Clumber Park (January 2019)

These are a selection of photographs from a walk around the lake at Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire. It was notable for some unexpected colours from lichen on winter trees making some interesting and slightly unusual images:

The weather on the day was mainly dull and cloudy restricting the photography to details rather than broad landscapes. Some of this detail was provided by reflections in the lake which I later converted to black and white:

Towards the end of the afternoon there was some colour in the sky which I captured in more reflections in the lake:

Finally, I spotted this heron near to Clumber Bridge which is currently being repaired following a senseless act of vandalism last year.

Edingley Beck (January 2019)

Edingley Beck flows under the Southwell Trail near to the old Edingley and Kirklington railway station, Nottinghamshire. The old station house is now a residential property but there some remnants of the old railway including the bridges, the old platform and a height gauge for trains (shown in some of the images below).

Sections of the beck are lined with hedging and trees including these alder trees that have a bronze-like appearance from their early display of catkins:

I was lucky enough on this particular walk to get some bright sunshine under some dark clouds, which is always a good photographic combination:

Near to the old station are some poplar trees that always catch my eye and another tree with orange twigs. (I am not certain of its identity, and will check later in the year when the leaves form). Also, close the old railway height gauge, are some trees with red twigs which I think might be dogwood. All these trees and colours show well in the sunshine, and more so when set against dark skies:

 

Lastly, a small selection of additional photographs taken on the walk including some of the farmland adjacent to the beck:

Blanchbeck Lane (January 2019)

Blanchbeck Lane, Farnsfield, is fast becoming a regular photographic haunt. The afternoon light catches the trees so well at this location before it dips below the horizon at Coombs Wood.

On this particular occasion, it was mostly dull and grey but the sun broke through for about 10 minutes before sunset, starting with a faint glow and building to a rich deep orange hue on the trees and the tops of the hedges. These are some of the results in a reverse time order:

   

Sherwood Oak (January 2019)

In my last post I showed a selection of close-up studies of Sherwood oak trees and I have enough images to create an additional compilation. I tend to search out the older oak trees in Sherwood for this type of photography, mainly those that have lost, or are losing, their bark. Some of the colours, lines, and textures, are fantastic which makes it a very compelling subject to photograph - hence the number of images!