Fall at Monk's Wood: Home Again (Digital)
I am back in the UK for a while and it is good to be back to see my wife and friends. I took Mollie out today for long walk in Monk's Wood one of her favorite places. She is going to get spayed tomorrow and I wanted her to have some happy memories before her surgery. The day was perfect with scattered puffy clouds and a comfortable fall air not hot or cold. I took the camera on a whim as I don't like shooting in the middle of bright sunny days. The camera is my lazy shoot, the digital Fuji GFX 50s ii with the Mamiya 150mm f3.5 lens on a Kipon shift adapter. This is a pretty good setup for intimate landscape. I managed some decent images rather surprisingly. I concentrated on the hints of color mostly in the field maple as they tend to be the first to turn. I also stuck with the open end of the aperture range to strive for some separation with depth of field. The film simulation used is Provia as this gives a nice level of saturation while remaining natural looking. I l...