Landscape photography in SE England is hard work; there are no dramatic mountains, even the hills are just a straight line ridge, almost any accessible coast has been built upon, no waterfalls (well OK one small one but more of that another time), and placid streams. It is pretty in the countryside but oh so difficult or the photographer. But perhaps the photoimaginator can get something. I was walking up Box Hill and as you get towards the top there is, at the top of the scarp slope, some very dense woodland; close set trees and scrub, bent and twisted trees, too dark for undergrowth and a little creepy. Yet I tried some photographs and the base image was nothing that great but I decided to play with the ‘creepy’ and I like what emerged; much more fun than the original. There are the two fun versions and the original, just for curiousity.

Well those were the fun ones;and the original …