Clipstone Forest - Photography Week 49 (2016)

The last of the autumn colours in Clipstone Forest. Only few hardy leaves remain:

In the damp weather conditions the ferns were turning into a orange-brown mulch with a few fronds still standing in the light:

The contrast in tone seemed to work best in black and white:

The pine trees look the same regardless of the seasons:

Finally, reflections in the standing water and silver birch trees on the far side of one of ponds in the forest: