Bluebells at Brampton Wood

More bluebells.  This time at Brampton Wood.  I'm especially fond of whitebells.  So, when I found this nice looking example at the top of the main ride, I decided to try focus stacking.  It's a technique I have been struggling with, but this is my best attempt to date.

  

Gamlingay Wood

On Saturday morning I visited Gamlingay Wood.  There were some much denser patches of bluebells there than at Waresley.  When I arrived the sun was still low enough to cast strong shadows of the trees. I really liked the lead lines this gave. 

After the sun climbed a little higher I tried a few more creative shots.  Firstly some intention camera movement.  I didn't want to include too much movement, as this just turns the trees and flowers into a bar-code.  Instead, I wanted just enough blur to give the scene an impressionistic feel.  Finally, I tried some in-camera double exposures.  These kind of shots can be 'pot-luck', and for this scene I didn't think they were that successful.  However, I did quite like the ghostly trees in the final image.

 

 

Waresley Wood

On Good Friday, I joined other CCC members at Warlesy Wood to photograph the spring flowers.  The bluebells aren't yet quite at their best, but already the rest of the woodland understory is growing up around them.  As usual at Waresley, I choose to concentrate on the details.

 

Gulls at Paxton Pits

Last Sunday morning I visited Paxton Pits for the first time in months.  It was a fairly bright, but very cold.  The water in the lakes was the lowest I can remember seeing it in years.  I wanted to practice capturing birds in flight.  Luckily there were plenty of black-headed gulls skimming the water.