Mini Forest, Reykjavik Botanical Gardens, Iceland

@gbe: Cheers Grant! When i originally saw this pic on my computer screen, i wasn't sure if i was every going to use it. But i have come to like the semi-soft focus of it. Seems very painterly and i am also drawn by the color palette and the the many textural lines. :)

@DarkElf: Thanks mate -- and I agree with you 100%... this basically was a shot a capturing the 'essence' of a miniature forest in Iceland. It was so still and quiet... and quite cool that morning. There was heavy dew over everything. There were the occasion calls of early morning birds... and everything felt like i was alone in a regular forest -- except that when i stood up, i towered over most everything! :)

@Florence: Thanks Flo! Yes, unfortunately i had nothing to use to show scale... but these trees are about 5 feet high. I simply squatted down to get a hip-high view of this patch of the forest. It was cool to try and imagine that one day these trees would be so much taller, and then someone would have the normal feeling of 'smallness' when standing under them. But on the day i was there -- i simply felt like Godzilla or something! :)

@linerberry: Cheers linerberry -- Actually i was in the mini-forest! I squatted down in a small grove of trees to snap this shot -- All the trees in Iceland are just under 6 feet... so everything is in miniature! Very odd feeling to be nearly the tallest thing in a nation!

@Richard_Irwin: Thanks Richard, I'm not sure exactly why it is but the 'green's of Iceland seemed to be so bright -- like everything was brand new. Of course there wasn't so much green amongst all the brown lava, blue skies and white snow. :)

@Mirko Herzner: Cheers Mirko -- Yep, just back from San Diego, had a great time, was so much warmer down there. Really enjoyed the heat and the coast! :)

@willow: thanks Willow! hope your 4th was good? :)

@Thomas Griffioen: Cheers mate! The greens seemed particularly bright in Iceland... not sure why. :)

@Graham Russon: Cheers Graham! :)

@Observing: Thanks Mike -- Yes the cold keeps the trees from growing too fast... But the main reason there are only miniature forests is because all the trees were cut down pre-industrial revolution for farming purposes / winter heating purposes... and there weren't that many trees in the first place either. But now with a few million trees planted in the last few years Iceland may soon have great swaths of forest... of course they will be vertically small for some time! :)

@akarui: Cheers Akarui!

@bluechameleon: Thanks Blue! Hope you had a good weekend! I was down in San Diego visiting friends -- so warm down there! Still good to be back and back in action! Bring on tomorrow! :)

@yiannis krikis: Cheers Yiannis! :)

@Daily Phototherapy: Thanks mate! I was pretty hunched down in the 'forest'... but i was simply captivated at the size of everything... so 'small' but otherwise perfect! :)

@Twelvebit: Cheers mate -- Do it! That is all i can say -- it is totally worth it! :)

@Artin Zaman: Cheers Artin! Yes, it is true -- This photo would lend itself well to a conceptual! :)

@Andrew Gould: Cheers Andrew! This didn't quite turn out the way i had imagined -- the essence didn't quite translate... of course 3 hours of sleep and that excitable 'destination unknown' traveling mentality is quite an abstract 'mood' to capture... especially with a shot of foliage! Still, the physical memory is there and is succesfully triggered when i view this pic -- thank goodness for the internal dimesions of the 'body-mind'. :)

@Takeshin: Thank you kindly! :)

@pedro alexandre: hehe -- yep i was squatting down to get this small view -- so crazy though how the eye can trick you to make it all look large! it is exactly the same, right? just small! :)

@Kyle: Cheers Kyle! Thanks for the visit and the comments! I do like to get around -- so much to see! :)

@jean-sebastien: Hehe... thanks for the lovely comment mate -- i think we share a good deal in common! :) Truthfully I experience the same notion: that something won't turn out well -- so don't take the pic... this time, i overrode that notion and took the pic anyways. I am glad i did! At least with digital, it can always be erased if it isn't good! So go ahead and take those pics mate -- you can be sure that i will appreciate them too! :)