> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://mitchellens.ink/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Winter Allotment - URL: https://mitchellens.ink/projects/winter-allotment/ - Published: 2021-02-09T17:46:00.000Z - Updated: 2025-07-06T12:13:07.000Z - Description: A small photography project, shot in one afternoon in the waning winter sun. Focussing on the hidden beauties of a communal allotment garden. - Author: Mitchel Lensink - Tags: Projects, #hub-projects, Photo Essays, Studio ## The moment I turn around the corner, all I can see is this beautiful light. ![Mitchel Lensink de lens photography project winter allotment](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8a/15/8a1564aa-a008-4e21-8398-12d04de07fcb/content/images/2021/11/Mitchel-Lensink_210209_A-Sunny-Winter-Afternoon-in-the-Garden_002.jpg) ## It hits the tiny little rooftops straight on, as the afternoon slowly fades. Time is waning and I have to move quickly. ![Mitchel Lensink de lens photography project winter allotment](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8a/15/8a1564aa-a008-4e21-8398-12d04de07fcb/content/images/2021/11/Mitchel-Lensink_210209_A-Sunny-Winter-Afternoon-in-the-Garden_006-2.jpg) ## I park my bike and run up the stairs of my apartment building. ![Mitchel Lensink de lens photography project winter allotment](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8a/15/8a1564aa-a008-4e21-8398-12d04de07fcb/content/images/2021/11/Mitchel-Lensink_210209_A-Sunny-Winter-Afternoon-in-the-Garden_004.jpg) ## I need to unburden myself from these groceries I was carrying. ![Mitchel Lensink de lens photography project winter allotment](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8a/15/8a1564aa-a008-4e21-8398-12d04de07fcb/content/images/2021/11/Mitchel-Lensink_210209_A-Sunny-Winter-Afternoon-in-the-Garden_003.jpg) ## Trade them in for my camera. As I’m in the process of unpacking, I make a decision on the lens I want to use. ## The Tokina 135mm f2.8 through a lens-adapter. “The extra reach will be necessary as I can’t get past the fence”, is what I say to myself out loud. ![Mitchel Lensink de lens photography project winter allotment](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8a/15/8a1564aa-a008-4e21-8398-12d04de07fcb/content/images/2021/11/Mitchel-Lensink_210209_A-Sunny-Winter-Afternoon-in-the-Garden_029.jpg) ## As I return to the scene, the light is still there, though weakening by the minute. It doesn’t matter, the setting remains. ![Mitchel Lensink de lens photography project winter allotment](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8a/15/8a1564aa-a008-4e21-8398-12d04de07fcb/content/images/2021/11/Mitchel-Lensink_210209_A-Sunny-Winter-Afternoon-in-the-Garden_007.jpg) ![Mitchel Lensink de lens photography project winter allotment](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8a/15/8a1564aa-a008-4e21-8398-12d04de07fcb/content/images/2021/11/Mitchel-Lensink_210209_A-Sunny-Winter-Afternoon-in-the-Garden_008.jpg) ## I snap a photo. ![Mitchel Lensink de lens photography project winter allotment](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8a/15/8a1564aa-a008-4e21-8398-12d04de07fcb/content/images/2021/11/Mitchel-Lensink_210209_A-Sunny-Winter-Afternoon-in-the-Garden_009.jpg) ## And another one. ![Mitchel Lensink de lens photography project winter allotment](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8a/15/8a1564aa-a008-4e21-8398-12d04de07fcb/content/images/2021/11/Mitchel-Lensink_210209_A-Sunny-Winter-Afternoon-in-the-Garden_010.jpg) ![Mitchel Lensink de lens photography project winter allotment](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8a/15/8a1564aa-a008-4e21-8398-12d04de07fcb/content/images/2021/11/Mitchel-Lensink_210209_A-Sunny-Winter-Afternoon-in-the-Garden_011.jpg) ## I hold still at the corner, take a moment to take it in. ## Two more snaps. ![Mitchel Lensink de lens photography project winter allotment](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8a/15/8a1564aa-a008-4e21-8398-12d04de07fcb/content/images/2021/11/Mitchel-Lensink_210209_A-Sunny-Winter-Afternoon-in-the-Garden_001-1.jpg) ![Mitchel Lensink de lens photography project winter allotment](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8a/15/8a1564aa-a008-4e21-8398-12d04de07fcb/content/images/2021/11/Mitchel-Lensink_210209_A-Sunny-Winter-Afternoon-in-the-Garden_012.jpg) ![Mitchel Lensink de lens photography project winter allotment](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8a/15/8a1564aa-a008-4e21-8398-12d04de07fcb/content/images/2021/11/Mitchel-Lensink_210209_A-Sunny-Winter-Afternoon-in-the-Garden_026.jpg) ![Mitchel Lensink de lens photography project winter allotment](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8a/15/8a1564aa-a008-4e21-8398-12d04de07fcb/content/images/2021/11/Mitchel-Lensink_210209_A-Sunny-Winter-Afternoon-in-the-Garden_015.jpg) ## I continue making my way around the perimeter ![Mitchel Lensink de lens photography project winter allotment](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8a/15/8a1564aa-a008-4e21-8398-12d04de07fcb/content/images/2021/11/Mitchel-Lensink_210209_A-Sunny-Winter-Afternoon-in-the-Garden_017.jpg) ## ...now looking for details. ![Mitchel Lensink de lens photography project winter allotment](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8a/15/8a1564aa-a008-4e21-8398-12d04de07fcb/content/images/2021/11/Mitchel-Lensink_210209_A-Sunny-Winter-Afternoon-in-the-Garden_018.jpg) ![Mitchel Lensink de lens photography project winter allotment](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8a/15/8a1564aa-a008-4e21-8398-12d04de07fcb/content/images/2021/11/Mitchel-Lensink_210209_A-Sunny-Winter-Afternoon-in-the-Garden_028.jpg) ## There’s one. ![Mitchel Lensink de lens photography project winter allotment](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8a/15/8a1564aa-a008-4e21-8398-12d04de07fcb/content/images/2021/11/Mitchel-Lensink_210209_A-Sunny-Winter-Afternoon-in-the-Garden_019.jpg) ## Click. ![Mitchel Lensink de lens photography project winter allotment](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8a/15/8a1564aa-a008-4e21-8398-12d04de07fcb/content/images/2021/11/Mitchel-Lensink_210209_A-Sunny-Winter-Afternoon-in-the-Garden_027.jpg) ![Mitchel Lensink de lens photography project winter allotment](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8a/15/8a1564aa-a008-4e21-8398-12d04de07fcb/content/images/2021/11/Mitchel-Lensink_210209_A-Sunny-Winter-Afternoon-in-the-Garden_020.jpg) ## This continues for a solid half an hour until I make my way all around the fencing. ![Mitchel Lensink de lens photography project winter allotment](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8a/15/8a1564aa-a008-4e21-8398-12d04de07fcb/content/images/2021/11/Mitchel-Lensink_210209_A-Sunny-Winter-Afternoon-in-the-Garden_024.jpg) ![Mitchel Lensink de lens photography project winter allotment](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8a/15/8a1564aa-a008-4e21-8398-12d04de07fcb/content/images/2021/11/Mitchel-Lensink_210209_A-Sunny-Winter-Afternoon-in-the-Garden_030.jpg) ![Mitchel Lensink de lens photography project winter allotment](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8a/15/8a1564aa-a008-4e21-8398-12d04de07fcb/content/images/2021/11/Mitchel-Lensink_210209_A-Sunny-Winter-Afternoon-in-the-Garden_025.jpg) ## I feel a sense of completion. ![Mitchel Lensink de lens photography project winter allotment](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8a/15/8a1564aa-a008-4e21-8398-12d04de07fcb/content/images/2021/11/Mitchel-Lensink_210209_A-Sunny-Winter-Afternoon-in-the-Garden_021.jpg) ## Excitement, even. ![Mitchel Lensink de lens photography project winter allotment](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8a/15/8a1564aa-a008-4e21-8398-12d04de07fcb/content/images/2021/11/Mitchel-Lensink_210209_A-Sunny-Winter-Afternoon-in-the-Garden_022.jpg) ![Mitchel Lensink de lens photography project winter allotment](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8a/15/8a1564aa-a008-4e21-8398-12d04de07fcb/content/images/2021/11/Mitchel-Lensink_210209_A-Sunny-Winter-Afternoon-in-the-Garden_023.jpg) ## It was a sunny winter afternoon in the garden.