Formby Point - Wind

I took myself off to Formby Point early on a crisp, cold, clear blue November day, hoping for Big Skies.

The horizontal, bitter wind was fierce, so I ended up making images of the shapes formed by the power of the wind!!

This is going to be a three-part blog, Wind, Water and Shells.

Fuji X-T1, 55-200mm and 18mm Fuji lenses.

Remembrance Day

Josie and I visited Wigan Cemetery with our Tower Poppy to remember my First Cousin X3 removed.

Foggy Kings Moss

The first real fog of the season came down on Kings Moss, leaving the fields and trees shrouded in a white blanket.


Fuji X-T1, 12mm Samyang manual lens.

Billinge Plantation

I visited this Woodland Trust area again, this time to find Autumn colours and textures.

Fuji X-T1, Fuji 35mm and Itorex 135mm lenses.

Shadows and Light

Leaf Shades In Light

BIG Aerial

Leaf Variations

Distant Industry

Mushrooms

Shining Silver Birch

Tree Funghi Textures

Tree Eats Leaves

Tree Leaf Textures

The White Tree

Tree Bark Texture

Where The Light Falls

Where The Light Falls

I found a wonderful old wood today, very close to home, that I had no idea existed until I found it on this site:

http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/map/Wigan,%20Wigan,%20United%20Kingdom/53.510874/-2.715589/10/

It is on the Eastern side of Billinge Hill, so the Sun disappears very quickly from its slopes, but I was in time to capture some good patches of sunlight breaking through the dwindling canopy as Autumn approaches.

I just used my 18mm lens on my Fuji X-T1, and deliberately under-exposed the images in order to capture the brighter areas only, as my title suggests.