AWARDS: ENGLAND / WILTSHIRE / LAKE DISTRICT / WALES / SCOTLAND / COAST OF S.W. ENGLAND / COAST / STORMS / LAKES & MOUNTAINS / WINTER LANDSCAPES / DESERTS / ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY / BRITISH BIRDS 1 / BRITISH BIRDS 2 / BRITISH MAMMALS / BRITISH INSECTS / WORLD BIRDS / WORLD MAMMALS / NATURE
SKELETON TREES
Dead Vlei in Namibia's Tsauchab River Valley lost its water supply some 700 years ago as a result of a migrating dune. The trees died and their skeletons stand preserved in the dry desert air. For this image, made at dawn before the sun reached the pan, I chose a particularly characterful old tree as my foreground, whilst a supporting cast of other trees give a sense of depth to the image.
F/22, 1/10th second., ISO 100
Accepted: Atlantic International (USA) 2016, Western Counties 2016*
