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Since my series of posts on the Mathematical Trees prints   I had given some thought to the idea that there might be other compositions or viewpoints that might give up different interpretations of the image. I was stymied by the idea that what worked was the snow on the ground in terms of the making of a minimal image. Failing snow in the weather forecast I filed the idea away in my head.  This morning I was up very early relieving myself and peeked out the window as there was fairly bright light with the full moon. There was a thick fog apparent so I set my alarm for a couple of hours hence. As I fell asleep I laid my plans to make a quick return visit. The alarm sounded and I quickly got dressed and hurriedly gathered my gear.  A little too hurriedly it turns out as I left my tripod plate on my Fuji 690. The fog was thick when I arrived and perhaps a little too much. It was cold about -3 degrees C. I brought one roll of Ilford FP4+ as I wanted to be back home for break...

My commute by bicycle takes me through the RSPB refuge at Fen Drayton. Along an old railway line it passes through the old gravel pits converted to a number of lakes. I have written of this place before as it is close to home and so when I am looking for a few hours away photographing I head there. This past Spring has been unusual. It has been relatively dry though still cold, as a result the mornings have been foggy. My experience of the past several years is that Fall is the time of foggy mornings and I have kicked myself a number of times for not taking the time to use this change as a chance to take some different photos. My wake-up call came again one morning as I rode through the foggy morning and saw a number of subjects to photograph. I resolved the next time to take a camera. A week later my chance arrived. I loaded up some Ilford HP5+ 400 speed film and a fresh spare roll and packed my Fuji GSWiii 690 camera as something relatively compact. I stopped at several places on...