A MORNING ON RAMAMERE HEATH

This small area of heath land is tucked away from the main section and I’ve always thought there was a composition here, but it just needed the right conditions whist the heather was in bloom

After what feels like months of bright and sunny conditions, we finally got some traditional British Summer weather of rain and fog. For the first time in the three years I’ve been making pictures at the heath, it also coincided with the heather being in bloom. What followed was a lovely few hours of walking around the heath, exploring compositions in the fog and rain. As a break from the norm, all the images are in colour!

The first and main path you encounter when entering Ramamere Heath.

Ramamere Heath, and the neighbouring Kings Wood, are part of the Rushmere Nature Reserve and is somewhere that I’ve been shooting regularly for the last few years. Despite this, I’ve only got a couple of shots of the Heather that I’ve been pleased with. Previous visits during the Heather season have normally ended up with trying to make the most of a very short window of time when the sun isn’t harsh on a Summers day.

Looking back down the path from the previous image towards the entrance of the heath.

Over a lot of visits, I’ve built up a good understanding of the location along with potential compositions and this was the first time where I’ve been able to test whether those compositions would work how I’d hoped they would. I’m pleased to say that on the whole, I think they did.

If you follow me on social media then you’re probably used to seeing me share images in black and white. If I’d been in the woods, rather than on the Heath, then I’m sure I’d have shot a series in black and white instead. However, sometimes images just call out to be in colour, hence the a full set of colour images from me for a change. Just don’t get used to it ;)

Further along the main path, near the top of the heath and looking back down the track

There are a number of paths that crisscross over the heath, leading to lots of little corners to explore.

This small copse of pine trees in the mist provided a nice back drop to the heather in foreground.

The colour of lichen on the tree was a nice contrast the purple heather

It would be lovely if the weather on Sunday Mornings was always like this, but then I wonder if I’d be pining for the sun and bright mornings. Probably not…

As mentioned earlier, this is an area that I have been shooting regularly since 2016/2017, and you can view more images from the location in the Galleries section of my website.

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