Early to rise

stunning is the only way to describe these photos. thanks for sharing ;o)

Lovely Heron ... thankyou so much for being an early riser today ... love pic 5 especially. : o ))

Lovely blog Heron. Beautiful pictures, and I love Barnaby

Yes beautiful pictures Heron.

I love the dawn. You had a wonderful walk there. Thanks for showing the photos.

Heron, as a late riser these days I would have no chance of seeing such spectacular scenes as you have captured with your camera. So...I thank you for that feast for the eyes :)

Barnaby looks to be having a great time with you too.

Stunning pictures Heron. You've captured some beautiful early morning moments there. Something to inspire me to get up and grab the camera when I'm lying snug and warm in bed......maybe. lol

Really enjoyed your walk Ron, the photos are very beautiful especially nos. 5 and 8......I love them. And beautiful Barnaby too, I bet he really enjoys his early morning time, it's often the best part of the day isn't it?....:o)))

Lol not sure about the fungus....it could be a tasty field mushroom, but then again not...:o((

gosh that was worth getting up early for, how lovely, you've a real eye for beautiful photo's,

that was really beautiful ~ thank you! its great to see it happening on photo ~ ive often tried to catch it ~ sometimes on my way to work
the light through the trees is truly magical, ive tried ~ so far without success to find a spot to take photos of the sun setting ~ seems you knew where to go ~ and what a brilliant result!

Great photos great blog.

wonderful pictures Heron, I love the sunrise & sunset, you can get great results.

Fan dabby dozy our Ron..:-))

GREAT!!

Can say that even from your photos which are exceptional those scenes took my breath away, absolutely magical.
Looks as if Barnaby was checking to see if you were following.

do you put the camera on a special setting to get those lovely sky shots and light rays?

Have to agree absolutely brill blog and photos thanks for taking us with you loved it.

Thanks for your complements, and yes ST I do use 'special settings' as the light was low and to just shoot on 'Auto' would cancel out the whole idea. I find it best to set the camera on 'Manual' and then twiddle a bit. Auto is ok but it's better in ordinary situations. As for getting up early, well I'm always up at 6 so I had time for a coffee. I estimated the time to get there to see the sunrise but the car was iced up so I had to rush a bit as you can see in the first pics. I'm thinking of going over to the west of the hills and do the same at sunset. Barnaby goes everywhere with me, he protects me from squirrels.

would be lovely to see the sunset too!! hope you are having better weather than us ~ been cloudy and wet all day! barnaby is lovely!

lol heron ... a real guard dog to protect from those wild beasts .... looks lovely there ... i hope you were taking it easy as you not long out of hospice. you dont want to end up back there now!!! . the pics are stunning tho ... do you ever go to top of beeston castle ,bet you get gud pics up there. love to be up with the sun as well. was a lovely day sunday. all on me own this week as mike working luton airport wish the wether was better . so boreing being stuck in. take care.. brill blog ;0))))

Oh Heron how wonderful:)

Not much i can add to the compliments already made other than thank you for taking the time and making the effort. Pic No 4 is my favorite the sun horizontal on the trunks of the trees does it for me.

Snap! my favourite too!

Hello Heron, I wish I felt inclined to rise at the crack of dawn and find such beautiful views. All lovely photos but Nos. 3 and 5 do it for me.
Clementine

Hi Heron, lovely blog, very impressed with your photos. I must try and do something more interesting with my camera. I love the scenes in the woods. I am half way through a blog on a new path through the woods -more later. Thanks for getting up early for us!

For me there's something comforting about being surrounded by trees whatever time of year. I often sit on a fallen tree and, well just feel at home with everything, there's so much to see and hear.
Rachelsmum, your Avatar indicates that you've already started to "do something more interesting with your camera" very nice.

Heron you have taken some wonderful photos!

no 2 is stuning

A great blog, Heron! I loved those shots of the sunlight playing on the trees! The forest floor lit up by the sunlight was lovely, too!

lovely... have a long pause at the 10th photo and imagine myself again, running around the trees with Barnaby... nice blog Heron.

Barnaby just loves kicking up all the leaves, he gets covered in them, I suppose it won't be long before he's running through the snow. He likes that too but his feet gather large snow balls and he can't walk as we can't remove them. Guess who has to carry him lol

Barnaby looks so cute and cuddly. Love the Photos, well done you on your lovely blog.

ron ... do notmention that four letter word lol !!! S..W haha

fantastic photos,brightened my dull autumn day!

Superb pictures Heron,they remind a city dweller like me why I want to retire to the countryside!

what a treat :)

In todays worrysome world, it's the only way Rbtkew. Less is more, don't leave it too late !

What absolutely stunning photos Heron. Thanks so much for sharing these. You've made my day!