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Winter Nirvana

NIRVANA....
A blissful, liberating, highly meditative state of calm and freedom from distraction attained through the realization of profound peace and the imperturbable stillness of mind....
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The winter solstice has passed but the days of January seem short and often grey whilst the nights are still long and dark, Yuletide festivities and the celebrations of New Year’s Eve already seem a distant memory, yet the promises of springtime still feel an awfully long way away. However, amidst of all of this, Mother Nature can suddenly produce a day of warm sunshine, wonderful light and dramatic skies to gladden the heart and lift the spirits and show us all just why we love to be outdoors in the natural world capturing the beauty that unfolds before our eyes.

This is all so true of the scene here at Pedn Vounder near Porthcurno in the far west of Cornwall during a landscape photography walk organised by the Cornwall Wildlife Trust. Mother Nature most definitely weaved her magic spell and granted us a day of wonderful weather for walking and inspirational changes of light for winter photography and it is one of those many light changes that was cast here across a sea which was surprisingly calm for the time of year, over a backdrop of the moody granite cliffs of Logan Rock and through those dreamy and feathered cloud formations above to create a wonderfully relaxing seasonal ambience where just being present makes you feel at one with nature....truly a Winter Nirvana.
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The walk was lead by renowned professional Wildlife and Landscape photographer and writer David Chapman who is also the secretary of the Cornwall Wildlife Trust's photographic group. David’s highly inspiring work can be seen at www.davidchapman.org.uk.

If anyone is interested in finding out more about the wonderful and vital work done by the Wildlife Trust, or about their local Wildlife Trust, please visit www.wildlifetrusts.org.

To find out specifically about the Wildlife Trust in Cornwall, please visit www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk
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Taken on: January 19, 2014

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