I was happy to be able to capture this mood last Spring. Searching for views to work with through repeated visits certainly helped me to be productive when these atmospheric conditions arose.
These occaisional low down branches attract my attention because of their form and colour at this time of year - some are like curtains while others are spindly bushy things sprouting from a great trunk. <br />
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This image was taken from quite a high vantage point in order to look through the veil of leaves and to try to show the flowers into the distance.<br />
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Burnham Beeches, Buckinghamshire. Such a beautiful site to visit but I have struggled for a long time to capture the crazy Arcadian nature of the heathy woodland areas in photographs. A telephoto allowed some exclusion of the chaos to focus on a few strong shapes and textures. Always a place to return to...
A view within Micheldever Wood, Hampshire, UK early in the morning. I was lucky to have some mist again although the trees are looking rather bare now compared to a few weeks ago. <br />
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Three images were stitched together with the Zeiss 35mm f2, C-pol and Lee 0.6 soft grad filters were used.
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