This Morning in Brinscall Woods
I wasn't really in the mood to go out for a walk this morning as I'd been on a relatively long hike in the Lake District yesterday and everything was still hurting. I should add that it was a very enjoyable walk in the Dunnerdale fells, a mere six miles and 1,600ft of ascent, but it seems my body classes that as a long walk these days.
Anyway, despite the strong urge to remain in bed this morning, I'd received a used copy of the GF45-100 f/4.0 a couple of days ago and was eager to test it properly, plus mist had been forecast first thing, so somewhat wearily I forced myself out of the house and off to the local woods, thinking I'd just potter around for 30 minutes taking some test shots.
Three hours later I was still there and, if I hadn't had other commitments and my joints weren't still aching, I would have stayed much longer as the conditions were great and seemingly improving as the day wore on, although the promised mist was a complete no show as usual!
All images taken on a tripod with the Fujifilm GFX100S and 45-100 f/4.0, except for the first image which was shot at nearly 45mm with the 32-64 for some reason. All were taken with a CPL and edited from individual raw files in Capture One Pro 23.
6. Don't Forget To Look Up
This was taken around 9:30. The woods sits on the steep, West facing slope leading up to Withnell Moor, so it doesn't get any direct sunlight first thing in the morning, but by this time the tops of the trees were just beginning to rise above the shadow cast by the hillside and the canopy was taking on a rather impressive golden glow. I nearly missed this spectacle and it was only by chance that I looked up to the top of the steep slope in front of me and spotted it.
