"Well it seems ages since I last visited Bogend!" And of course the last time I had visited Bogend was in October of 2025, a season and a time of vast colour and beauty, but at the same time with it being Autumn, well that means that nature was putting on its last theatrical display of colour before the Winter arrived. And through the Winter, well visiting Bogend and seeing it looking rather bare, was something that really did not inspire me. However though that changed on Sunday the 22nd of February 2026, and that is because,
"There had been a break in the weather, a break from the constant grey, meh, dull, dank, drab weather that has made things challenging for any kind of landscape photography, right from January of 2026 throughout the majority of February 2026. But that break in the weather, well that meant the return of sunshine and hold on, blue sky, but also some challenging flat light."
And when I arrived at Bogend, what did I come across? Well a landscape that had seemingly changed, yes it might be the end of February when I visited Bogend, yes it might also be the last part of meteorological Winter - but there was just something magical and mysterious, perhaps slightly ethereal as well, and the landscape, well it looked bare, the light somewhat flat, which meant that I had to capture Bogend in a kind of "Ansel Adams" way, using Black and White to capture the seemingly still and bare yet beautiful elements of Bogend, but what was it that I had come across this time?
Well of course it was the bare layers of the trees, and the branches looking akin to sculptures, but at the same time I did also see the first elements of life beginning to return to Bogend, after nature had been asleep for a long time, for there was something that I sensed as I had finished capturing these photos and that of course was the following,
"That very soon, the bare elements of Winter and lack of colour will be gone, for despite it being the end part of February 2026 and the last part of Winter, Spring is around the corner and that will bring with it a certain something else, another theatrical display of colours returning to the landscape after a deep sleep through the season of Winter, and before long, Bogend will turn into an art gallery yet again curated and created by nature alone. For yes I had more than likely this time around encountered Bogend at a time when slowly but surely it is beginning to awaken itself from Winter and prepare itself for the return of colour and beauty, with new growth and new life."
And I for one, well I shall most certainly be back again in the Spring to see what else has changed, for what beauty will I see when I next visit? Who knows, but perhaps that is what draws me to Bogend, the sense of beauty and mystery and the ever changing views and layers and works of art that nature provides for all to see.
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| "The bare Pathway Leads on." |
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| "A Sense of Nothing, for Winter Grips for Now." |
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| "The Bare Branches, for they look like veins." |
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| "Bare, Winter, Black and White." |
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| "Atmosphere and Winter Bare." |
