15/09/2008 by Woodsy.

Unsure of the exact nature of the numbers visible at the head of each nail however the four of them do make for an interesting abstract shot, again this is one of the trail sleeper series shot at Wicksteed park during a sunny September day in 2008. And as with all my train sleeper shots, there are some wonderful textures visible here. In 2007 I found a similar arrangement of train sleepers sporting some wonderful yellow brown iron rust around the rivets and some bright green moss – unfortunately all my shots of this were flawed due to poor exposure – however if I can, I will file some of these shots under my Flawed Shots page http://blog.agwoods.co.uk/flawed-shots .

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15/09/2008 by Woodsy.

It’s the colour and texture of this shot that wins it for me, very simple framing of the edge of a gnarled train sleeper with a long iron nail. Emphasised the wood grain by slowly graduating the depth-of-field to create a gracious blur (using centre-weighted metering at f6.3 for 1/250second).

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15/09/2008 by Woodsy.

After an extremely wet and dull (not to mention cold) week, the warm Sunday September sunshine was most welcome. During my walk through the often overlooked nature trails of Wicksteed park (Kettering) I came upon a glorious arrangement of old weathered train sleepers, and this little fungi (or fungus) caught my eye. Shot at f7.1 for 1/250second with my fixed 50mm Nikon lens.

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