Well today a significant mile stone has been reached in my present project; called trees and beyond, that is in looking at the symbiotic relationship which trees have with their surroundings. Number 300 in the series has been passed. The original idea was for a dozen or so images to be produced, but as the subject was looked at closer, the subject became wider and then even wider again. Indeed it is still widening!

The above is number 300 and of a beech tree near the mushroom farm, Woking, is important as it demonstrated the need for really quite dramatically dark blacks and the use of a hard contrast. With the use of ink in this type of subject, the reality is dawning that very rarely is there an allowance for leaving any of the paper completely white, Surprisingly a light grey often seams to stand out more against a very dark area that pure white would; now that I do not understand?

Oh well must go, see you soon.