@photobird@alophoto@helenhall@kerosene thank you kindly, the fact is, I forgot my office keys at home and I needed to wait for my secretary to arrive, at her normal starting time (9,00; I usually start around 8,00)... so a took the forced liberty of a walk in nearby Villa Borghese. And that's it.
The soft rendering is perfect for this scene. Woodland scenes are very difficult to do well - especially in B&W - this is perhaps the most striking one I have ever seen.