Malvern Hills Morning
A few days ago a me and a mate who I regularly wander out for a mornings photography (well, a few hours of putting the world to right rather than serious shooting) headed out over to the Malvern Hills in Worcestershire.
Having missed what was supposed to be an early start for a potential sunrise and cloud inversion, we ended up there around 10.00am which didn’t work out too badly. The light was relatively flat and grey, with little sunshine about.
The Malvern Hills cover the three joining counties of Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire and is more than 1200 hectares in size. This is broken into several woodland, open common and hilltop areas. The highest point of Worcestershire Beacon is 425m and on a good day (weather wise) you can see as far as Wales and the Cotswolds.
They are a beautiful sight to behold in any conditions - large enough to wander endlessly, small enough for old, unfit buggers like me to wander up! If you’ve never made it over to the Malvern Hills from where you live, they’re definitely worthy of a visit if you’re ever passing close by.
Affording rather splendid views from wherever you are on them, the landscape stretches out as far as the eye can see, but also retain that interest that you will find smaller more intimate scenes that appeal.
It’s an area I’ve started to visit on a regular basis and one that I will continue to come back to time and again.
All photos shot on the Leica M10-P with either the Summicron 35mm f2 or Summicron 50mm f2.
