With some interesting clouds forming yesterday evening I decided to head out for a trip around the South Downs near Arlington in the hope of capturing some oilseed photographs. I was out for a couple of hours driving the lanes, parking up, walking around and then jumping back into the car and I came away with nothing to show for it. It was like a case of photographer's block hit me and none of the views seemed to work. I had a few ideas for shots in mind and at all but one location I didn't even unpack the camera. I think I need to head further afield to try some new locations to give me a fresh perspective.

I ended the trip by climbing Windover hill in hope of capturing a sunset behind Firle Beacon. As the time wore on I realised that it was looking far to hazy and not likely to produce what I wanted to capture so I bailed and returned home. In hindsight I wish I'd waited the extra 30 minutes to see what developed but looking out the window at home there was very little colour in the sky and the clouds had blown through leaving little interest in the sky. I'm planning to try that spot again as I think it has potential but I'll head out later in the evening to give me less waiting around.

One of my objectives over the next few weeks is to capture some photographs of the magnificent yellow fields of oilseed rape that spring up around Sussex at this time of year. I did a brief reccy of the fields along the A27 on Monday and it seems there's not as much around as I remember from last year. I did spot some fields that are beginning to flower so I'll try for a trip soon to try to find some interesting locations.