Sunday, early morning, dreary, wet and cold. That’s how I would sum up our trip to Shining Cliff Woods. Was it worth it though? Hell yes it was. If you’re less of a reader and more of a watcher feel free to check out the video I made of the walk around here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLfnR0M-3mY, although I pre-warn you that it’s more a talk about me and a little introduction, which I realised was long overdue on the YouTube platform.
So the first thing out of the way, did we make it to Shining Cliff Woods? Starting off at the Birches and making our way through the old Wire Works in Ambergate there was plenty to see, and plenty of wonderful distractions. Which means we only made it to the outer edges. This makes me happy though, as there’s plenty to see next time I go again.
Picture wise the day could almost be summed up as a study of fungi, simply because of the amount of excitement there was to be had over each and every new baby mushroom that we came across. For example:
Nikon Z6 24-70mm f4 @ 1/160 sec | 70mm | f/4 | ISO 220
I liked this one so much it has gone straight into my Top Ten photographs, and I think it’s going to be staying there for a while. It’s not often I get the opportunity to get underneath fungi of this scale and it took a little bit of a balancing act to get the tripod to stay level and behave.
I’m also quite fond of this one:
Nikon Z6 24-70mm f4 @ 1/5 sec | 70mm | f/8 | ISO 100
As much as I love shooting with my Sigma 105mm I can’t help but use the Z6 24-70. Mostly for easy at the moment to save swapping cameras, but also because 70mm on that lens/camera is so nice for capturing these wonderful little things, while also showing a bit more of their surroundings for that sense of scale….wouldn’t you agree?
Now it wouldn’t be a trip out without capturing something to put into a 4 Styles Thursday video. You can check out the video for this very wonderful mushroom here: https://youtu.be/K2h7k_LuoFc.
That’s it for now. I’m really looking forward to my next outing to this area, simply because for wood that initially seems to small, there’s a great deal to explore. And as usual I’ll be sharing what I find along the way.
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