I spent a very pleasant week in Normandy and took a few picture whilst there.

More woods photos, I thought I’d revisit the same place with my SLR this time. Interestingly I struggled to get such good pictures as on my previous visit.

I’m never 100% convinced about very wide angle lenses, the results of using them can be very striking but they do give such and exaggerated perspective that the images can look ridiculous. I think I’m coming around to the belief that 18mm on a full frame sensor (12mm on a crop sensor) is the ideal wide angle length.

I’m not sure this quite lived up to expectations. I do think the textures of dead and dying flowers can be very beautiful but I’m not sure I did the best job of capturing them here.

I bought the IGPOTY book a while back and it inspired these photos. It really is worth getting, it has a very broad range of photographs in it and really is quite inspiring.

I took this photo at 10pm in the evening in an underpass. I think passers by must have wondered what the hell I was doing. I guess you can take it as slightly tongue in cheek but I felt it had a certain resonance.

Some friends bought these lilies for me. It may seem a little macabre but white lilies are my favourite flowers, I love the texture and form of them. So inevitably I photographed them.

An absolutely beautiful day, I just couldn’t resist going out with my camera to photograph the evening light. I find this time of day so tranquil.

No prizes for guessing the inspiration for these photos. This wood really surprised me and the bright but overcast day gave ideal lighting. Somewhere I must go back to.

These are not actually dandelion seeds, they’re very similar but about twice as big. I deliberately let the odd one grow in the garden because the seed heads are so appealing.