by Steve Tanham
There are a few weeks of the year, in the early stages of autumn, when the combination of soft light, pale sun and changing foliage creates quite magical landscapes here in South Lakeland.
This is particularly true of the small, quiet lanes on the southern outskirts of Kendal, home to the celebrated ‘basket of eggs’ landscape that marks the final stages of the glacial flows which carved out the Lake District.
The hedgerows are freshly cut; ‘topped’ as the farmers say in these parts. This provides a stark, raised surface for photography which – like the ancient stone walls – is perfect to lead the eye into the distance.
Colour is the key…or rather the muting of it…
The exuberance of summer has gone. The few remaining patches of it no longer form part of a coherent whole. But the ‘pale fade’ that it leaves behind is lovely, in itself, and with the correct camera placing, can be revealed in its own beauty.
©Stephen Tanham 2022
Stephen Tanham is a Director of the Silent Eye, a journey through the forest of personality to the dawn of Being.
http://www.thesilenteye.co.uk and http://www.suningemini.blog
Sun in Gemini 
My favourite time of the year, Steve…
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Mine too, Jaye! Such mellowness…
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I think there is something about Nature closing down for a long sleep, makes autumn so emotional…
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It does… and even as a child, I felt it deeply.
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I hope I always will, Steve…
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Stunning images I cannot say my favourite time of year as each changing season brings something for me but nevertheless they are beautiful images x
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thank you, Carol ❤️
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Fantastic images. There is something about the light in autumn. Even here in Spain, the sun is still full on but the light is different.
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Thanks, Darlene. Autumn seems to be a favourite for most people. I even you winters in Spain.
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Stunning photos of the fade into autumn, Steve. Those skies never cease to amaze me.
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Thank you, Diana. Cumbria does have moody skies… In winter, most of them cloudy!
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Our skies are cloudy in the winter too, but more like a sheet of gray.
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We can have that, too. But we do get good variety of ‘cloudscapes’ in winter.
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