Got up this morning but at first it did not appear to be very promising, cloudy overhead but to the east were signs of clear sky's, but where to go? Everyone says planning is essential so fell at the first hurdle, decided to try a wood just to the north by Hermitage. As I drove up the hill things started to get more promising, there was mist in the area. Heading towards a known parking area only to find it had been taken over by the landowners as a temporary log store as they were logging in the area. It was by now approaching sun rise so made a decision to carry on to find another area the next turning brought me to the scene that I ended up taking pictures. I was looking down onto misty fields with two trees taking my eye, there was also a number of horses in the mist that could add to the pictures if they were in the right area. Between me and the field was an area of recently planted trees which I had to try and shoot over or through as there was some dense undergrowth that I could not get through. In my haste to get the camera out to photograph the scene I was only wearing shoes, the wellies were nice and dry in the car.
Finding the location to take some shots I set up and started taking photographs what do you think is best with or without the horses? My only worry was the the sunrise was more to the left so was not getting much colour in the sky, there was no clouds to speak of so it is only the glow around the rising sun that can be seen to the left of the frames. Moving location to try and enhance the sky proved pointles as I had to go down a dip and lost sight of the trees, but there was a lot more horses in the field than I had first seen and they came over to see what the mad photographer was doing scrambling around outside their field, with the looks I was getting and the colour fading in the sky decided to call it a day and head home for a cup of coffee and some breakfast.
Picture when the horses arrived -
Picture before horses arrived on the scene -
