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
LANGDALE PIKES
I had previously prospected Blea Tarn at dawn under grey skies. The potential was obvious so I returned two weeks later, when snow was covering the Lake District. The roads were icy so I drove through Little Langdale in first gear and hiked up the steep road to Blea Tarn at first light. I chose my location with a foreground of snow-topped boulders forming leading lines into the image. Langdale Pikes were neatly reflected in still water between nearby ice and the far edge of the tarn. The rising sun caught the Pikes perfectly, giving about ten minutes of great light before it disappeared into cloud. By early afternoon it was snowing again.
F/22, 0.7 seconds, ISO 100
Accepted: Southampton 2016, Port Talbot 2016, Western Counties 2016*, Wrekin 2016, Yorkshire International 2016
