Autumn Equinox

Whilst out and about these last few days I have noticed a substantial drop in temperature and have for the first time in many months taken to wearing a sweater, of course that is only to be expected considering the time of year, winds are now more often turning to blow from the North and bringing with them that chill in the air that makes Autumn for me the best time of the year, it is not so cold yet that the majority of trees have turned to those beautiful deep shades of red and glowing amber, that is still to come here in the North West but I await in deep anticipation camera at the ready. Autumn officially begins  on Thursday 23rd September here in the Northern hemisphere at 04:09 BST but it appears that someone forgot to tell the fruit and berry trees that.   For at least a month now they have been laden with ripe fruit ready for the picking, I was told many years ago that an early autumn in nature is a sure sign of a hard winter, this was true last year we will have to wait and see if it's so this year.  Below are some early Autumn photo's no deep reds and golds yet but I will post them as I get them. 

 

 

Images from the East coast

The following are images taken on a day visit to Whitby on the east coast of England, the light on that particular day was in my opinion fantastic, the sun had come out after rain in the morning and it gave that particular quality of light that more than often is missed by many photographers but as luck would have it on this day I did have a camera. I particularly love the contrast between the dark threatening sky and the sun bouncing off of the sand in some of them, what do you think ?

Whitby's skyline is dominated by the ruins of St. Hilda's Abbey, high on Whitby's East Cliff. Spreading below Whitby, a maze of alleyways and narrow streets run down to the busy quayside.
From the old town of Whitby, 199 steps lead up to the parish church of St. Mary, whose churchyard on Whitby's East Cliff gave Bram Stoker the inspiration to write his world famous book, Dracula