Another bluebell image from the Ashridge Estate, on the edge of Hertfordshire. For me, this is all about the back lit beech leaves and long shadows of the trees rather than the bluebells themselves, so I made a conscious processing decision to desaturate in order…
A portrait of the fantastic bluebell woodland of the Ashridge Estate. I used a telephoto lens and a wide aperture here to achieve a narrow depth of field giving a soft, dreamy foreground and background.
An in-camera double exposure of the silver birch woodland of Holme Fen, Cambridgeshire; the largest silver birch woodland in lowland Britain. The multiple exposure increases the density of the already-dense birch trunks, producing an impenetrable end result.
Some tree tops captured in infrared, using a Hoya R72 filter, to give a high contrast black and white result
The sun catching the tops of the trees, looking back towards Herringfleet Hills from the mill. Suffolk.
Some rolling farmland on the chalk escarpment near Therfield, Hertfordshire. This is one of my favourite spots in Hertfordshire so I return frequently under different weather conditions or in different seasons. Caught at the right time of year, with the sun just catching the crests…
An infrared image of Hitchin Lavender, Cadwell Farm, Ickleford, Hertfordshire. It may seem strange to shoot lavender, something so renowned for its colour, in black and white but infrared photography can give striking, high contrast images that give a fresh twist on an often-shot view. This was taken…
A long exposure of the clouds and grasses of the Bedfordshire countryside with the promise of a dense poppy field in the distance. I was drawn in by the sweeping tractor tracks and the overhead cables, so thought I would couple it with a long…