Epping Forest

The furthest I’ve travelled since I began working from home back in March is Hampstead Heath, which is around a mile and a half away. Until yesterday I’d not had any inclination to travel any further, but the claustrophobia finally kicked in and I had to get out of north London. I took the camera for a walk around a quiet part of Epping Forest. The weather was pretty dreary and I wasn’t expecting to come back with anything special. I tried split toning the images in Lightroom but as expected they remained a bit flat. I then converted them to mono and some of the images sprang to life. I’ve kept the split toning which gives the images a warm feel instead of straight black and white.

 

 

I’ve never subscribed to the “light is everything” school of thought. Composition has always been my main concern: each photograph being a puzzle to solve. If the light is spectacular then that’s just an added bonus. I’ll post a few more of these up over the coming days. I don’t think I’m a black and white convert, but it does feel good to have done something creative for the first time in months.

Done