Blidworth Woods - Part 2 (November 2019)

In this second post from the last photography of November 2019, I will continue with a selection of photographs taken on a cold and foggy morning in Blidworth Woods.

There is a fine mature beech tree near to the top of the woods which I have photographed many times over the years. On this occasion there were a few autumnal leaves still hanging onto the branches and some pooled around the roots:

Elsewhere in the woods there were other defiant pockets of autumn colour:

Finally for November 2019, a small set of tree studies which look more like the new winter season ahead where the photography concentrates less on colour and more of the architectural elements of the winter trees (if I can describe in this way...):

Blidworth Woods - Part 1 (November 2019)

The final selection of photography from November 2019 comes from a foggy and cold morning in  Blidworth Woods. There was a real feeling that winter had arrived with the first photograph of the day capturing the remnants of a hoar frost:

Foggy conditions are always good value for woodland photography. The diffusion simplifies the compositions and creates an appealing atmosphere to the final results. This is demonstrated in the following set of shots taken in the higher part of the wood using the dying bracken and remaining leaves as a colour source for the compositions:

This next set uses occasional bright patches and a longer focal length to create more of a monochromatic representation of the conditions:

I was going to finish November's photography with this post but there are more images from this visit to Blidworth Woods that I would like to show. I will therefore continue this selection in the next post, 'Blidworth Woods - Part 2'....

Clipstone Forest (November 2019)

The transition between autumn and winter tends to last a couple of weeks, sometimes longer. Many of trees during this period lose their leaves completely but there are some patches of colour which makes photographic composition easy. I particularly enjoy the dotted colours where the leaves have thinned out, leaving, in some cases, only a few stragglers hanging on.

Reflections are an alternative way to view some of the trees:

Some of wooded areas were looking very bare with most of colour at ground level:

Finally, there was some frost in settled areas, further evidence of winter approaching: