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21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Spring in birch forest

In this photo I tried to convey the feeling of spring. It is the beginning of May, the birch forest has not put on its leaves yet and still colored in yellow-gray-brown tones. But bright spring explodes the calm palette of colors with bright green fluids of spirea leaves.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 05.2023
Date Uploaded: 11.2023
Photo Location: Russia
Camera: NIKON D5600
Copyright: © Tatiana Parilova