At the beginning of November 2020 we entered another lockdown. Just 4 weeks this time. It was a little bit cruel on the photography community because November is rapidly becoming the month with the best autumnal colour and 2020 was no exception to that. Once again I was obliged to look more locally for the colours. The area around Cressbrook is a predominantly Ash woodland like the rest of the Derbyshire Dales Nature Reserve and Ash is not renowned for it’s autumn display. The leaves usually turn a sickly yellow and then fall with the first frost but thankfully there are little nuggets of colour that can be found hiding in among the Ash so November once again revealed the value of enforced study. I found myself examining views previously overlooked or even ignored and exploring deep into parts of the woodland that are rarely trodden and the results were actually very pleasing. Once again all of the work is executed using a smartphone.
The Lockdown Files (Part 2)
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Ravenseye Gallery - The Photography of Chris Gilbert 