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Powis Castle Winter Photography

Been back to Powis Castle again for the National Trust, photographing the gardens in the frost we had this morning.  In many ways, garden photography in winter is easier than summer… the subject is stripped bare by the season, and structure is all… There are very few details (apart from the usual close ups of hoar frost in all it’s crystalline glory) and one is looking for shape… the light is clear and clean, and when (if) the sun comes out, it lights up the starkness of those wintry scenes.  Powis is a garden renowned for it’s structure… hundreds of year old Yew topiary, terraces, statues, sprinkled through a garden that cascades down form a castle straight out of Harry Potter…  Its a long way, and it was seriously cold, but well worth the trip.  Again!

Powis Castle, National Trust Garden Photography

Powis Castle, National Trust Garden Photography

Powis Castle, National Trust Garden Photography

 

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Rosemoor in Winter

Just been editing some pictures I took last month for the RHS at Rosemoor… what a brilliant frost that was! I will put one or two of these on the garden photography page, but in the meantime, here are three to be going on with…

Rosemoor, RHS garden, Devon in winter, 2010

Rosemoor, RHS garden, frosty leaf

Rosemoor, RHS garden, Devon in winter, 2010

Rosemoor, RHS garden, the herb garden pond

Rosemoor, RHS garden, Devon in winter, 2010

Rosemoor, RHS garden, Teasel

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