Early Autumn at Norwood

I love Autumn. The light and colours can be fantastic. Early in the evening on the local golf course with camera and tripod, dodging wayward shots and leaping watercourses I managed to get these shots as the leaves are beginning to turn.

6th hole

Brilliant golden leaves

Leaves floating in a stream

Golfer following his ball down to the lake

Golden reflection

From pond to ditch

Waving willow

A willow on the world

Fifty shades of green

Berries aplenty

Elderberries

Near to our house is a footpath that was once a railway line. Alongside grows a large number of elder and hawthorn bushes. This year they are all abundant with red and black berries. Taking advantage of an early September, sunlit evening, I took a number of photographs, handheld with a telephoto zoom. 

Hawthorn berries

 On the way home the path led through a sunlit tunnel between two hedgerows. I pressed the shutter, unintentionally, while getting into position for a shot. the result is this effective piece of impressionism.

Summer reflections, The River Trent, part two

A lovely summer evening in Nottinghamshire.

Gunthorpe Bridge reflected in the Trent.

New things

I have been playing with some new additions to my photographic repertoire. Just after Christmas I bought a wireless trigger and updated to Elements 10. Although I have had a previous version of Elements I have never really explored it. Photographic magazines mention "layers" a lot so I thought that it was time to try them.

 I watched the SimonSez videos http://www.SimonSezIT.com and had a go. With my new wireless trigger I took some shots of my self sitting on a sofa and then combined them for a double self-portrait.

In December we went for a walk round Southwell. I took a photograph of Southwell Minster from the edge of the town.



Behind me was a field of corn.

The two photographs combined make an interesting effect.

I know that neither image is perfect, but for a first attempt I'm fairly pleased.