Nearer to home, another wonderful place to visit for some autumn colour, is Cannizaro Park, beside Wimbledon Common.
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Light is key to any good photograph and although I have stressed this in a previous tip, a recent visit to Cannizaro park highlighted this for me and I thought I would share it with you.
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I love all the seasons but autumn offers a richness of colour that the other seasons find hard to compete with. The sun is low and although the days are shorter, the light can be fantastic.
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I have known for some years that Short-Eared owls winter here from Scandinavia but I have never been to see them before. This year is a bumper year apparently, which is good to hear and at Staines Moor, where I was kindly taken by some photographic friends, there were at least 7.
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With September, the long summer evenings start to draw in, misty mornings return and dew can be found out in the fields and on our cars. The weather can still be fine and there’s still much to see and glory at out in our open spaces, so read on the discover what you might find…
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Those that know me well, will know that my wife and I took up Croquet during Covid and Diana in particular, has really taken to it, even qualifying to play in the Women’s world Championships that were held on the South coast last month.
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To help realise your ambitions of capturing the very best picture, it is sometimes worth studying your subject, especially if an animal. They will all have habits and peculiarities that once known can be used to your advantage. This can be as simple as knowing that a swan will stretch its wings once its finished grooming itself and a dragon fly will often come back to the same perch.
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A nice place to visit is Brentford, where you are now able to walk along side the river all the way to the Grand Union Canal.
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Gaining some height for either a different view or for events can be fun and adds a totally different perspective on things,. If you don’t have a drone, like I do (and anyway, they are hard to fly in central London due to the regulations), you need to ask permission to take pictures from tall buildings.
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The River Wandle rises in Croydon and flows through Morden, Colliers Wood, Earlsfield and Wandsworth on its way to the Thames. A lot of time and effort has been put in over recent years to allow people to travel alongside it and a few weeks back I decided to take my bike out and see for myself what they have done. Picking up the trail in King Georges Park in Wandsworth, except for some streets around Earlsfield, I could cycle alongside the river all the way to Morden Hall Park.
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