From the OS Maps online I liked the look of the countryside around Burwash common on the high weald in east Sussex. Lots of contours, perhaps good viewpoints for some landscape photography and a walk.
Burwash Common to Dallington Forest
I not arrive as early as I would have liked and had some problems finding suitable parking. After a day and night of much needed rainfall it was a bright and sunny morning as I made my way onto Burwash common. I had previously walked around Burwash and Batemans and the countryside there had been beautiful, but that was during peak autumn.
It was so bright a day I not feel the need to setup my camera upon the tripod. This was a day for handholding the camera using my lenses sweet spot and focusing on infinity, everything now seemed to be tack sharp, at least for wide angle shots.
Caught in the Sun
Burwash common itself was a little scrubby reminded me a bit of the land around Battle. Dallington Forest looked attractive as I approached it.
Further down I noticed the morning sunlight catching the water droplets of dew hanging off newly spun cobwebs and decided to take some macro shots. At the time I not notice I had also caught the spider in the above shot.
Further along Burwash common I lost the path a little and an annoyed cow was coming angrily towards me, so I made and exit through some private land into Dallington Forest and then onto the footpath.
Telephoto Landscapes
At this point I decided to cut the walk short and head back to my car. I had seen enough really, it was a bit too bright and not very picturesque. On top of a hill on the high weald I took a rest in a farmers field. There was a pleasant view in front of me but too much empty space in the form of a field and no foreground interest. So at full telephoto which is only 85mm on my canon lens zoomed in on the detail.
I find that telephoto landscape shots can look a little washed out in terms of saturation, this I understand to be due to a phenomenom of the haze being compressed into the shot. Still it emphasises the detail on this part of the high weald when wide angle landscape photography is lacking. Moral of the story is to seek out macro shots of wildlife or plants and to zoom in on the detail on distance landscapes using a telephoto lens as well as wide angle.