Forest Findings
I went to this place a very late afternoon to investigate how far the autumn colors had come. I had decided on a grove of very special trees, which I knew from before that they would be here.
The light was very weak and the sun was going down, but because I had loaded my camera with Kodak Portra 400 the images became surprisingly good.
The trees I was looking for? No, there were no pictures of them at all, maybe later, I’ll see.
An old stone wall in evening sunlight
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The same image with different focus
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A slightly toxic Red Toadstool
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A tree fungus that I do not have a clue about the name, but check the color, clear blue!
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An ancient oak tree
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Then it was just minutes left to sunset, and I didn’t have my tripod with me, so this was the last image for the day.
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Thank you Portra! 
So beautiful! Cheers!
Thank you!
Very good shots, I used to use porta during much medium format days.
Thank you! I have recently rediscovered Portra, but it is a beautiful film, so I’m gonna use more of it.
Wow, stunning series of images. I can really appreciate the mood of the photos and I like the photo of the tree.
Cheers
Thank you very much!
I love that tree too, it is even more impressing irl, it is so very beautiful. I’m gonna take more photos of it
Very beautiful colors and as always, so much serenity
Thank you Steve.
I think autumn is my favourite time of the year, it is so serene itself, and the nature is taking a break too, it makes my stress handling a bit easier… Perhaps it shows in my images too.
What a fabulous old oak. Beautiful pictures.
Thank you very much!
I like Oak and mushrooms, and hallucination mushroom too
Oups…
I restrain myself to take photos of them…..
Thank you very much, have a nice evening!
Lovely peaceful feeling to this set (and this place). I’ve just loaded one of my camera’s with Portra 400 (never used it before). Looking at your set I think I’m going to like it!
Thank you John!
I have used it a couple of times, but never really appreciated it until now. Yet I can see a slight cyan cast in some photos… Not sure I like that… But it is just in some of them, not in all, so my guess is that in some photos with a little bit of heaven in it, the cyan cast shows, even in the greens… But I’m not sure yet.
I look forward to your results of it, hope yours will be fine!
great feeling they have this pictures! I love the forest findings title. These days mushrooms grows as nuts! I run through forest and find 1,6kg of delicious mushrooms. I guess it’s Fukushima radiation, mushrooms love radiation
Thank you very much!
The title came to me when not finding what I was looking for, but instead I found these…
Oh, I hope you are wrong about Fukushima, my (silly) guess is they love rain… hehe… (The one positive thing with the never ending rain in Sweden…)
You have very beautiful photos! Thanks for sharing and for dropping by my blog…see you soon.
Thank you too!
Outstanding and I shall say this again, Outstanding! Inspirational images with a real affinity to the forests
Thank you James, you are most kind! I hope to be able to catch some beautiful autumn colors, but it has been raining for weeks now, not much but all the time, and no light…
I know how you feel it has been very much the same here and because it is still mild autumn has not really taken a hold on the south coast
wow,! really beautiful pictures!
those trees, i want to hug them
Thank you!
I agree, I want to hug trees too, trees are very special to me, and I just love to photograph them. All year round…
The last image in this series is absolutely stunning! Gorgeous!
Thank you very much!
nice
I liked the old trees best of all.
Beautiful as always. Reminds of the walk I did yesterday, forests can be quite magical, where a small patch of sunlight hits the ground