Spring at Last

24th February 2011

Winter finally seems to have loosened its grip now with longer daylight hours and ever warming temperatures. The signs of spring are now starting to show, all the classics like hazel catkins and daffodils and the ever beautiful snowdrops were all present in a local wood yesterday.

I know all these subjects have been photographed to death over the years and its therefore becoming harder to come up with new and original images, but despite this I always put time aside to top up my image collection with fresh new images. I find this time of year to be very special as it marks a time of great change and awakening within the countryside. Its a great time to be out in the countryside with or without a camera.

With spring flowers I always shoot a few straight images first, but once these are in the bag I always just like to have a play varying shutter speeds, apertures and lenses to create different effects. As with all types of photography it really does pay to experiment and most of all its good fun!