Category Archives: Landscapes

Tree Bark

Posted on Mon, 24 April, 2017 by

We never stop seeing the world slightly differently, finding a new focus of interest unexpectedly. A few days ago I went for a slowish walk through woodland that was new to me and found myself fascinated by tree bark. I … Continue reading →

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Yellow oil Part 2

Posted on Thu, 13 April, 2017 by

One of the benefits of being part of the WordPress on-line community is that fellow photographers make suggestions when they see an image they like. When I posted the full colour version of this, Linda Grashoff who I have known … Continue reading →

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Yellow oil

Posted on Mon, 10 April, 2017 by

Rapeseed – Brassica Napus to give it its proper name – is one of the stand-out sights of Spring in the UK. For some years, finding a photogenic yellow field has been one of the challenges I have set myself each … Continue reading →

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Theatre of Chaos

Posted on Fri, 24 March, 2017 by

From the bold, classic lines of silhouetted Pine trees in my previous post from Blackdown (click here to view) to the chaotic jungle of the deciduous woodland that cloaks the lower slopes of Blackdown. I have noticed that much of the … Continue reading →

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Generations of Trees

Posted on Tue, 21 March, 2017 by

Had a great day on Sunday with my son on Blackdown, the highest point in the South Downs National Park. Blackdown is a large promontory of high heathland that projects south into Sussex from near the town of Haslemere. Flint … Continue reading →

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Choices

Posted on Tue, 14 March, 2017 by

Life is full of choices from the life-changing decisions of which career path to follow, to the mundane of which shirt shall I wear today. Photography is no different. We constantly make choices about the direction of travel of our … Continue reading →

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Perfect Symmetry

Posted on Fri, 6 January, 2017 by

Sharp frosts and bright sunny days are days to be enjoyed and photographed. Especially when one is rewarded with an image like this. How do trees achieve this level of symmetry? I spotted this example late in the afternoon on … Continue reading →

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Green Fields

Posted on Tue, 13 December, 2016 by

This is the last of a series of images from Devil’s Dyke on the South Downs. Having captured a panorama looking towards the West along the downs, my eyes swung round to the North. The sun was low in the … Continue reading →

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The view from Devil’s Dyke

Posted on Wed, 7 December, 2016 by

Another image from our recent trip to Devil’s Dyke on the South Downs. This was the scene that greeted us on arrival at the nightmarishly early time of lunch time (getting on for 1pm). We are not early risers! The … Continue reading →

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On the South Downs Way

Posted on Thu, 1 December, 2016 by

Yesterday we visited Devil’s Dyke again, where earlier in the year I captured an image of a fallen tree: click here to visit that post. Today the view is of one of the extensive panoramas  from half a mile away … Continue reading →

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