Scotland is on the cusp of Winter...but the sun still makes an autumnal appearance and Jack Frost has yet to make his presence felt significantly. In spite of early nightfall (it is dark by 4pm) and mostly naked trees, the soft and low-angled sunlight draws out the beauty of the wooded undergrowth and there is still some dancing to be observed.
My ability to capture images is limited by a learning process that is still in its incipient stages, but I do it anyway :). Below is a selection of 21 photographs shot over the past couple of months.
Photos taken with a Nikon D200 + Nikon AF-S 40mm f2.8 MG lens.
Mid October
Shanti, autumnal-coloured Princess of the Woods, takes center stage amidst splashes of fallen leaves and crunchy sticks:
Early-mid November
Season advances as trees immodestly shed their Summer clothing, but some of the berries and thorns are not yet done. A swarm of Flies on Fire dance in sunlight for a second until a gust chases them away before I have time to adjust settings. Shanti ponders it all as shafts of Sun light up holey leaves, and she swivels delicately in the water:
Early December
The grass is no longer 'smokable' and Winter's claws are exposed but the submerged pebbles are still dancing. "You've seen prickly Holly I observe" sez Squirrel, lecturing me from the safety of Height, "Therefore, the time has come!"
