Sandra Bartocha / English oaks (Quercus robur) trees with snow on trunks, Gespensterwald / Ghost wood, Nienhagen, Germany, January

Sandra Bartocha / Ghost wood - European Beech (Fagus sylvatica), woodland Nienhagen, Germany, April

Sandra Bartocha / Waves of the Baltic sea washing over pebbles creating a rainbow from the spray, Nienhagen, Germany, April

Sandra Bartocha / Gespensterwald (ghostly forest) - European Beech forest (Fagus sylvatica), Nienhagen, Germany.

Sandra Bartocha / Gespensterwald (ghostly forest) - European Beech forest (Fagus sylvatica) in snow, Nienhagen, Germany. RUNNER-UP: Creative Visions of Nature - Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010

Sandra Bartocha / European beech trees (Fagus sylvatica) in Gespensterwald, Nienhagen, Mecklenburg-Western Pommerania, Germany.

Sandra Bartocha / European beech (Fagus sylvatica) and English oak (Quercus robur) woodland, artistic shot of tree trunks in winter, Gespensterwald Nienhagen, Germany, January.

Sandra Bartocha / English oak (Quercus robur) trees with snow on trunks, Gespensterwald / Ghost wood, Nienhagen, Germany, January.

Sandra Bartocha / Coastal European beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest in twilight, Gespensterwald, Nienhagen, Germany, April.

Sandra Bartocha / Coastal European beech (Fagus sylvatica) trees in winter, Gespensterwald, Nienhagen, Germany, January.

Sandra Bartocha / Coastal European beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest with stream in spring, Gespensterwald, Nienhagen, Germany, April 2009.

Sandra Bartocha / Couple walking by European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) woodland, Gespensterwald / Ghost wood, Baltic sea, Nienhagen, Germany, January