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Way off patch this afternoon. Still on land that in the distant past was impassable swamp and is now rich, dark soil over deep peat, criss-crossed with ditches and drains.
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All the drains end up at pump houses which empty into the river.
I find it hard to understand why people find mountainous regions appealing, I much prefer flatlands or the tops of the open moors. Here I get the former with the latter in distant sight.
One reason for going out there today was to look at one of the few trees to see how it had changed. It's had a bit of a battering since I first photographed it in 2012.
Now:
Then:
I couldn't replicate the older picture as the lower branch, and others, had snapped off a couple of years back making the tree look completely different, and the sky and light were flat.
My other reason for taking a camera out was to try the new-to-me lens that had turned up. Despite my dislike of ultrawide focal lengths I'd succumbed to GAS and bought another one. I have a use in mind for it with my sheep photography to justify it's purchase. But even the landscapes today proved that it keeps horizons straighter than the lens I already had. I'll be giving it a whirl at the sale on Saturday.
.
All the drains end up at pump houses which empty into the river.
I find it hard to understand why people find mountainous regions appealing, I much prefer flatlands or the tops of the open moors. Here I get the former with the latter in distant sight.
One reason for going out there today was to look at one of the few trees to see how it had changed. It's had a bit of a battering since I first photographed it in 2012.
Now:
Then:
I couldn't replicate the older picture as the lower branch, and others, had snapped off a couple of years back making the tree look completely different, and the sky and light were flat.
My other reason for taking a camera out was to try the new-to-me lens that had turned up. Despite my dislike of ultrawide focal lengths I'd succumbed to GAS and bought another one. I have a use in mind for it with my sheep photography to justify it's purchase. But even the landscapes today proved that it keeps horizons straighter than the lens I already had. I'll be giving it a whirl at the sale on Saturday.