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Strong and sturdy
My tripod was a critical component in achieving
this shot, and I bought a model that offers
strength as well as lightness. I also use an
L-bracket on my Nikon Z 6 – this enables
effortless switching from landscape to
portrait orientation when using a tripod.4
Lengthen your exposures
This shot was taken on a tripod with a variable
ND filter. The filter is only a recent addition to
my camera bag but is now something I never
leave the house without. The ability to take
long-exposure photos during the day, to capture
movement in a scene, has resulted in the most
dramatic and eye-pleasing photos I’ve ever taken.3
Lead your viewer in
I found the half-submerged rocks like a line of
stepping stones leading into the loch, bringing
the viewer into the centre of the image to discover
the fog-covered hills running across the back of
the image. The angle is chosen to capture the vast
water that lies ahead of you, with the background
compression to bring the epic hills into the scene.Ant Boothmansec^3 f/22 ISO
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