Autumnal Rettendon

21st October 202021st October 2020 By cpadmin

To capture some images of autumnal Rettendon I paid a visit to the churchyard at All Saints. I had been tipped off by someone who knew, that the colours in Church Chase were nice. Before the rain came I nipped up yesterday with my camera. The churchyard and its bushes and trees offer a number of photogenic opportunities. I particularly like how the high branches of some of the bushes arch over the images to “frame” them. These images are on our website on the “Autumn in Rettendon” page. Click here to go there

This post shows three images. There are more images of Autumnal Rettendon on our website. https://www.compassphotography.co.uk/autumn-in-rettendon/

The views looking west from the churchyard are quite nice. Hedges on both sides of the A130 hide both the road and its traffic. The hedges are turning gold too. Most of the industrial buildings are hidden in the trees.

Suffolk in Autumn

14th November 201914th November 2019 By cpadmin

Suffolk in Autumn comprises four images from an overnight trip this week. The catalyst for the trip was the concert being held by “The Hot Club of Cowtown” in Bury St Edmunds. I chose to take the scenic route to Bury, up through Clare and via Ickworth.

The main street in Clare was full of fallen leaves and this gave a great opportunity to create a really leafy Suffolk in Autumn image.

Ickworth is a national trust property – see their website I went there to photograph the huge Rotunda. Alas, scaffolding covered the Rotunda! At the bottom of the Italian formal gardens is a path which curves round. The wall and the shadows of the wall lead your eye nicely round to a tree with golden leaves. Classic leading lines!

Leading lines at Ickworth — Leading lines in the grounds of Ickworth

Moving on the Bury St Edmunds I spent time in the Abbey Gardens. One ruin amongst others! Firstly, I came across golden trees and then ruins of the Benedictine Monastery. I progressed down to the stream and found many opportunities for autumnal colours.

In short, there was lots to see in Suffolk in Autumn! The autumn colours seem brighter this year

Autumn colours in Colchester

28th October 201928th October 2019 By cpadmin

There were lovely autumn colours in Colchester yesterday. I spent an hour in Castle Park walking along the side of the River Colne capturing some lovely images. Image 236 is just above the weir where the river bends. Reflecting in the water are the golden leaves still clinging to the branches. Image 263 is again by the river. It reveals a bend with the bank on an angle and a rusty field of fallen leaves. The Willow in image 297 droops to the water and on the other side of the Colne more golden leaves reflect in the water.

Away from the water, image 337 shows that one tree has turned golden by the footpath. Bare branches of multi-stemmed trees that have already dropped their leaves reflect in the pool further down the Colne in image 346. A flock of seagulls that was sitting on the lake was disturbed. They took off as I was capturing another image of the pool. I managed one or two shots of them (363).