These photos taken with my Leica Q3 are from a walk through Thorden Woods, near Canterbury. This blog could be viewed along with my Blean Woods blog. I was drawn into the dense mist of a damp air rich with the smell of trees and earth, wet moss, in a veil of opaque white. There is something peacefull, solitary and harmonious about woods shrouded in mist. These photos are mostly in black and white, to enhace contrast and form, and because monchrome is the best way of representing the aesthetics of mist. I try to caputure the silent beauty of mist in the woods. These are ancient places, with parts over 1,000 years old. There is a 5th-century droveway, there are medieval woodbanks, and this has been a managed working woodland since the Domesday Book era. The site holds significant archaeological and historical value.
Entering the woods Bird in the tree. The juxtaposition of the tree, builidng and observer aginst the misty background created a kind of absurdist effect.Bracken in the foreground sliding into misty branchesLogs on the path. This is a silver birch area and the barks of felled trees are picked up in the light. Silver birch standing against felled branches. The cutting winding into the mist.The forest floor is still covered with leaves from last summer. Black trunks stand out against the misty background.Beagle in the misty woods.Trunks and branches against pools of water and misty background. Still in the silver birches, one is prominent against the mistFigure on the path blending into the mistI left this in colour to highlight the track of an ancient droveway. The yellowy green moss stands out against the trees in the mist. Pathway through mist and trees. Clean clear lines with misty background.
