So I’ve lived in this area for years and frustratingly I have never really found a good location for landscape photography. Problem is is that I never applied the same amount of reserach that I do for more exotic locations with my home environs. So after a thorough examination of the OS map for this area I found the Finchampstead Ridges…about 15 minutes from a home and it’s fantastic. Maybe it’s becasue I have been on an enforced photography diet or just maybe I’m opening my eyes a bit more but it’ somewhere I intend to return to every month (we shall see…) I was drawn to this image simply because of the shape and colours. This time of year the landscape is almost holding its breath, getting ready for the spring push. Everything is well, a little bit dead (!) and messy…ahem. But as always the moss is ahead of the game and the fallen silver birch (which I now discover is everywhere in Berkshire) just adds a strong line through the composition. Below is a digital image, a sketch really, of the LF image that should be back with me next week. The real nagging issue is the fern – did I get enough or too little into the frame…though moving the camera in either direction was not a good option…not sure
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