Strawberry Hill is a nature reserve managed by the Wildlife Trust near Rainworth in the East Midlands. It is one of the few remain area of Sherwood Forest heathland and a site of special scientific interest (1)
Like many areas of the forest, Strawberry Hill isn't the most obvious place for landscape photography. The key challenge is being able to simplify the compositions by looking for shapes and tones that fill the camera's frame.
For example, when photographing single trees I like to line up the branches so they point to the upper corners of the frame. I feel that this provides balance to composition and strengthens the tree's role as the main subject of the photograph.
If there is more than one tree it is often better to make connection between them as part of the composition. This can be achieved by looking for lines and shapes that either repeat or mirror one another. Alternatively, connections can be made between intersecting trunks and branches. Using a long lens can often be beneficial in these circumstances as long focal lengths condense the perspective giving the impression that elements in the image are closer together than they are in reality.
These are some of the results:
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