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A Splash of Autumn
Its all been a bit rubbish lately - the weather has been very poor for a few months and life just seems to keep getting in the way. Anyway - Sunday looked like it was going to be a good day and plans were made to go out and blow the dust of the camera. The autumnal colour has been slow coming this year with the lack of cold, frosty mornings and the constant wet weather. So the alarm was set early and off i went.
The plan was just to have a nice walk along a river and see if any photos presented themselves.
This was a new location for me and the first obstacle was the river itself - straight from the car park I needed to cross some stepping stones. The water was that high that only half of them could be seen. I got across, but am still not sure how I didn't fall in :) The rest of the path looked like it would kill me at some point. Wet moss covered boulders or wet tree roots made up 95% of the steep downhill path. I estimated that I would fall over at least twice but pushed on :)
In the end I was like a kid in a sweet shop for the first time - I spent a couple of hours exploring and trying to find compositions. Just enjoying been out in nature again.
I met a few dog walkers and marvelled at how the dogs could just run full speed up and down the path. I have noticed that people are much more willing to stop and have a conversation when they see the camera, which is all part of the morning out for me.
In the end I only really liked one of the photos I took, but its not actually about the photos really :) Its about getting out of the house and away from the noise of life.
A Splash of Autumn
Its all been a bit rubbish lately - the weather has been very poor for a few months and life just seems to keep getting in the way. Anyway - Sunday looked like it was going to be a good day and plans were made to go out and blow the dust of the camera. The autumnal colour has been slow coming this year with the lack of cold, frosty mornings and the constant wet weather. So the alarm was set early and off i went.
The plan was just to have a nice walk along a river and see if any photos presented themselves.
This was a new location for me and the first obstacle was the river itself - straight from the car park I needed to cross some stepping stones. The water was that high that only half of them could be seen. I got across, but am still not sure how I didn't fall in :) The rest of the path looked like it would kill me at some point. Wet moss covered boulders or wet tree roots made up 95% of the steep downhill path. I estimated that I would fall over at least twice but pushed on :)
In the end I was like a kid in a sweet shop for the first time - I spent a couple of hours exploring and trying to find compositions. Just enjoying been out in nature again.
I met a few dog walkers and marvelled at how the dogs could just run full speed up and down the path. I have noticed that people are much more willing to stop and have a conversation when they see the camera, which is all part of the morning out for me.
In the end I only really liked one of the photos I took, but its not actually about the photos really :) Its about getting out of the house and away from the noise of life.