Being quite near the Winter Solstice, the days are very short right now. I think I took this at 10am and, as you can see, it is quite foggy. I think you can just make out roofs, just to the right of the tree, but until the fog lifts, you might think the field just stretches on into the distance.
Another tree! I couldn’t resist.
I like how the red contrasts with the green in the frame. The foliage on the tree makes an ‘almost’ circle of pinkish red. You wouldn’t expect to see such a colour on a November morning.
And the leaves scattered under the tree remind us that we are leaving autumn and soon to enter winter, where the tree will be bare.
I still think it looks beautiful.
I have swum in the sea at this time of year, but never intentionally!
But most days on Shoreham Beach, you see people taking a dip – sometimes on their own (like this gentleman), but mostly in groups of three or four.
People say it boosts health, like a cold shower, but more scenic.
Having had a very dry summer, autumn has been a wet one so far.
Sometimes, I dream of a really long lens which can telescope in on whatever I see, but I don’t have one, so I had to walk across a wet football field to get to this. So I did.
Mid-October. When the Sun is out, I can almost believe that it is late summer, but the scattering of red leaves under the maple tree says otherwise.
I am trying to practise gratitude. One of the things COVID-19 gave me, was the opportunity to appreciate the beauty of trees, on early morning walks before anyone else was around.
Another day on Shoreham Beach. A darker sky – and now the sea is a deep green. A fair way out, two yachts sail back towards the harbour. Unlike before, there is a steady wind, whipping up waves which crash on to the beach.
Although you can’t see them, there were some swimmers.
The first sunny day of autumn. A steady offshore breeze. A group of yachts venture out from the harbour. Warm in the sunshine, with a sharp chill waiting in the shade.
The seasons shouldn’t come as a surprise anymore – but they always do.
After a morning of rain, the Sun came out and I got these vivid red leaves against a deep blue sky. If I were a contemplative type, I would probably see something in this.
Sometimes, I wait a really long time before developing film – even though it is in my “get around to it sometime” pile – I take a really long time to get around to it.
When the film came back from the processors (even worse! I waited – and then paid someone to do it for me!), for a few moments, I wasn’t even sure where it was. But, as the title shows, it is of Edinburgh Castle, one of the most photographed sites in Scotland, photographed from the park below. Most photographs are from the approach road.
Part of me feels a little sad looking at this, since it was 4 years ago and all the things that have happened since. I do recall the trip with some fondness, there was some lovely warm weather, but as the week passed, you could feel the weather tipping over from autumn into winter.
If you are curious, I took this on my old Rolleiflex, which takes square-shaped photos. I think I prefer landscapes to be rectanguar, but here, I think the square works.
Where I live, in a fairly rural park of the UK, the agricultural workers have finally got the harvest in. Most people don’t realise how hard they work, literally working through the daylight hours and on into the night. I think I took this at about 7pm, and so obviously, the other thing you might notice is that it getting darker earlier again. It all fits into the theme of passing seasons and time.