+1 just what I felt too
Good set!

Shades of Autumn

A few shots from this afternoon's walk in the woods that line one side of Anglezarke reservoir. I'd initially considered a moorland walk as I've been neglecting Great Hill and its surroundings just lately, but I was in the mood for a bit of woodland photography as it's fast approaching my favourite time of year for woodland and it doesn't look like I'll be able to get up to The Lakes in the next few months due to my ongoing sensory issues, so scoping out a few local spots I've never really investigated seemed like a good idea.

I was going to use the GFX, but couldn't face the prospect of carrying the weight of the body plus two lenses and a bag to carry it all in, particularly in a bit of woodland I'm not familiar with. So instead I took just the Z8 and 24-70 f/2.8S, which essentially covers the same focal length as the two GFX lenses I'd have been carrying.

Conditions were overcast, but reasonably bright and there was no wind whatsoever, which kept the foliage nice and still, even if it did allow the midges to treat me as a walking buffet. Perfect weather really, apart from the midges.

My route followed the edge of the reservoir, dipping in and out of the boundary wall where the giant oak and chestnut trees had taken a dislike to it and decided to demolish it, often by falling on top of it. I took a number of tree studies along the way, but I think these would be best suited to different conditions such as mist.

For me though, the real highlight was a small section of woodland about a mile from where I started where the selection of trees changed and the undergrowth thickened up with ferns on the cusp of donning their winter colours. All of these pictures were taken in this location, within a few feet of each other, it's definitely going to be worth returning here over the next few weeks, weather permitting.

No accompanying narrative for these, they were all taken with the camera mounted on a tripod and equipped with a circular polariser (my third one so far after falling on its predecessor last week. I feel like I should buy shares in Kase or something) and processed from individual raw files in Capture One Pro 23.

A typical grey Autumn day. The diffused light was just right for the first three shots. I think the second shot is the best, the fallen tree adds interest, as well as a sort of leading line.

Been out this afternoon myself, trying to catch the Autumn in the Apennines. It is all still very green below 1000m, and almost over above 1500m.

I like the nice gentle light in this set. I like the way you pick nice compositions out of the woodland caos.

Lovely warmth and depth to this one.

This shot has a great 3D feeling to it and the lovely autumn colours and your compostion make it a wall hanger!

Very nice set. The compositions and colours are very easy on the eyes.

When looking at the shot in full resolution it becomes much better.
Amazing what can be done with just a little bit of light in an otherwise almost black image !
There is no doubting that this was shot at night.
The impression of light is very clearly demonstrated here. It gives many clues about the 3D structure within the shot.
Just imagine if HDR had been used here to brighten all the shadows, the shot would have been ruined in comparison to yours ;-)

The crop of the right side, as proposed by WM, would make it even better IMO

Having the sun in the frame makes it a bit trickier yes, but nothing insurmountable if careful.

Below is the pano I posted in the next thread in this series with the sun in it.