There is a reality about the woods. Time is motionless but its touch is everywhere. Decay and growth merge together into one cycle. Left to itself without the axe and saw all is equalised. Nothing lasts forever and yet the whole is ageless. 
Tag: forest
On the Forest Floor
A long while since they fell
Stripped of life
The veins through which life flowed
Becoming the food of new life
The cycle turns one more time …..
Series of Four #10 – Creatures in Motion
Series of Four
This is the tenth Blog in the “Series of Four” series. Each blog focuses on a different aspect of photography, either technical or creative. To see the full set of “Series of Four” blogs, click here.
Creatures in motion
Generally the aim is to freeze motion and to avoid motion blur but that is what rules are there for – to be broken. I have a few images in my collection where the sense of motion makes the image. The instant is prolonged – a butterfly takes off, a baboon leaps with its baby, a thief escapes and a puppy runs for the pure joy of it. To be different (and to add one to the Series of Four) a fly is frozen in flight….
An extra image – a fly frozen in motion as it flies.
- A chipmunk escapes from the bird feeder in Vienna, Virginia, USA
- A Queen Butterfly, Leu Gardens, Orlando, Florida, USA
- Toffee dog, Caterham in Surrey, England
- Monkey and child, Kakamega rain forest, Western Kenya
- A syrphid fly, Caterham in Surrey, England
Series of Four #6 – Perspective at the forest floor
Series of Four
This is the sixth Blog in the “Series of Four” series. Each blog focuses on a different aspect of photography, either technical or creative. To see the full set of “Series of Four” blogs, click here.
Perspective at the forest floor
What would a walk in the forest for a four-inch photographer look like? Changing the perspective can open up a whole different world. Lighting can be a challenge.
All of these were shot in the woodlands of the North Downs in Surrey, England which are within a mile of where I live except the bottom right image which was shot near Fresvik in Norway.
Charcoal and deforestation
[Note: A selection of charcoal images is now available for purchase and download from the Image Market – HERE.]
If you travel virtually anywhere in rural Africa you cannot fail to notice a growing environmental crisis – deforestation caused by charcoaling. All households have basic energy needs which have to be met in the preparation of food, heating, boiling of water and other requirements. Traditionally these needs have been met with the use of fuelwood. With ever growing urbanization throughout Africa, fuelwood is not an option – the vegetation is just not available in urban fringe areas. Other options of electricity, kerosine and LPG gas are beyond the affordability of the vast majority of the poverty stricken urban fringe populations across the continent and so charcoal has become the only possible choice. Continue reading “Charcoal and deforestation”