Coppertone
My daughters first place in Royston was lovely maisonette overlooking Therfield Heath. The heath is a SSSI a sprawling hilly chalk grassland bordered by woods, and is a magnet to many in the area who long for a bit of space. Within seconds I would be on the heath with the dogs, but now she has moved to a house the other end of Royston it takes 20 minute walk to get on the heath. I still head there every morning with the dogs and do a similar walk to the one I did when she was just across the road, it’s longer but now I have alternatives. Leading off the heath are some great footpaths, with a bit of OS knowledge and a little common practised trespass I can link these paths making my way back to my daughters. It’s a longer route but bonny all the same and this I did last Monday on a cold bright morning. I love these tree lined paths, and I’m always looking for a photograph as the dappled light catches my imagination but they never come to much. I saw the potential of this and after much to-ing and fro-ing removing untidy fallen branches my keen photo eye had missed previously ushering the dogs back again I eventually got the final photo. This was not straight forward as I was using a long lens and it was about 10 metres between my position and the copper leaves. The dogs were getting pretty niffed on this pointless back and forth already hungry for their breakfast biscuits, but I feel it was worth it in the end even if they don’t.
Coppertone
My daughters first place in Royston was lovely maisonette overlooking Therfield Heath. The heath is a SSSI a sprawling hilly chalk grassland bordered by woods, and is a magnet to many in the area who long for a bit of space. Within seconds I would be on the heath with the dogs, but now she has moved to a house the other end of Royston it takes 20 minute walk to get on the heath. I still head there every morning with the dogs and do a similar walk to the one I did when she was just across the road, it’s longer but now I have alternatives. Leading off the heath are some great footpaths, with a bit of OS knowledge and a little common practised trespass I can link these paths making my way back to my daughters. It’s a longer route but bonny all the same and this I did last Monday on a cold bright morning. I love these tree lined paths, and I’m always looking for a photograph as the dappled light catches my imagination but they never come to much. I saw the potential of this and after much to-ing and fro-ing removing untidy fallen branches my keen photo eye had missed previously ushering the dogs back again I eventually got the final photo. This was not straight forward as I was using a long lens and it was about 10 metres between my position and the copper leaves. The dogs were getting pretty niffed on this pointless back and forth already hungry for their breakfast biscuits, but I feel it was worth it in the end even if they don’t.