January on the Southwell Trail

All photography was restricted during January but more so on the Southwell Trail. This was due to the increasing number of people using the trail for their daily exercise during the latest lockdown. As a result, I opted for the quieter stretches including the sub paths, were I found the ice abstracts shown in my previous post, and visited at different times of the day when there were less people about.

After 3pm was often a good time to walk the trail leaving just enough time for some photography before sunset. The light can also be excellent at this time of day in January:

Early mornings were also good particularly after an overnight frost:

Being restricted for locations during lockdown often led to experimentation with different subjects. These are some examples starting with the tangle of frost coated twigs:

Colour is hard to find in winter but I found some natural reds and yellows in these scenes:

Finally, I liked these frozen patterns in the tractor tracks. These were found on a sub-path of the Southwell Trail leading to the set of ice abstract images shown in my previous post: