Gardens by The Brunette

I had a couple of ideas in mind for this one, but as soon as I laid on my sun bed on one of the fabulous sunny days we have had here in the UK recently and looked upwards, I knew what I was trying to capture. I must admit I have become a real convert to my “outside room” AKA my garden ever since having been on a “glamping” holiday in a yurt in Wales where we spent 99% of our time outside for a week. I just find the nature and birds and wildlife to bring me back to centre and peacefulness. So I am now spending as much time as possible outdoors in the garden at home too. Lying there reading a book and looking up occasionally to see the sun streaming through the beautiful texture of a tree full of green leaves against a blue sky, just makes me happy! What can I say? Photographically I set as low a film speed as I could get away with for quality, with a small aperture and just enough speed to freeze the leaves so they didn’t  move in the wind. I knew I would want to crop in, so it had to be a high quality shot to start with, and I also used a telephoto lens, to get me as close as I could in camera before cropping in editing. Only a tiny tweak to contrast in editing, I find with naturally vibrant colours you have to be very careful to retain the natural look and not play too much in editing else it looks contrived, and I just wanted it to be a simple joyful reflection of a summers day in an English garden – hope you like it!