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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11/09/2008 by Woodsy.

My first piece of Photoshop art in quite some time, just a simple collage made from a collection of photographs.

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08/09/2008 by Woodsy.

Another entry from Summer 2006 series.

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05/09/2008 by Woodsy.

Summer 2006 at Leicester De Montfort University campus gardens, enjoying the sunshine with my Nikon D70. Here I liked the contrast between the sunlit tree bark and the campus building that forms the background.

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04/09/2008 by Woodsy.

Small delicate grouping of mushroom form fungi. Found on a late August day 2008 while strolling around a small pocket park in Leicester. The area in which these were found was entirely populated with various shapes and colours of fungi, quite marvellous. Shot using my Nikon 50mm fixed lense at f5.6 for 1/50second.

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04/09/2008 by Woodsy.

Setting out for an afternoon of long awaited photography I decided to pop by the local grave yard, the shot was taken at 3.22pm and by then the February (2008) sun was casting a wonderful golden light. What attracted me to this little scene was the contrast between the marble stone and the rich colours of the greenery. Some mist or rain-droplets would have made this shot magical. Taken with my Nikon D70, fixed 50mm Nikon lens at f5 for 1/50th of a second.

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