Little gift for you!

Time for something different, a little break on this post!

A friend of mine recently showed me this video and, well, I had to share it here. If you love our natural world and all its beauty, or even if you don't, you need to see this. I can only hope that one day I manage to capture something even half as good as this.

Full credit and praise to JeffHK for this amazing video!

All the best! Cya soon!

Somewhere new! Silverdale!

Yep, I went somewhere different this time! Packed up the car and drove quite a way with some family to a small yet beautiful town called Silverdale. How'd we know about this place you ask? Maybe I'll tell you in the future... maybe. The day was absolutely stunning weather wise and though i didn't get too many pictures, mainly because I was entertaining family (and a lot of the pictures include them so I wont post those), I did manage to get a few. They might not be the best pictures I've ever taken but they were the start of something new!

These pictures were taken on 03/09/2015 in Silverdale and the surrounding Eaves Wood and Silverdale green. The weather was phenomenal for that time of year. Still laced with warm sun all around for so late in the year. That year's summer was amazing... Enjoy!

Had to start off with a silhouette!

Near the roof of the forest...

Never seen a more fitting summary of strength.

How could I resist?

Not much to say, I just love it!

Never felt more safe!

And that was that. Yeah, these pictures might not have been my best work but I was busy with family at that point. These are more the 'most fitting blog pictures' from a family day out rather than me going out specifically for my photography. Ah well. Still love that last one... and the tree's roots.

Let me know what you think! As always any tips and comments are hugely appreciated!

Thanks for browsing! Cya soon!

3/3 Finally getting arty with it - Rivington

Well, here we are on the last of these three post all taken on that one light drenched morning on Rivington Pike. By this point I had been out there several hours and safe to say these were perhaps my most experimental pictures of the morning. I played with the colour filter a lot more at this point so do please let me know what you think, what worked well, what didn't. I always love getting your feedback.

These were all taken on Rivington Pike on 1-9-2015. Morning light had started to appear that bit later as the seasons shifted to autumn giving some incredible lighting for these pictures which still held plenty of green from summer. "The dawn of Autumn" if you like. Enjoy!

Okay, I might have gone overboard with the colour filter...

Better with the blue or the darker colours in the centre?

Okay, I did quite a bit with the colour filter...

...Worth it!

Focus on the background...

Focus on the flower. Which was better?

Tried a few different positions with the flower and the light. Which worked best?

More dark and light in the same pic, more towards midday light now.

Its all arty and stuff!

Experimented with landscape and portrait here.

Which do you prefer? I think on this picture with the colour filter and the tree on the right the portrait one worked better.

Took to portrait one again with a higher horizon, think this third one is my favourite of the three.

Again, a little experiment. Love that third green one. 

Hot midday sun baking the rolling green. Love how the tree's line up against the sun directly behind me.

And lets end on a shot of the mystery tree in the hot sun. I think the surprising heat comes off well in this picture despite the cool green.

And that's the last from that morning on Rivington. I definitley still had stuff to learn, heck I still do, but I think I did alright and learned a lot from the experimental pictures I took. Please do let me know what you think, love hearing from you all.

As always tips and comments are hugely appreciated!

Thanks for browsing!

Cya soon!

2/3 Finally getting arty with it - Rivington

And we're back with the second lot of these terrible, terrible photos... well, a few of them might be half decent, but I'm just some hippie with a camera. I'm not... (why can't I think of any famous photographers...)

Anyway, We're still on that otherworldly morning on Rivington Pike with that amazing light on 1-9-2015. Enjoy the second bout!

Shout out for anyone who can explain that tree on the right! 

I still remember the light that morning. I'll never loose that memory!

Seriously, how can you not love that light!

Soft yet bright.

I played with the colour filter a little here. let me know what you think!

Selected a different shade of green, which do you prefer?

This spot is being used more these days as a venue for various events. They're all awesome!

Hill rolling away and that light behind, love it! 

Who on earth puts a croc on a stick and leaves it there? Well, the same people who drank all those beer cans I guess. (I cleaned up after taking the pic)

Not much to say here. This structure is way out of the way so I love how nature reclaimed the stone of these steps.

I don't think I did too badly at getting dark and light in the same picture... maybe could have used a better subject matter beyond that but not terrible.

I just love how the light seeps through the trees towards the camera.  

The thin trees almost looked like streaks on a painting.

Had to be done!

With trickling light like that, how could I not?

More subtle use of the colour filter there. Quite proud of that one! 

The sun was definitely getting higher and brighter by this point, approaching midday.

Had to try a trick perception (there's two trees on the left, looking like one)

Played with the blurring effects here. What do you think?

Okay, here I experimented with the light. Here the lense is directly in the light...

And here the direct light is obscured by a tree, which do you prefer? I figured they were both effective in different ways so took them both. 

Portrait orientation of the previous shot.

Just... that light...

 

Hmm... this is either not bad or dizzying... or both. It was an experiment, opinions?

Not much subject matter beyond the roof that branch makes, had to get that!

I can't caption these well enough...

This one I'm hugely proud of!

More dark and light to see us out...

The way both the dark trees and the bright light trickle down these pictures like streaks on a canvas completely enthralled me that early autumn morning. 

Hope you enjoyed these pictures as much as I did. Just one more post from that morning then we'll move on, promise! As always tips and comments are hugely appreciated!

Thanks for browsing!

Cya soon!