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Before the Leaves Came

Badbury Clump · Spring

A bluebell carpet spreads beneath bare beech trunks at Badbury Clump near Faringdon, Oxfordshire, as low sunrise light breaks through the wood edge and casts warm raking light across the flower heads. The trees have not yet come into leaf, placing the capture precisely at the brief window when bluebells peak before the canopy closes. A sunstar forms between two trunks to the right, anchoring the light source without overwhelming the quieter foreground.

Camera
Sony α7R IV · Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 DG DN OS Sports
Settings
1/6s · f/16 · ISO 100 · 102mm
Captured
17 April 2025
Shape
landscape
Appears in
Bluebell WoodlandsSpring Photography

About the prints

For me, printing is the end of the photographic journey. You've done all the hard work, edited the files and reviewed them. Seeing the photograph come out of the printer is the reward. The depth of colour from a printed photograph beats seeing it on a screen a hundred times over. Bring the story and this experience home with you with a fine art print from my portfolio.

Bluebells at Sunrise Printed on A4
Bluebells at Sunrise printed on A4 Fotospeed paper, editioned, titled & signed.

Each fine art print from my website is printed by me at home on my Canon Pro-1000 professional printer. To ensure the best prints possible, I use Fotospeed paper. This is archival grade paper, ensuring accurate colour representation. I then sign, edition and package the prints and get them posted to you. With this in mind, please allow up to 10 days for dispatch. If there will be any further delay to this, I will let you know via email - such as if I am on a trip away and it will be longer for dispatch.

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Bluebells at sunrise printed a4 with the edition number in the bottom left corner
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Why there's a border

The print will come with a white border around the photo to allow space for editioning and signing. This will also make it easier when you come to frame & mount your photograph, giving some flexibility. I sign the prints in an archival permanent marker, so it'll never fade.

Signing and editions

Every print is signed by hand in the lower border. Where a photograph is issued as a limited edition, each print is numbered, and once the last number has sold I never print that photograph at that size again. I print, sign and pack every order myself.

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