Give me big views and fine light and I am happy; woods on a bright sunny day and I am well out of my comfort zone, but I had been challenged to try woodlands.
I have been recently working with Paul Gallagher (http://www.paulgallagher.co.uk) on fine-tuning my photography and Paul suggested I should look at working more in woodlands and black & white.
To be honest, I am not someone who likes photographing woodlands as I find it difficult to create a composition with the chaos presented by all those trees – surely a lone tree is enough in an image!
Give me big views and fine light and I am happy; a trip to woodland on a bright sunny day and I was well out of my comfort zone! However; I found the bright sunlight worked well, providing great side/back-lighting that complimented the fresh green foliage of early summer.
Below is a selection of the images I managed to make.
![Dancing Birch : Study 4](https://philcorley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/180623-00020-1024x683.jpg)
![Dancing Birch : Study 3](https://philcorley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/180623-00019-768x1024.jpg)
![Dancing Birch : Study 2](https://philcorley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/180623-00022-1024x576.jpg)
![Dancing Birch : Study 1](https://philcorley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/pc-1806-00021-768x1024.jpg)
![Backlit Tree](https://philcorley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/pc-1806-00018-683x1024.jpg)
![Caged Nature](https://philcorley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/pc-1806-00017-1024x683.jpg)
![Pines and Dappled Light](https://philcorley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/180623-00016-1024x683.jpg)
![Bars](https://philcorley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/180623-20104-1024x683.jpg)
![Meadow and Trees](https://philcorley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/a-1806-0613-3-1024x683.jpg)
![Sunlit Copse](https://philcorley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/pc-1806-00015-768x1024.jpg)