Geoff Kell (Old Forest Man)
New Forest
No snowy conditions nearby recently but we did have some nice frosts and this was a particulalrly lovely morning with some nice light for a change. I've photographed this area of the New Forest over quite a few years now - a rather scruffy, non-descript area but for some reason I keep being drawn back and have managed some of my favourite images from this small area of heath and coniferous plantation. There has been a lot if thinning and clearance over the last year or so which has "cleaned up" this heathland - for the better I think - seemingly to return it to natural heathland. I'd stood here for about an hour (thanks to neoprene wellies, feet still toasty!) and had intended a long shot as the light hit the distant trees - but it was the wider view that appealed and although there was early colour in the sky before sun-up, it was the last shot I took with light just starting to hit the foreground, that I liked best in the end.
New Forest
No snowy conditions nearby recently but we did have some nice frosts and this was a particulalrly lovely morning with some nice light for a change. I've photographed this area of the New Forest over quite a few years now - a rather scruffy, non-descript area but for some reason I keep being drawn back and have managed some of my favourite images from this small area of heath and coniferous plantation. There has been a lot if thinning and clearance over the last year or so which has "cleaned up" this heathland - for the better I think - seemingly to return it to natural heathland. I'd stood here for about an hour (thanks to neoprene wellies, feet still toasty!) and had intended a long shot as the light hit the distant trees - but it was the wider view that appealed and although there was early colour in the sky before sun-up, it was the last shot I took with light just starting to hit the foreground, that I liked best in the end.