October 2017, local wood, Staffordshire, England.
Tag: October
Autumn Winds
Whilst out in the local beech woods on Sunday morning I wanted to try and capture not only the autumnal colours but also the movement of the leaves to express how windy these past days have been due to a storm system crossing the country. I used a slow camera speed to try an capture the flutter of leaves in the cool October wind. I know this kind of contradicts what we try and do in photography, which is to attempt to capture the world perfectly still, between bouts of wind, but I thought I would just run with it, go with the flow of the wind and see where it took me 🙂
October 2017, Staffordshire, England.
Autumn’s Soft, Light, Deep Hues
October 2017, Sedum, front garden, Staffordshire, England.
Autumn Reflections
Begonia, October 2017, rear garden, Staffordshire, England.
Autumn Colours
Summer has slipped away, and although we have crossed over the threshold into autumn, colour is still abound even as blooms fade.
Hydrangea, rear garden, Staffordshire. October 2017.
October Still Blooms
Photograph taken October 2016, rear garden , Staffordshire. © Pete Hillman 2016. Camera used Nikon D7200, with Sigma 105mm macro lens.
Catching The Morning Light
Photograph of Pencilled Crane’s-bill (Geranium versicolor), taken October 2016, rear garden, Staffordshire. © Pete Hillman 2016. Camera used Nikon D7200, with Sigma 105mm macro lens.
Autumn Air Still Buzzing
On my walk to the local Beech wood this afternoon I passed some ivy in bloom on a roadside verge, and was quite amazed at how many hoverflies were busying themselves feeding of the sweet nectar and pollen.
I was also taken how the autumn sunlight appeared to make their colours richer.
They were that busy hovering around from flower to flower they were quite tricky to photograph.
Drone Fly Eristalis tenax. Local roadside verge, Staffordshire, England. October 2016.
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