The intimate landscape...

Today was largely overcast here in Dorset, but I was not going to let that stop me going out in search of things to photograph. Just because the light is flat doesn't mean it's not useable, and good images are there to be made: the intimate landscape.

These photographs rarely include sky or a horizon, and work best in subdued, low contrast conditions rather than harsh, direct sunlight. So I pack just a basic camera and one lens and ride out to photograph details that often don't get a second glance. The image of the faded poster and ivy is just the juxtaposition that I looked for, and the conversion to mono adds to the graphic quality.

50mm f/1.8D Nikkor. 1/60 second at f/4. ISO 400. Converted to mono in Photoshop.

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