Outdoor Photography

110 Outdoor Photography February 2018

Mark Helliwell

Left (top) This image was taken in

autumn from the side of Burbage

Brook, as it meandered its way through

Padley Gorge in Derbyshire. I was

initially searching for compositions

of fallen leaves on rocks, with the water

rushing by, but most of the viewpoints

were too cluttered. I spotted this

simple composition by changing from

a wideangle to telephoto focal length;

I liked the diagonals created by the

water at the base of the main rock,

complemented by the triangular

rock at the bottom of the image.

Nikon D810 with Nikkor 70-200mm

VR lens at 125mm, ISO 64, 6sec at f/20,

three-stop ND fi lter, tripod

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Tim Lee

Left (below) I had been out enjoying

some early morning mist across the

river Dart, near Totnes in Devon,

and while I was returning through

some boggy woodland close to the

river’s edge this scene caught my eye.

The colours and spacing of the leaves

on the surface of the perfectly still

water created interesting patterns,

complemented by the very even

latticework of the refl ected trees.

Focusing on the refl ected trees and

using an aperture that threw the leaves

out of focus created an abstract that

I found pleasing. In post-production

the image was rotated 180° so the

refl ected trees appeared upright;

the only other adjustment was to

strengthen the blacks and whites

to add a bit more contrast.

Sony A7 II with Sony FE 70-300mm lens

at 270mm, ISO 100, 1.6sec at f/8, tripod

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Jamey Burr

Opposite The Maligne River tumbles

out of the Rocky Mountains in

Canada’s Jasper National Park into

the Athabasca River. Maligne Canyon

was created where Maligne River

cuts through a limestone formation,

creating a canyon that is more than

50m deep in places, and just 2m wide.

There were many forest fi res in the

Rockies in the summer of 2017, and

these obscured views of the mighty

peaks and glaciers. Instead, I pointed

my lens down to the lush microclimate

of the canyon and the rushing waters.

Canon EOS 6D with a 24-105mm L lens at

60mm, ISO 100, 1/90sec at f/4, handheld

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