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A new dawn

29 Monday Jan 2018

Posted by Noeline Smith in Landscape, Nature, Photography

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dark woods, dawn, Grovely Woods, misty morning, sun ray, sunrise

So, almost seven months since my last post …. I’d like to think that this was the start of a new era, a new blogging me perhaps?! Not much chance of that – and just as well I didn’t make any New Year resolutions! Truth be told, what with one thing and another, I’ve barely even touched my camera. Finally, with a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel and a morning fog forecast I promised myself a ‘photographic fix’ in the nearby woods.

As usual, I’d readied everything the night before so I could grab my kit and head off before sun up – except that in my rusted state I’d forgotten a torch.  With all senses on full alert I felt my way along the muddy track that wound into the woods; it was a silent world full of the smell of damp earth and rotting leaves, shadowy trunks sliding past and an occasional falling twig crashing through the canopy when suddenly a deer barked …. its eerie cry subsiding way before my heart rate! It was answered by another across the woods and gradually, as darkness faded and birds were roused, the dawn chorus began.

Prehistoric dawn of sun rays in coniferous woodland

Very little fog but a fabulous start to the day nonetheless!

(All images are copyright to Noeline Smith)

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Missing the light fantastic – nearly!

05 Friday Dec 2014

Posted by Noeline Smith in Landscape, Photography, Structure

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Caerloggas Down, Cornwall, drama, megalith, photography, silver lining, standing stones, stone circle, sun ray

Quite often with photography it can be a matter of simply being in the right place at the right time, sometimes enormous amounts of planning are involved and at others it’s pure luck – as it was on this occasion!

Whilst studying local maps my eyes lighted upon a small blue fan symbol indicating a viewpoint: Caerloggas Down, possibly natural at one time, the hill is now the landscaped remains of mine dumping from the adjacent china clay mines. A decent walk up to the northern side revealed panoramic views towards Bodmin but a chill wind soon sent us packing, across to the other side as the clouds, harried by the wind, sent shafts of sunlight dancing across the surrounding countryside. Cresting a slight brow we chanced upon a stone circle with a spectacular sky backdrop. Stone circle on Caerloggas DownI threw my back pack off and tore my camera from it, adjusting the settings as I raised it to my eye but, even as I did so, the clouds raced by and an instant later they were gone, the solid bank that replaced them making it clear that we’d seen the last of the sun for the day.

I’d so nearly missed this opportunity – five seconds later would have been too late – thirty seconds earlier would have been better! Not having chance to mount a filter necessitated a little remedial work in post processing but was a sacrifice worth making – and at least I didn’t completely miss ‘the light fantastic’!

EXIF data: ISO 200, 1/80, f16 at 45mm, RAW file converted with Lightroom 5

(All images are copyright to Noeline Smith)

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