The forecast for the morning of 4 November was sunshine and a chilly temperature of 2 centigrade. After waking up very early and looking out of the bedroom window, this forecast was confirmed by the twinkling cover of frost on the cars parked outside. These have to be my most favourite conditions in which to visit Bushy Park, so there was only one thing to do. Wrap up warm and grab the camera.
The park looked absolutely magical.
After the previous day’s shoot, I again returned to the first tree I visited. This time, I photographed it on the approach. The sun was much lower in the sky and highlighted the mist.
After returning home, I converted one shot to Black & White.
When I first looked at this one in detail, I could see a dragon’s head on the left of the tree. Then, when I showed this image to a friend, the said they could see the Grim Reaper on the right with a scythe on the left. Another person gave the following feedback “Very powerful image… so many ways to read/see it!”
At this stage of the project, certain themes and image similarities were starting to make themselves obvious. It was now time to process what these could be and return to the research aspect.
Jennie Meadows MA Photography 