A Trip To Hurstwood Woods

So, having gotten frustrated with the rain this week stopping me from venturing out after work most afternoons this week, I thought I would step along to Hurstwood Woods this Off Friday. Whilst there was a shower not long after I arrived, I was ensconced under the trees at this point and managed to avoid getting wet or having to break out the brolly! Took the Goldie along for the ride and am still enjoying using this camera again. Can't believe the rechargeable AA batteries are still holding up after my initial charge up the other week! Well impressed although I always make a point of carrying spares whatever camera I take out for the day. Anyhoo, enjoyed being out in the fresh air, some sunshine and the peace that comes with these sorts of natural "venues". A few dog walkers strolling around, including a very exuberant dog that raced around whilst his owner strolled along, talk about walking himself! I remember these woods from my school days at Horsted, sometimes we'd take an afternoon walk along there and look for stuff. I've been reacquainted with them during Lockdown and the need to find places to visit that are on my doorstep. Initially because we weren't supposed to travel too far for our daily "exercise" and now because most of my favourite haunts involve a bus journey or two and I'd rather avoid mixing with the great unwashed as often as possible. So places such as this and the Coney Banks have become my new favourite places. At least the seasons have caused their own changes in these areas and like most record photography no two days ever produce the same images. Plus for infrared, these places are just right if the weather holds up ;-) This particular image was shot whilst sitting on one of the few dry benches, underneath the tree who's foliage you can see at the top of the image. Processed in Lightroom using my own home grown presets, I preferred the cream colour of this one although I have a similar pink version too. Infrared is a very unusual style of photography and whilst in recent years I have loved my deep black and white camera images, it's been nice to get used to some faux colour again.