Luxters winery is at the end of this path. You can just see the green gate at the end. This is the Hambleden valley in Cadmoor wood. This was an early morning shot and the fog just blew in for 10 minuties before clearing again.
Taken in the Crowsley woods after the Forestry Commission had done some logging, which left this old oak exposed in the early morning sun breaking through the mist.
A fox in the woodlands near Nettlebed in the Chilterns. I love the golden browns of the fox that contrast with those deep summer greens of the surrounding forest.
Pullingshill Woods near Marlow.
Autumn has come and gone. Winter is here but the colours of autumn cling on in some parts of this wood.
Water, autumn fall and fog. I could have sat here all morning.
Long exposure along the River Warfe in the Yorkshire Dales. A very still morning allowed an exposure of 20 seconds to highlight the currents within the river.
These woods are managed by the local community in Nettlebed. It is full of ancient Oak and Beech trees, which looked stunning in the early autumn morning fog that descended one morning recently.
A capture of English Oak trees with the invasive rhododendron in the foreground. They look quite amazing in the late spring and really add to the dynamics of this forest in the Chilterns. Love them or hate them, you cannot deny they look good.
A path meanders through the woods near Highmoor near Henley on Thames. Spring is coming to an end, with the wild garlic being the last bloom before the flourishing forest canopy blocks the light to the forest floor until Autumn.
A fallen tree which has probably been hit by lightning in autumn colours. This image was exhibited around the UK with Forestry England and the Earth Photo competition.
Autumn in the Hambelden Valley.
Rrhododendron flowers in Balham's Wood in Stonor.
An amazing foggy morning in Nettlebed Woods near Henley On Thames. The fog has given the wood a mystical feel with the trees almost looking like people with arms outstretched
This was taken in the early morning as sunlight starts to break through the mist on the edge of the woods. The light has been able to penetrate in areas due to the recent logging.
A small oak forest near Madensgrove Village in the Chiltern Hills during the winter months. These gnarly oaks make for an amazing atmosphere at any time of the year.
Ancient beech trees in the woods near Christmas Common in the Chiltern Hills.
An ancient juniper tree in the High Atlas Mountains in Morocco. I think this tree is misshapen to such an extent because of the coexistence with the Berber nomads. The goats and nomads have taken parts of the branches and foliage for food and firewood over the years but left enough of the tree to provide for future travellers. “Share with us, share with you” is the nomad code. Is this the reason for its shape? A tree that has provided warmth, food, and medicine, maybe for centuries, but is now under pressure as the climate changes at these extreme altitudes.
This woodland pond is tucked away in the woods near Highmoor, Oxfordshire. The woods here are teaming with badgers, foxes, squirrels and deer. A magical place for a walk at any time of the day.
Over the last year I have cycled past this dead oak tree on the way to work. It never really work when I stopped in the past to take a photo. But with the deep fog a few days, I think it worked this time
Sunrise is sending rays of light through the new forest canopy on a crisp spring morning. The bluebells are now in full bloom.
Autumn in Marlow, this wood has it all. The undulating ground you can see here is made by First World War trenches that were dug by training recruits before they were shipped to France.
Titled "The Survivor" from the woodland near Nettlebed Village in the Chilterns because the forests here have taken a battering over recent years, but this amazing oak tree is still soldiering on despite what appears to be catastrophic damage.
This wood is near Bix village. Fog and autumn trees are an irresistible composition for a photographer.
Beech tree in the winter woods.
Bix Underwood near Henley on Thames is a great walk as the bluebells signal the end of spring. This is an intimate capture of these plants carpeting the woodland floor.
The snow came and went at the weekend. This was taken in the woods near Fawley not far from the Henley and The River Thames. Black & white in the snow works best for
Woods in the ridge above Hambelden village. There is a pervious monochrome version of this, but I prefer this version with Split Tone process in Lightroom software. This looks great printed on Fotospeed Platinum Etching paper.
Winter mist on the common woods.
Some amazing light peaking through the morning fog is lighting up the forest floor in the this image and isolating one of the many ferns carpeting this woodland scene.
These amazing beech woodlands come alive during the winter as the mist, fog and frost constantly change what the viewer sees.
This was a bitterly cold morning before skiing. The following day it snowed and completely transformed this path. I prefer this image.
I have called this after the angry tree in J R Tolkien’s book The Hobbit. Strangely there was a film crew filming star wars about a mile away….odd considering we were in the middle of nowhere in the Scottish highlands.
Marlow woodland with many paths winding through them. A dog walkers paradise.