October 2009

Every time I drive along the M8 near paisley I see a potential shot, a group of lime trees near the motorway, I keep thinking that I must get a shot of these tree during autumn. On the 2nd October I had a spare hour, the lighting was excellent and the sky was perfect with lines of the clouds working perfectly with lines of the trees and crops.

Limes trees, near Paisley (2nd October 2009)

On the 3rd I was working at the Dams to Darnley Country Park, we had our first ever photo walk, however the weather was wet and grey.

Getting up earlier than planned on the 4th October allowed me to stop for sunrise on the Northumberland coast before heading to Yorkshire to visit my folks for the week.

Dunstanburgh Castle at sunrise (4th October 2009)

While visit my folks I had full advantage of Hull Trains cheap prices and spent a day in London on the 6th, however the weather was grey with showers, far from ideal for photography.

Tunnel under the Thames at Greenwich (6th October 2009)

Sunrise at Spurn Point (8th October 2009)

On the 8th I head to Spurn Point to see look for the Baillon's Crake which had been seen the day before, but I dipped, but I did manage to capture a few shots of the sunrise. I spent a day on the North Yorkshire Moors and stopped off at Grosmont to photograph the steam trains.

Steam train leaving the Grosmont tunnel (9th October 2009)

On the 22nd I headed to the Loch Lomond and trossachs national park in search of autumn colours, while the light was rather poor the colour were outstanding. I arrived at Loch Katrine for sunrise before heading to Invernsaid to photograph the waterfalls and go for a walk along the West Highland way, before heading to Argaty to watch over 20 Red Kites. Good number of redwings and fieldfares were also seen.

Autumn colour at Loch Katrine (22nd October 2009)

Waterfalls at Inversnaid (22nd October 2009)