Typical April weather for the UK. 21:9 panoramic stitch made with the 35mm f2. I Haven't posted here for a while as I've been using non Zeiss glass and exploring alternative techniques.

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Multiple exposures in-camera. Contrast and exposure adjustments in Lightroom. Thanks for looking and your comments are welcome.

Multiple exposures in-camera, adjustments in Lightroom. Leaves on the water.

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.

Burnham Beeches in Winter.

Crooked trees of Burnham Beeches. Shaped over time by soil, weather and human intervention.

Looking into the textures and tones of bark

Searching for textures in local West Berkshire woodland. A multi-frame stitch.

A frost pocket lingers in the woods. Enjoying the gentle palette and soft light of late Autumn at Burnham Beeches.

A panoramic view within Micheldever Wood at dawn on a fantastically misty morning. 10 frame stitch.<br />
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I wanted to convey a fairly "natural" sense of being out in the woods that morning. There was a funny moment when as I was finishing with making this image and preparing to move on Antony Spencer - a photography hero, appeared out of the trees behind me. I took this to be a good omen for the day ahead.

English bluebells in a Beech plantation. From a misty day in Micheldever Wood back in April.

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...

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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Open for business in the apple orchards.

Iris leaves backlit by the sun bring out the rich chlorophyll green.

Looking for another view of my local castle. This time I thought to try a panoramic stitch and just go right into the sunrise. Just the two crenellated towers of the gatehouse remain of this long since ruined castle

Another view from within Micheldever Wood. As the trees loose their leaves I'm hoping for more mist. With the Zeiss Makro Planar 100 again, a slightly warm tone was added to the highlights.

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.