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Late evening on the Southdowns, Ditchling
Not terribly sure about this one with the all the shadow but quite liked the lines and the subtle lighting. As always, constructive criticism is most welcome.
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There is a deep appreciation for a city growing within me.
Though I felt I would hardly come to say it, but man, aren't cities incredibly beautiful?
Offering unlimited moments of lights, shadows, structure and bizarre beauty, but most of all..they do have silence and peace too.
Who knew?
Brett and I both had the idea to shoot reflection portraits after all the rain yesterday. The fog was even better...This was easily the best night of shooting ever. Thanks to Brett for putting up with posing so much.
I'm excited about the rest of this shoot, so consider this the first installment of the "cute girl with an umbrella in Detroit" series. :)
So far winter has evolved into a series of freeze-thaw cycles. Winter storms dump heavy snow followed by warm days that melt it all down. This is an observation rather than a complaint. Honestly I prefer having winter served up in bite-sized pieces. I've experienced the other kind where harsh winter weather locks down for weeks at a time. There's a real mental beat-down effect to unrelenting cold and storms. So this way is much preferable. The transition phase is the most intriguing to me. Winter storms leave vast stretches of virgin white snow in their wake. The kind of snow epitomized in a white Christmas sort of way where the beauty of snow outweighs the downside. It conjures up images of sleigh rides and people skating on woodland ponds in the tradition of a Currier & Ives print. Nothing but winter fun! But that effect begins to dissolve the moment warmer weather moves back in. Scenes such as this are far more typical; a gritty looking landscape of half melted snow, and grimy looking heaps left by snowplows. Frozen snow and liquid water often coexist, and the result is a sloppy, muddy mix that (almost) makes me wish for the return of arctic air. I was struck by the moody, shadowy quality of the snow melt as I walked along this country lane. The sky and utility pole reflected eerily in the water, every bit as grim as the scene before me. No Currier & Ives skaters to be found. Just the echoing blast of distant hunter's gunfire. And the last gasp of the feeble December sun. A perfect winter day.
Another shot from my forest walk at the weekend, and I grabbed this one when the fog had receded enough to reveal more of the trees. The endless recurring pattern of unadorned vertical trunks worked well. No easy task, though, to avoid obvious overlapping of trees and maintain some separation.
Two lonely wagons stored in the yard - Leeds Midland road depot.
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Given the rough weather we've had recently, I thought I'd post something from calmer times, when we had to spent less time dodging 6 foot swells!
This one is from a few weeks ago at Hauxley. Due to the geology of the place at low tide, I ended up with a number of shots with the cloud structures mirroring the leading lines from the rock, and hadn't got round to processing them all.
Mainly, the thing that I like about this shot is the mirror-flat water - it's rare to see the North Sea like this, but nice when it happens
EOS 1000D / Sigma 10-20mm / Hitech ND grads
This is probably my last attempt at a composition based around this tree, although in reality I know I'll keep trying.
I have viewed it from afar so many times now as I walk the down land all around it.
The two strips of land running through the field are for wildflowers and wildlife, left fallow by the farmer. It has become common practice on all the farms around here but usually it is the margins left uncultivated.
The church at East Meon is just visible center right.
Probably best viewed large!
SSC - Parallel
I was a little flummoxed by this challenge, luckily I looked at my wine rack and realised there was more than one parallel here. Sadly it is rather depleted at the moment but, looking on the bright side, so much space to fill and it does emphasise the parallels!
I decided to change it to a vintage style image to mimic an old cellar.