Damp morning

I headed out yesterday, pre dawn, to a favourite bluebell wood about 30 mins from where I live, in the hope of getting some panoramic images with the morning sunlight filtering through the trees.  But, the weather forecast wasn’t quite as accurate as I had hoped and instead of clear(ish) skies, it was cloudy and rain threatened.

As I entered the Forestry Commission car park, I was greeted by the sight of a rather large herd of fallow deer, that are wild here and totally unlike the park deer of nearby Knole.  I hoisted the pack on my pack and headed to the spot where I hoped to get the pictures.  But, as you can see from the results, although it brightened a little, it remained heavily overcast turning to heavy rain.  Thank goodness I brought my umbrella!  In the first image it was so dark, I needed to use the AF on the 28-105 to focus!

Both images were taken in portrait mode, the first requiring 7 images and the second, 5  and were then stitched using PtGui. 

Although I didn’t get the pictures I wanted, it is always good to be out early, especially at this time of the year.  Seeing the deer in the woodland and listening to the dawn chorus made me forget, albeit only for a short while, just how wet I was!

Tags: bluebell wood, bluebells, dawn chorus, fallow deer, forestry commission, knole, panorama, ptgui, rain, spring, umbrella, wet