After determining how to get from our campsite to the trailhead, we were eager to enter the designated Wilderness of this Wisconsin forest. It had been logged more than 30 years ago and then left to return to a more natural state. The trail was an old logging road that had not been maintained, and could barely be recognized under the summer foliage. I felt the quiet buzz of insects around me like a choir of innocents in a holy sanctuary, the sun streaming through the new leaves as if through the stained glass of an ancient cathedral. The forest was teeming with life while calmly silent at the same time. I dared not speak, wanting to be absorbed into the pulsing breath of the place itself.
Every detail seemed to be as exquisite in artistry as a religious icon. 
I wanted to take it all in and cherish it for eternity.
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That first shot, Priscilla, is taking us with you. It’s eye-catching and deeply strong. Great one!
Thanks, Juls! It’s very atmospheric and less specific, which is not what I usually depict. I do want to try to be more expansive!
Well-done for a first try! 😉
Definitely a feel of a mystical experience and where better to find it than in nature?
Indeed! Thanks, Victoria!
A moment of brilliant deep summer on this cold late winter day. Thank you.
You’re welcome, Michael!
Lovely, lovely photographs. I always see the forest as a kind of cathedral too and sanctuary. It’s been years since I could walk in one, so I especially aplpreciate these photographs. Bravo!
Yes, green light pulling the gaze upward like the stained glass windows in the clerestory of a cathedral! I am glad to be your feet, eyes and ears in this place. 🙂