Now that autumn has arrived in the UK, it’s a great time to spend some time outdoors seeing how nature responds to the change of season. An arboretum is a great place to see nature and, of course, take photos too!
So I recently went to Westonbirt Arboretum with fellow photo blogger Sheila Morris (you can see some of Sheila’s photo’s on her blog) to spend a few hours getting photos of the amazing colours and wildlife. Westonbirt is a very large place, and even with all the crowds we saw at the cafe, once out in the woods there was plenty of peace and quiet to focus on getting the best photos.
For most photos I used the Olympus 60mm macro lens, which allowed me to get in really close for detail in some of the photos below. It’s probably the first time I’ve used the 1:1 mode on this lens, which meant that I physically had to move towards the subject to get it in focus. But when you get it right, the results are outstanding.
