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
SASSOLUNGO
The jagged peaks of Italy's Dolomites in the eastern Alps are made of magnesium-rich limestone known as dolomite, formed some 250 million years ago from coral reefs in a subtropical ocean. The rocks were subsequently uplifted by the collision of the European and African tectonic plates. I spent all morning waiting for the mountain to clear and when it did I used my telephoto lens to make a tight composition that emphasises the drama of its cloudy embrace.
F/11, 1/250 second, ISO 100
Accepted: Olympic (Greece) - Aphrodite, Hermes and Apollo, Western Counties Members' Exhibition 2023* - Certificate
