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Thank you for sharing your lovely images. I loved the concept behind the project, the subject matter of each image, the composition of the images , the colours, the light and the textures. I particularly liked catkins on the silver birches and frost. Stunning. Thank you. Fiona

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The essential role of nature in wellbeing

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The essential role of nature in wellbeing

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Ruth, I love your project - the commentary on precariousness and feeling isolation slipping away when others `find' your space, balanced by the knowledge that these beautiful places and sounds heal everyone. The soundtrack is amazing - think I identified wren, robin, great tit, wheatear (?), ducks and of course the cuckoo - only one I've heard this year. Your photos are entrancing. What an amazing achievement. Thank you for sharing. Gill xx

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I followed Imogen’s advice and looked at the beautiful photos while listening to the birdsong.  An elegy to the English countryside, so atmospheric and evocative. Thinking about climate change brings one down to earth as you have shown us what we might lose. You should submit your photos to a competition.

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These beautiful images somehow also capture the spirit of this time, bringing a heightened awareness of colour and form in the natural world and a sense of the continuity of nature. Ruth’s commentary emphasises fragility but to me these photographs also convey the strength and resilience of the natural world, with its capacity for renewal even in a scarred and barren place.
Kate

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Beautiful photos, Ruth. I really felt I was with you on your walk through the seasons, feeling the peace and calm. I particularly like  the cowslips - you don't see them much these days - and I like the way you have captured their daintiness. Cheryl

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Beautiful photos, Ruth. I really felt I was with you on your walk through the seasons, feeling the peace and calm. I particularly like  the cowslips - you don't see them much these days - and I like the way you have captured their daintiness. Cheryl

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You have done an amazing job capturing the ever changing landscape over the changing seasons and different times of the day when light exposes different patterns in what you a capturing. Beautiful work Ruth.
Aimee

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I love the light and colours, especially the winter ones.  Favourites are: trace of mist, frozen puddle, frost and burrs.  The winter photos work well together as a group of photos placed together.

Sophie

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Listening to the birdsong, while viewing the images,  I felt transported to the nature reserve, which created an enjoyable experience and evoked feelings of tranquillity, calmness and peacefulness.

The image ‘Frost’ captured the spiky seed head with the frost appearing as if it was a hat, against a smooth blurry background, this is my favourite image.  In ‘Backlit thistles’ you could feel the sun razes coming down onto your face.  The ‘Dusk’ captured the beautiful landscape with a graduation of the colours.

As the images moved through from different seasons, it was charming to see the first signs of spring which were captured in the image titled ‘A pair of lone cowslips’ the low camera angle shows the beautifully delicate petals with the a hint of light reflected.

The collection has used a tonal palette of colours, showing the wildness and nature in all its glory, and it has demonstrated the importance of outdoor spaces to our well-being.

As a result of seeing your images, I would like to take a walk in Whetmead.

Wonderful and reflective images, Ruth.

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Ruth, your use of the vernacular in your opening statement really sells your images. The collection is almost a countryside sales pitch of the Whetmead, expressing the beauty of our backwaters in an urban sprawl. I have 3 favs'
Frost.
Sunlit frost on burrs.
Early morning winter sunshine.
A great effort all round.

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Beautiful collection of you images Ruth. I love your picture of A pair of lone cowslips and Carpet of daisies just pretty too.
Reed is a beautiful image with a good composition, light and texture. Your Dusk image is my favourite I love the dusty light that look like the outback in Australia. Lovely work. Love Yui x

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Unit 1 Effect of different photographic techniques and subject areas

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Question and answer session following presentation January 2020

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A beautiful presentation Ruth - Excellent photos!
I very much enjoyed looking around your site.
The Frozen Puddle being my favourite.
Clare

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Unit 2 Developing my project ideas - images. 

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Beautiful contrast between the water, the land and the black trees. It is simple not too many different elements. The light of the sun is an important element in illuminating the scene .

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Good contrast between light and shadows. The light foreground invites you in while the darker background and the path lead your eye towards the dark end.

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The way the photo was framed brings out not only the colour contrast between the forground and the background but also the difference in the light.

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Ruth - I've had a wonderful time making my way round  this site: listening, reading, learning, and most of all, enjoying your incredible photography, which is beautiful, captivating, intriguing and emotive.
Especially poignant during these troubled times, your connection with nature and this landscape is powerful and truthful....thank you for sharing. Imogen

By the way my top 3 are:
1.  Frozen Puddle
2. Lifeless
3. Sunlit Frost on Burrs
And there are a lot of close 4ths!

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Many of my trips to Whetmead were at dawn. I walked there, accompanied by birdsong, along Witham's River Walk, which follows the River Brain from near my home.

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Early morning on 17th May 2020 - my last visit

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Early morning on 17th May 2020 - my last visit

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Ruth,
These are lovely images - you have captured the light in a beautiful way. They are very natural and I like the fact that they make you feel like you are in the place for real.   For me it also shows the resilience of nature.  If we removed the influence of mankind  - this would all spring up fairly quickly I think.  Thank you for sharing them. Helen

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A pair of lone cowslips, 21st April 2020

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A pair of lone cowslips, 21st April 2020

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8109 flat revised 22 blur grey white text photographer's statement

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Catkins on the silver birches, 21st March 2020

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Catkins on the silver birches, 21st March 2020

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Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests

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Trace of mist, 3rd December 2019
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I like the colours, pattern and texture of this image

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Sunlit frost on burrs, 3rd December 2019

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Sunlit frost on burrs, 3rd December 2019

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Early morning winter sunshine, 3rd December 2019

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Early morning winter sunshine, 3rd December 2019

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