The beauty of Burnham Beeches

The beauty of Burnham Beeches

We visited Burnham Beeches last Friday afternoon, on a day when torrential rain was forecast but thankfully the weather forecast was completely wrong. This large forest close to the city of London is an amazing sight to behold with ancient trees, and at this time of year beautiful, vivid (eh Matt?) and colourful leaves that create a breathtaking canopy.

When I saw the scene you see above my jaw dropped in astonishment and I had to take a few photos of it. This is definitely a photo I’ll be printing and hanging on my wall. I hope you like it too!

Wikipedia says that:

Burnham Beeches is an area of 540 acres (220 hectares) of ancient woodland, located close to Farnham Common, Burnham and Beaconsfield, in Buckinghamshire. It is approximately 20 miles (30 km) to the west of London, England.

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9 responses to “The beauty of Burnham Beeches”

  1. #1. Matty on November 12th, 2008 at 10:05 pm

    Would have been better in b&w ;-)

  2. #2. Richard on November 13th, 2008 at 9:09 am

    Almost too good. I’m expecting Meg Ryan to wander past!

  3. #3. Latchiko on November 13th, 2008 at 9:38 am

    This is one of the best autumn photos I have seen in a while. The colours are fantastic and the dead tree really adds to it too. I’m sure it will make a beautiful print.

  4. #4. Chris on November 13th, 2008 at 11:08 am

    Great photo.

    You know there is another Burnham in Dingle Co Kerry that is also home to some great broadleafs (hard to find in Dingle). Wonder if there is any connection (a very english name for a gaeltacht area!)

    http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=burnham,+dingle,+co+kerry&sll=52.134278,-10.398474&sspn=0.001709,0.003455&ie=UTF8&ll=52.127811,-10.307879&spn=0.006837,0.013819&t=h&z=16

  5. #5. Kyle Tunney on November 13th, 2008 at 11:24 am

    Absolutely wonderful photo!
    Great lighting and well exposed!

  6. #6. Donncha on November 13th, 2008 at 8:20 pm

    Thank you all for commenting! The awful thing about posting an image I’m so pleased with is I have to follow it up with another image and it’s inevitably going to be an ordinary one. We’re never happy are we?

  7. #7. Autumn Leaves on November 13th, 2008 at 8:29 pm

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  8. #8. Gamma Goblin on November 16th, 2008 at 1:01 am

    Beautiful Donncha… seriously beautiful! So good i might start a picture of the week again, just for this. Dali meets Constable…

  9. #9. Donncha’s Tree three weeks later. « sad old tosser on December 1st, 2008 at 7:31 pm

    [...] lovely I went off to take some photos. This time I remembered to put a card in the camera. Below is Donncha’s tree in winter. (And why my greatest photographic success ever was driving him to Burnham [...]

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