Sandra Bartocha / Silver birch (Betula pendula) and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) trunks in snow, Muritz-National Park, Germany, January.

Sandra Bartocha / Silver birch (Betula pendula) with Heather (Calluna vulgaris) in full bloom, Reicherskreuzer Heide, Nature Reserve Schlaubetal, Germany, August.

Sandra Bartocha / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) flowering in European beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest, Neubrandenburg, Germany, April.

Sandra Bartocha / Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) forest in spring, Muritz-National Park, Germany, May.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Rays of sunlight penetrating forest in Ghimbavul Valley Gorge, Arges County, Leota Mountains, Carpathian Mountains, Romania, July

Sandra Bartocha / Scots Pine trees (Pinus sylvestris) in evening sunlight. January. Specially commended, Creative Visions category, Wildlife Photographer of the Year WPY 2012 competition.

Sandra Bartocha / European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) tree in misty autumn forest, Muritz National Park, Serrahn, Germany UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site November

Sandra Bartocha / Porcelain fungus (Oudemansiella mucida) close-up, Germany, October

Sandra Bartocha / Grass (Poaceae / Gramineae sp) with seeds, June.

Sandra Bartocha / Common Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) flowers in cereal field, April

Sandra Bartocha / European white birch / Downy Birch (Betula pubescens) and Common Heather (Calluna vulgaris), Reicherskreuzer Heide, Schlaubetal, Germany, August

Sandra Bartocha / Common Water-Crowfoot (Ranunculus aquatilis) with reflections in water, June