Winter Light

I am one of those people that came to photography in the digital age and took very few pictures on a film camera (mainly just holiday snaps).  Therefore I do have a tendency to take lots of photos every time I go out.  Unfortunately this means that I don’t always think too carefully about the shot I take and how I want it to look and, should I have an idea in my head, it rarely comes out as expected in the camera.

I have recently started taking some shots using film, but am still learning about the development process, but I have found that when I do take my digital camera out now I am taking about half as many shots as previously.  It would also appear that I am starting to think about my photos a little more.  Today I decided to go out to try and capture the Winter light.  I had been thinking about getting up early and catching the sunrise, but that would mean going out in the cold and scraping the ice off the car!

I set off towards the Northamptonshire countryside and, as usual saw lots of photo opportunities.  Unfortunately what I didn’t see was somewhere to stop the car!  I therefore made a stop in Preston Capes, the second village I came to.  This is somewhere I have driven through, but never stopped in, mainly due to the aforementioned lack of somewhere to put the car.  Today I was in luck and quickly abandoned the car on the main street and made my way to the church, partly in the hope that I could get some views of the countryside as well as pictures of the church.

I saw this picture and, although it wasn’t the one I set out to get, it came out in the camera exactly as I had hoped when I pressed the shutter.  Well, almost, what I didn’t notice until I put the image into Lightroom was the transmitter showing behind one of the trees and, I am ashamed to admit it, I am tempted to try and clone it out should I wish to enter any competition.

However,  the light, the shadows, the rolling landscape, are just as I wanted in the photo.  This was taken with my 50mm lens, ISO200, f/9.0, 1/320secs.