Enchanted Wood at Syon Park

 Another visit to the Enchanted Wood, in nearby Syon Park, on a very cold Sunday evening just past. I'ts almost become an annual event for me; its only open for a few weekends this time of year and I've been before - the photo in the header of this blog (at the time of posting) was taken there last year.

I've posted some of last year's pictures in ths blog here and here   Some of the light displays around the trees had changed, and I was trying to get something different. The light levels are low, and so a tripod is really necessary -  some of the exposures were in seconds - yet some of the other visitors were handholding their cameras. Others were using on-camera flash. I wonder if they were disappointed with their results. I took fewer pictures than last year, and on an initial review, this years selection looks promising. I may think different when I print them.

It wasn't an evening for hanging around - the temperature in the car when we left read -2 C. Not that I cared a that point - a hot latte in the cafe on the way out to the car park helped.

   

Enchanted Wood, part 2

Another visit to Syon Park, over the weekend to photograph the Enchanted Wood. Not so windy this time, which was better - when you've got the camera on a tripod with the shutter speed in seconds the wind can play havoc with whats left of the leaves, branches ..... This time, a couple of misters were on close to some trees, and the lack of wind made them effective as subjects . So I managed to get a few shots, some of which you can see below.

                                                                  

Two quite different pictures. Whilst they are not the best pictures I've ever taken, I'm reasonably happy with them. I've not done any manipulation on them yet, time enough during the coming winter to do that.

Enchanted Wood

Nothing of note to post this week except a visit to a windy Syon Park to visit the Enchanted Wood. Here are a selection of some photos from that visit ....