The Misty Magical Mossy Forest {Cameron Highlands, Malaysia}

The Mossy Forest is something straight out of an eerie fairytale… or Lord of the Rings. This forest can be found on the top of Mount Brinchang in the Cameron Highlands. The tall trees are covered in green moss, and when you walk inside the forest, it is like you are walking inside of a cloud- it is misty all around you. I loved taking photos inside because of the way the sunlight seeped through the cloudy mist and onto the trail… it was MAGICAL.

We went inside the forest with a guide, and only stayed for about 45 minutes. Our guide was telling us how it is dangerous to go hiking inside this forest because people get lost (usually adventurous Europeans). I believe he said in just the past few months there were 6 Europeans who were missing lost but thank God they were found in 2 days!

One editing tip I learned is using vignettes to help bring focus and drama into my photos. I am using vignettes in almost all of the photos below.

This is the road we drove up to arrive at the entrance of the Mossy Forest.

Unedited photo of looking up into the trees of the entrance of the Mossy Forest trail.

Edited photo to show some of the green on the trees.

Trail entrance- Unedited except for slight vignette.

Poiema and I about to start the trail. It was quite difficult to carry her around this trail but so glad we did it!

These next photos give a glimpse of what we saw all around us inside the Mossy Forest. Moss, moss, and more moss growing on the trees and the ground. I wish I had more time and talent so I could try to take better photos. And I wish I had a few models to work with… lol. My imagination was running wild with what kind of amazing fairytale photo shoots could be done in this forest!  (Sigh) .