Late summer. The voluptuousness of nature - autumn nature photography

Five simple photography tips on photographing the beauty of some of god's provision - autumn nature photography

• Use the light carefully, shiny fruit can over-expose easily

• Raindrops and wet leaves can add huge texture and vitality

• Look for differnt aspects - like fruit dammed up in a stream

• Getting close depends on your lens choice

• Use colour

  
  

So I'm heading for the hills of Europe, camera in hand, and rather than fail to post for you, here are some autumn nature photography ideas for images that you could be inspired by.

The beauty of late summer is with us, I refuse to call it autumn yet, for my mental health's sake. This year the hedgerows, woods and orchards are dripping with harvest. The word voluptuousness applies this year: blackberries, sloes, and mushrooms offering abundance if you pause to see.

Even the oaks are hanging low under the weight of their offerings.

On Saturday, I did the first wedding I've done in years - having been able to 'move on' from that stress some while ago.

Done for wonderful friends, at a castle that was the 'family' home from before Cromwell, and now an English Heritage Attraction - I was literally slipping on a bed of acorns as I photographed Tom and Mary, they were like ball bearings (the acorns, not the bride and groom!)

I'm trying to write four blogs before lunchtime, so will minimise my normal ramblings by just posting images with a few comments - but hope you'll be inspired.

And I forgot to include the second picture (shot at the wedding!) - perhaps because 'there wasn't mush-room" amongst the other images I've included :)

Image One - Close up of ripe blackberries on autumn bramble

Image one, what it says on the box, but in close and shiny. the unripe berry adds a dash of colour and joy to the image,

Image Two -Wild mushroom growing in grass with morning dew

Image Two, there are a multitude of wonderful funghi (being the cheerful chap that I sometimes am, I feel another pun) to photograph, and they can be portrayed as nature images, but have a try doing some photo-art, colours, textures, in close, above and below..

Image Three - Windfall apples floating in stream

Image Three, there are some great images to be had of apples on the tree, but how about looking for an alternative?

Image Four - Close up of ripe blackberries on autumn bramble

Image Four is another look at blackberries. A while ago I wrote about the joy that comes from colour; and this is tilting my hat at the fact that blackberries are - yes you've got it - black,

Drawing back a little, letting in some other colours

Image Five - Red hawthorn berries on hedgerow branch, bokeh

Image Five: making use of sunshine and colour. Note how the depth of field drops the ones behind out of focus, but still allows the colour.

Image Six - Green acorn growing on oak tree quercus robur

We now have three acorn images, showing how even just one type of tree or bush can provide so much opportunity for amazing photographs

Image Seven - Green acorn growing on oak tree quercus suber

Image Eight - Grey-black acorn quercus robur, lying on tarmac

Image Nine - Ripe sloes on blackthorn bush

Finally an image of a sloe - that fruit that needs frost and a long rest in a bottle of gin, or vodka. Sloe-gin and sloe-vodka, wonderful in the winter in small quantities.

The raindrop called me to play with angles and light - maybe I'll show others another time,

I hope these images provide the inspiration for you to head out for some you-time, turn of the messages and all that, and just look and see, then slowly explore the possibilities.

Great for your mental-health