Larch Trees (November 2021)

A very simple theme for this selection from Blidworth Woods: Larch trees in autumn - vivid yellows against a blue sky. 

Curbar Edge (November 2021)

This is first of the more strictly edited posts I mentioned in my last update. My temporary PC is struggling with the memory demands of the photo software and the time taken to properly finish my images means that I have to be more selective with my processing.

Whilst this is somewhat frustrating is also has the benefit of really looking hard at each image and matching them to the theme of the photography session. For example, this trip to Curbar Edge last year could have produced three to four times the number of images than shown below but many would be variations on a theme; late seasonal colour on the trees below Curbar Edge combined with the light and shadow of the low afternoon sunshine. 

I had several attempts at the final edit but, as I suggested in my last post, perhaps less is actually more…

Sherwood Forest - Part 2 (November 2021)

Following on from my previous post is a further set of photographs from November in Sherwood Forest. After visiting the beech trees near to Hanger Hill Wood I returned on a circular route through the Birklands area of the forest with a final stop in Budby South Forest. This was an opportunity to capture some of the autumnal oak and birch trees.

The images shown below where the last to be processed before the PC packed up. My temporary solution, as stated in my last post, is an under powered system that is struggling to operate the photo software. Everything is lagging to the extent that I will need to change my processes for a short period of time. This means being stricter with editing for future posts, perhaps limiting each upload to six images - which isn’t necessarily a bad thing as editing is a skill that can be improved by slowing down, being more selective, and perhaps learning how to say more with less...

   

Sherwood Forest (November 2021)

After 10 years of good service the PC finally stuck two fingers up and refused to do any further work. It had be complaining for some time, suggesting that the boot drive was ‘critical’ and needed replacing.

There is never a good time to replace a PC, not only is it costly but there is the inconvenience of losing access, albeit temporarily, to my photos. I am also thinking of the changes I have made over the years to ensure a smooth workflow from photo capture to printing - small details that I might not be able to replicate or that I have forgotten how to do..

Looking positively though, there will be a welcome opportunity to start again with a better specification, something that has been brought home to me by my temporary solution. Currently, I am working on a standby PC. It has only 8gb RAM shared between applications and the graphics card. Simply operating Adobe Lightroom uses more than 90% of memory and it needs a cranking handle to open a file in Photoshop!

All this means that I am behind with all aspects of photography including the blog where it is fair to say I have lost the thread over Christmas. Going back to November’s photography, as I am doing here, seems an awful long time ago but I believe there are some good images that are worth showing, plus it buys a bit of time to get my technology sorted. 

So, if I remember correctly, I had returned to Hanger Hill Wood in mid November expecting to find the beech trees at the peak of their autumn colour and, aided by some fine sunny weather, that was exactly what I found: