Monday 30 December 2019

Sherwood Forest (October 2019)

This will be my last post for 2019 although I am just concluding October's photography! The volume of photography does seem to spike during the autumn which often means that I fall behind with the processing and writing my blog entries.

Autumn, of course, is the peak month for photography in this part of Nottinghamshire. I am lucky enough to live within the wider Sherwood Forest area and photography has helped me to appreciate the beauty of trees and woodlands - it is certainly hard to be a landscape photographer in this part of country without embracing the treescape genre!

With that in mind, there is no better way to finish 2019 than wonderful colours on a bright sunny morning in Sherwood Forest. I enjoyed ever minute I was out taking these shots and was equally happy to spend time processing the images and editing the set for publication. If anyone reading this is thinking of a New Year resolution that involves getting outdoors more often, or wants to relieve the stresses of everyday life, or simply wants to appreciate their environment more, I would thoroughly recommend photography...be it with a dedicated camera or one that is part of a phone....Happy New Year to everyone!






















Sunday 22 December 2019

Clumber Park - Part 2 (October 2019)

The photographs in this post were mainly taken on the afternoon prior to previous collection in Clumber Park - Part 1. I made a visit to park to assess the autumn colour of the lime trees and found the afternoon sunshine too low to fully illuminate the avenue. I guessed that morning might be better and this was indeed the case - see my previous post.

Despite this we still had a pleasant walk around the Clumber Lake. The more open aspect allowed shots of the trees around Clumber Chapel in sunlight. I was particularly attracted to the auburn colours of one tree. I am not totally sure of its identity but I think it might be a Dawn Redwood. I am happy to be corrected on this but either way it is a wonderful tree, along with a very nicely shaped oak:




The sun dropped quickly as we walked around the lake leaving some 'starburst' shaped clouds which reflected nicely in the water.





These were some of the afternoon shots of the lime tree avenue. The patches of highlight and deep shadow made it difficult to fully capture the autumn colours which led me to return the following morning:





Lastly, a selection of images taken the following morning that I couldn't fit into Part 1, featuring some of the beech trees in the park (although the trunks in a couple of the shots look more like birch bark and I think this is a case of beech branches growing across the line of some birch trees):






Saturday 21 December 2019

Clumber Park - Part 1 (October 2019)

Clumber Park has a magnificent double row avenue of common lime trees stretching for two miles. With more than 1200 trees the avenue is a real spectacle in autumn. The peak time for colour tends to be in last week of October. After this the leaves fall quickly.

These are the results from a second photographic visit to Clumber Park in as many days. The weather forecast had predicted sunshine during the morning which was perfect to capture the colours. I walked the whole length of the avenue taking far too many photographs - how often do I say that! Hopefully the edit below shows why I kept pushing the shutter: