Trees in the hedgerows

This week I have opened a new section in my Environment/Natural History Gallery for trees. The first album that I have created in this section is for trees that are in the hedgerows and fields. Currently, these photos are all taken at our previous smallholding in Wales.

The first photo, shown above, is a single tree growing in the hedge line at the eastern boundary of the smallholding. This tree is growing amongst a lot of gorse bushes which is quite common on the smallholding and in the locality. The local village (or rather hamlet) is Tynreithin which translates from the Welsh to Gorse Cottage. This view is roughly to the east towards the Cambrian Mountains which are just discernible in the distance (about 2 miles away).

The second photograph shows a small hawthorn amongst the gorse again. I like this photo because of the solitary nature of the tree and absence of a landscape for the background - just blue sky and a few clouds lower down.





This third photograph was taken early in the year before the leaves came on the tree. It shows a single tree in a field boundary with a few sheep grazing nearby. This was taken in a northerly direction. Again, I like this one for the lack of a landscape background, although in this image there is a lot more grey cloud.




More photographs can be seen in the environment gallery.

Technical details:
Camera: Canon EOS350D
Lens: Canon EFS 17-85mm IS
Exposure: typically 1/400 to 1/500, F11 to f9
Settings: ISO200 AWB