Rick McEvoy Photography- Image of the Week

This is my image of the week for this week - a re-edit of the picture of the shafts of sunlight through the woods at The Vyne.

Rick McEvoy - landscape photographer in Hampshire

Just a couple of nice landscape pictures for the middle of the week in this heat in the UK

It's been hot here this week. Not complaining but it makes things a tad more tiring. So today just two pictures of a misty path in the woods at The Vyne. The black and white version first for a change.

Rick McEvoy - landscape photographer 

Bournemouth, Poole, Sandbanks, London. Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Hampshire, Somerset, West Sussex, Wiltshire

A misty path through the woods at The Vyne

Today a couple of pictures that I like.

It is a Saturday in June. It is going to be a hot day.

So let’s just look at some nice pictures today. Nothing too heavy.

As well as the colour version you can see in this post I will also post the black and white version of this picture later.

The colour version of the picture was produced using Lightroom Mobile on my iPad Pro. On a plane. This was the first time I ad flown since I was given my iPad by my fantastic wife. And did it make a difference to a 4 ½ hour flight!

The image was captured using my Canon 6D and Canon 17-40mm lens, mounted on my Manfrotto tripod.

This is quite a stark, contrasty image. This was deliberate processing as I wanted this look for this image.

And for completeness I guess I should tell you where I took this image.

The Vyne. The National Trust site in Hampshire.

The Vyne is one of my favourite places with fascinating woods which I am hoping to return to this summer when everything is in full bloom.

I find landscape photography very relaxing, and also a very productive time for me. I have changed my approach to landscape photography these days, and take much fewer images than I used to. I enjoy walking in the English landscape, looking and enjoying being out and about. Only when I have found something of interest do I get my camera out of my bag, which for landscape photography (as well as any photography on construction sites) is my Peak Design Everyday Backpack.

As well as getting my camera out I also remove my Manfrotto tripod from the external pocket and place it where the scene is I want to photograph.

Landscape photography for me is something to be enjoyed, not rushed.

 Rick McEvoy MCIOB, LBIPP

Landscape photographer in Hampshire 

Trees in the mist – another picture of Cadnam in the New Forest

I like a square crop. And this image suited the square crop treatment well. I wanted to cut off the trees in the reflection – to have the perfect symmetry of a reflection was too obvious for this image. Sometimes the rules have to be broken. And in this case breaking those rules makes the image more interesting.

Well I think so!

I am spending much more time thinking about composition and cropping, which is definitely having a positive impact on my work.

This image has been reduced down to three elements, the tree, the land and the water. Everything else is white. Mysterious.

This is another of my pictures of 2007, which I have just rediscovered having gone through my 2007 catalogue. Well my 2007 collection in Lightroom that is.

And going through my old images has been very enjoyable. I have found photographs I had almost forgotten about like this one.

This picture was taken on my Canon 5D, which is a valuable reminder to all of us that you do not need the latest and greatest camera to produce quality images.

And another reminder – non-destructive editing in Lightroom is truly awesome. With this image I could see how I edited the image 9 years ago, and tweak that edit to my hearts content.

The cameras and the software we have are truly remarkable, and we need to remember this as we constantly demand more.

I like the simplicity of this image, which I have edited in Lightroom.

It is only a subtle edit, and I will leave this image with you and post the black and white version this afternoon.

Let me know which image you prefer.

Rick McEvoy – Original Photography in Hampshire

Thursday 8th December 2016

www.rickmcevoyphotography.co.uk