
Awesome! The lighting is perfect.
Absolutely breathtaking beauty!
Pictures like this .. can make me religious – not much of a believer – but this I believe in.
Magnificant………man will never be able to creat the majesty that exists in nature.
Majestic
This site is revolutionary! Wonderful showcase of talented photographers and their masterpiece shots.
Breathtaking!
Thanks for liking my photo PhotoBotos! It means a lot to me…
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Has to be one of the most beautiful photos I have ever seen.
HEAVEN
Beautiful lighting.
It not only looks like a cathedral – it looks decked out for a wedding!
Nature’s an amazing architect..!
Beautiful photograph. Beautiful scene. Great fit for PhotoBotos. I went to Lars’s site. Very special eye! thanks for sharing.
so wondrous! Heavenly.
OH DEAR.. this is AWESOME
I am so pleased with myself for signing up to receive a photo a day. How awe inspiring. I have now enter the cathedral, had a word and now on with my day. thanks
Breathtaking
Simply amazing,thanks!
Wooow!
Woooow!
I kneel to pray
In the cathedral beneath the trees
In the mist of heavenly tranquility.
It is here that I lay
My heart and spirit today.
Beneath the lacy tops
Of the trees that prop
The Cathedral within the Lord’s Divinity.
(msuzanne, http://www.godisiam.net)
So ethereal!
Stunning! Breathtaking!
This is so beautiful and inspiring!
its beautiful
Now that’s a keeper Charlie.
The light is magical. Easy to see parallels between nature and architecture here. Thanks.
stunningly beautiful, thanks!
spectacular shot! Nature is such an amazing designer…
Inspired shot – I hadn’t looked at the title of the photograph and it was exactly what I would have entitled it.