Braichmelyn Forest
Date
7 June 2020
Location
Braichmelyn Forest, Bethesda
SH 63198 65597; 53.16984°N, 4.04802°W
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Dolawen Hostel (Dorothy Stringer Outdoor Pursuit Trust) from Braichmelyn Forest
GeoTopoi 
Once again you have delivered a beautiful set of images. I haven’t heard the term shinrin-yoku before and needed to look it up and the title is indeed fitting for the images you have captured. Before looking up the meaning I had thought there was a quiet about the photographs. The motion blur / intentional camera movement images have a dream like quality about them and work nicely to set up the more detailed shots. I like them all. One shot that grabbed me and maybe because it can be read in many ways is the third picture. I can begin to attach a narrative to it. Also it captures well the damp atmosphere of the forest trail which is not easy to do. I can begin to imagine the sounds and smells of the forest from this small moment. They are all nicely observed and composed. Great stuff.
On the motion blur I have used the same technique a number of times (predictably) in more urban settings. If you are interested to take a look I’ll pop a link below.
Stay safe and best wishes, Mr C 🙂
https://postcardcafe.wordpress.com/?s=motion+blur
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Many thanks, Mr C, for the words of appreciation. I’m glad you liked the ant’s-eye view of the damp path.
And thank you for the link – I hadn’t seen some of those before and it was good to see the ones I had again. All very effective!
gassho
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Lovely photos, it looks a fab place for a walk.
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Thank you, Jane. It is indeed a lovely spot.
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I look at these images again and again … and can lose myself in the dampness, the aroma of the mulch underfoot, the cleansed scent of the air. Your photographs truly have a magical quality about them.
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I am very glad they succeed in conveying something of the atmosphere of the setting.
As always, thanks very much for your comment.
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Oh, how I want to be there walking in the beauty.
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Ha! yes, you would like it there 🙂
Thanks, Lynn.
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Now I know what Shinrin-Yoku means! Thankyou for that post. On a cold, wet, very windy day in the Hebrides it reminds me that there IS somewhere I can go for a walk – the woods!
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Many thanks for stopping by and commenting, sulewath.
Enjoy the shelter 🙂
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these are absolutely gorgeous shots ♥ love the dreamy effect of the vertical panning in the first images…magical!!
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Very glad you like them, Alex
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What a beautiful journey, my friend! 🙂
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Thank you so much, Marina! Enjoy your weekend.
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You too, my friend! 🙂 🙏
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Wonderful work, Graham! This really IS forest bathing. The muddy closeup is fabulous – it’s completely unexpected and it says so much about one’s experience walking through a wet forest. The glistening, bright but somehow also subdued light is lovely. I like the way you include so many angles to your visual description of this place – the intentional camera movement sets a mood, the close-ups make it intimate, the view of people entering the woods puts me there, and then the bird’s eye view gives context – all of those images make for a really thorough impression. (But it would be nice to be able to smell the scents, too!).
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So glad you liked it, Lynn. This forest is literally just over a mile down the road. I really should go there more often.
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You never know what you might find lurking there… 😉
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Yeah, maybe this strange thing
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