It's been a long time since I updated my blog! So theres a huge amount to catch up on... In September last year I started on my course studying marine and natural history photography at Falmouth University. It's been amazing having access to great camera gear and learning more about photography. This collection of work comes from a project I did focusing on Kennall Vale nature reserve in Cornwall. I will try and keep more up to date with my work! : )
Kennall Vale is a 20 acre nature reserve full of history. From 1812 to 1910 the area was actually the site of Kennall Gunpowder company. Now a tranquil nature reserve it has been managed by the wildlife trust since 1985. You can still see reminders scattered around the forest of the industry that was once dominate here, from ivy covered tumbledown buildings and rusty cogs to a milestone submerged in the river itself. It is home to a variety of wildlife, key species being the dippers and grey wagtails you can watch with patience from the river bank. Frogs and toads also make their home in the woodland and I was especially happy with this photograph of a common frog surrounded by autumn leaves. I used a wide aperture with some leaves slightly overlapping the lens which gave the image a warm orange haze enhancing the autumn atmosphere.
The landscape at Kennall Vale is magical, and I think the photograph below sums it up well. With the river flowing past and an old mill stone in the foreground remnant of the gunpowder industry here.
I found this coral slime mould a fantastic subject to photograph! Coral slime mould’s individual fruit bodies are
0.5-1mm wide and 1 to 10mm high. It’s something that could easily be passed by
but upon closer look it is remarkable and looks like tiny pieces of coral.
