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HOW TO SHOOT EPIC LANDSCAPES

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May 2015Outdoor Photography1

Making an impactIve just heard about the untimely

passing of Gary Braasch, one of

the worlds greatest conservation

photographers. When he died, Gary,

70 and from Portland in Oregon, USA,

was out snorkelling on the northern

end of the Great Barrier Reef in

Australia, where he was documenting

the effect of climate change on the reefsystem. You need to know little more

to understand how passionate Gary

was about the planet and trying to do

things that may have an impact and

tip the balance ever so slightly back

in the planets favour.

Several years ago, we included

Gary in our feature on the 40 Most

Influential Nature Photographers;

an easy decision given his immense

talent, wonderful humanity and a

lengthy list of achievements, which

included the A nsel Adams Award from

the Sierra Club, and publication of his

work in numerous major magazines

and newspapers around the globe.

Gary was, in the truest sense of an

overused word, a hero.

Perhaps his most significant body

of work was the one he had been

working on since 2000, a Global

View of Climate Warming, which

saw him documenting the work of

scientific projects on the rapid effects

of climate change, from Australia and

Antarctica to China and the Arctic, as

well as around his home state. He was

relentless in his pursuit of the images

that could help these people fully andengagingly tell their stories.

Gary was a photography giant,

and it is, of course, hard for many

of us to countenance giving such a

commitment of time and energy to

causes, no matter how critical they

are. Yet, the enduring inspiration

from Garys life is that every little

counts, even if it seems relatively

inconsequential at the time.

With a camera in our hands we

have the potential to change things,

whether that is at a local level or

beyond. For Japanese photographer

Nobuyuki Kobayashi, it is an ultra

long-term impact he

seeks, to make prints

that will endure for

1,000 years or more

(see page 18).

Steve Watkin

Alex Nail ook hi

sunning image

during a hike up

Norway naional

mounain, Seind.

I wa one of he bes

ligh how he ha

ever wineed. See

hi epic landcape

feaure on page 30.

GET IN TOUCH

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at [email protected] Deputy Editor,

Claire Blow, at [email protected]

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EDITORS LETTER

Landcape phoographer NobuyukiKobayahi alk o OPpage 16

Alex Nail goe in earch of epic

landcape phoograph page 30

See sunning image from a new

book on Sheland oter page 78

Fergu Kennedy es Leica new

advenure camera page 94

THE ISSUEat a glance


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2Outdoor PhotographyMay 2016

FEATURES & OPINION LEARNINGZONE

LOCATIONSGUIDE16 In onveration with

Nobuyuki Kobayahi

We meet Japanee fine art

photographer Nobuyuki

Kobayahi, who seialie

in reating exquiite image

of nature uing the platinum

palladium proe

26 One month, one picure

Pete Bridgwood apture

a dramati oaal ene

in Devon

40 Lie of the land

Claire MConnell take

insiration from Mahler to

photograph a woodland ene

42 Opinion

Would you ep in to feed

a wild animal in need?

Andrew Parkinon takle

thi ontroverial iue

54A photographer guide

to life on Earth

Chri Weon explore the

importane of taking the

time to ee detail within

the bigger picure

62 In the sotlight

Outdoor photographer and

writer Jon Spark talk to

Nik Smith

65 International GardenPhotographer of the Year

Stunning image from the

ompetition that elebrate

all thing botanial

85 Inide trak

Nik Smith embark on a

photographi adventure in

Canada frozen wilderne

30 How to photograph epi

landape

Alex Nail offer logiial,

tehnial and reative tip to

help you apture awe-insiring

image of big via

38 Quik guide to

High frame rate hooting

for wildlife

Rihard Garvey-William on thebenefit of uing your amera

ontinuou hooting mode

when photographing wildlife

46 Porth Nanven ove,

Cornwall

Andrew Ray eek out

a dynami wideangle

ompoition on a picureque

Cornih beah

49 Lodge Park Wood,

Pembrokehire

Drew Bukley hoot a lai

sringtime ene in a flower-filled wood

50Viewpoint

Eight top UK loation to hoot

thi month, inluding unning

sot in Derbyhire, Kent,

Cornwall and Mereyide

MAY

GO BIGALEX NAIL ON CAPTURING EPIC LANDSCAPES


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GEARZONE REGULARSNATURE

ZONE

72 Life in he wild

Laurie Campbell look at

ethi in the fa-hanging

world of wildlife photography

74 Phoography guide

Laurie eaonal highlight,

world wildlife secale and

eight top sot for oaal flora

and fauna

77A momen wih naure

Auralian photographer Judith

Conning find beauty in anunremarkable paddok

78 Oter in Sheland:

The ale of he draai

A glimpe of Rihard

Shukmith and Brydon

Thomaon new book

82 On he wing

Steve Young head outh to

Someret to photograph a

mega-rare Hudonian godwit

92 Gearing up

Our round-up of the lateoutdoor kit to hit the helve

94 Camera es: Leica X-U

Fergu Kennedy head to the

outh oa of Suex to try

out Leia new outdoor and

underwater amera

8 Newroom

Keeping you up to date with thelate photography, outdoor

and onervation orie

10 Ou here

Our pik of new photography

title and nature book

12 The big view

The late photography and

art exhibition, plu upoming

nature and adventure feival

YOUROP

14Your leter

Your feedbak, opinionand muing on all thing

photography-related

59 Reader gallery

Our pik of thi month

be reader image

87 Nex monh

A neak peek at the June iue

of Outdoor Photography

88Your chance

Find out how to get your

work publihed in OP

108 If you only do one hing

hi monh

The winner of our joy of

the landape photography

ompetition, plu thi month

hallenge: epi landape

112 Where in he world?

Correcly identify the loation

featured and you ould win

a Vango Fue 2 leeping bag

NEXT ISSUE ON SALE MAY

How to relate land and ky in your landcape

Are martphone dumbing down photography?

How to read water with nature guru Trisan Gooley


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Nobuyuki Kobayahi

i a Tokyo-baed fine ar

landape phoographer,

who alo hoo porrai

and ahion image or

adveriing ampaign

and magazine. Hi projec

Porrai o Naure: Myriad

o God and hi oher work

have been widely exhibied

in Japan and abroad.

zenne-inc.com

Alex Nail i a phoographer

baed in Brisol wih a

paion or apuring remoe

landape. He love o eek

ou ecaular ligh, and

wild amp in Soland and

round Briain naional park

hroughou he eaon.

alexnail.com

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Rahael Talibari a

landape phoographer,

amera lub judge and

lecurer baed in Surrey.

She i o-ounder o

11 Workhop, leading

workhop in Surrey, Wes

Suex and London. She alo

exhibi, and her firs olo

exhibiion i in Ocober.

rachaelalibar.com

Claire MConnelli a

Bukinghamhire-baed

phoographer who i

paionae abou landape,

absrac and sree

phoography. A proeional

muiian, her love o mui

and he perorming ar

ofen provide iniraion

or her work.greeneyedlen.com

Rihard Garvey-William

i an award-winning wildlie

and landape phoographer

and auhor. Having en

hi hildhood in Aria,

he relihe opporuniie

o reurn and hare he

experiene by leading

phoographi aari.

Now baed in Devon he alo

offer uoring on Darmoor.

richardgarveywilliam.com

Andrew Parkinon i a

muli award-winning wildlie

phoographer and a eaure

onribuor o National

Geographic. He work

exluively wih wild animal,

upplie hi image o nine

inernaional agenie, and

i one o he 2020VISION

projec phoographer.andrewparkinon.com

Andrew Rayi a ull-ime

proeional phoographer

baed in Cornwall who

eialie in UK landape

image. Hi work ha been

widely publihed, and he

ha won numerou naional

ompeiion and award.

andrewrayphoography.com

Wih more han 30 year

experiene o phoographing

Sotih wildlie,Laurie

Campbell reaive aim i

imple, o hare hi paion

or Soland landape,

flora and auna. He regularly

lead naure phoography

workhop, and hi image

are widely publihed.

lauriecampbell.com

Chri Wesoni a

proeional wildlie

phoojournalis. He ha

ravelled widely o doumen

he iue and hallenge

aing many o he world

rares eie, and i he

prinipal phoographer

or he NGO Animal on

he Edge.

chriweson.phoography

Drew Bukleyi an

award-winning proeional

landape and wildlie

phoographer rom

Pembrokehire. Hi image

are inernaionally publihed

in many magazine, book,

and in he media. He alo

run loaion-baed

phoographi workhop

around Wale.

drewbuckleyphoography.com

Judih Conning i an

Ausralian phoographer who

ha long enjoyed apuring

image o he naural world

landape, weaher and

wildlie boh loe o home

and urher afield. She hope

her image enourage people

o do heir bi o preerve our

ragile world.

judeconningphoography.com/

wonderfully-wild

A he age o five, Fergu

Kennedyloved meing

around in he ea and playing

wih gadge. Fory year on,

very litle ha hanged. He i

a marine biologis and work

a a reelane phoographer

and amera operaor or

lien uh a he BBC

and Canon Europe.

fergukennedy.com


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Storm Imogen

by Rachael Talibart

I had been to Newhaven on the

Eas Suex oas almos every

week through the winter, working

on a erie of wave picure. Idbagged ome image I liked and

the et wa taking hape, but Storm

Imogen wa a game-hanger. With

gus of 70mph, even sanding up

wa diffi ult and the wave were

amazing. I think it wa the mos

exhilarating hoot I have had yet,

and a sark reminder of our plae

in thi world.

Canon EOS 5DS R with Canon

70-200mm f/2.8 L IS lens at

190mm, ISO 200, 1/1000sec at f/10


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UKs proteced blue belt

for marine life expandsSpiny lobsters, stalked jellyfish, basking sharks

and Balearic shearwaters are a mong species the

government has pledged to protect through t he

designation of 23 new mari ne conservation zones

(MCZs) in t he seas around England. Dist ributed

as far north as the Farne Islands off the coast of

Northumberland, down to Lands End in Cornwall,

the safeguarded areas cover 4,155 square miles of

marine habitat. Added to the 27 zones created in

2013, they more than double the size of Brita ins

so-called blue belt the mariti me equivalent

of the green belt.Set up to protect 45 different types of habitat,

geological features and species, t he sites include

the Cromer Shoal Chalk Beds, Europes longest

chalk reef; the wildlife-rich Swale Estuary in Kent;

and Cumbrias Allonby Bay, which supports many

different sea creatures, most notably the reef-

building honeycomb worm.

Conservation measures will vary from site to site,

depending on the habitats found within each zone.

For example, in a new reserve around the Needles,

off the Isle of Wight, new restrictions on trawling

and oyster dredging may be put in place to protect

its seagrass meadows and associated wildlife, which

includes the rare native oyster and t he sea hare.

The Wildlife Trusts have been campaigning for

many years for better protection for Britains

marine habitats and wi ldlife. Joan Edwards, head

of the Trusts Living Seas initiative, said: UK seas

have the potential to be fu ll of incredible life and

colour, but continued destruction has reduced them

to a shadow of their former selves. We are pleased

by the governments commitment to addressing the

decimation of our seabed over the past century, and

to delivering an ecologically coherent network ofmarine protected areas. This second step towards

the completion of a blue belt in UK sea s is crucial

in turning the tide on the state of our seas, but

theres still work to be done.

The third planned t ranche of MCZs will be put

forward for consideration in 2017, and designated

in 2018. Defra has also launched a consultation on

creating five new special areas of conservation for

harbour porpoises, and there are proposals for

seven other marine protected zones to sa feguard

threatened birds such as spoonbill s and puffi ns.

To find out more, go to wildlifetrusts.org/mcz


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The New Wes: Landcape

along the Colorado

Front Range

Robert Adams

Steidl

978-3-86930-

9000-2

Hardback, 28

Firs publihed in 1974,

Rober Adam The New Wesi among

he lai phoography book. Plaed

alongide oher landmark erie uh a

Walker EvanAmerican Photograph

and Rober Frank The American, hi

i an artul, inightul exploraion o US

ulure, oiey and landape ha

sill perinen oday. Now, more han

40 year afer i original publiaion,

hi re-releae pu Adam powerul

image bak ino he oligh.

Viiing he Colorado Fron Range,

he inerecion beween he Wesern

Fronier and Grea Plain, Adam looked

a urban developmen and i impac

on naure. One a plae een a he

unknown and a ymbol o Amerian

reedom and el-reliane, hi sreh

o land i now filled wih reeway, rac

home, low-rie buine building and

adveriing billboard.

Wih phoograph apured in blak

& whie, and preening a disilled way

o looking a he world, Adam The New

Wesrepreened a ignifian hif

in reording he Amerian landape.

Almos he omplee oppoie o

Anel Adam rihly oned image

o Ameria mos impreive naural

igh, Rober Adam render he

onsrucion o urban rawl in he

uburb o Colorado wih he Roky

Mounain a a disan bakdrop.

A lo an be learned rom Adam

erie and i deerve a plae on every

landape phoographer bookhel.


OUT THERE

THE LATESTNEW MEDIA

IN PRINT

Wild America:

A peronal celebration

of the national park

David Muench and Roly Smith

Rucksack Readers

978-1-898481-73-7

Hardback, 14.99

When a respected landscape

photographer such as David Muench

teams up with a nature writer as

eminent as Roly Smith, the results

are sure to be excellent. Living up to

expectations, this new publication pays

homage to North Americas nationalparks. Sharing their experiences of the

continent through their chosen medium,

21 locations found across Americas

wilderness are seen here i ncluding

Mount Rainier, Antelope Canyon and

Shenandoah. Although the design

doesnt match up to the h igh standard

of the books content, dont let that

put you off, otherwise youll be missing

out on a fine portrait of Americas

wild beauty.

BOOKOFTHEMONTH

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obertAdams

A BOOK WITH A DIFFERENCE

Another Way of Telling:A poible theoryof photography

John Berger and Jean Mohr

Bloomsbury

978-1-4088-6445-6

Paperback, 25

A ainaing read or anyone ineresed

in phoography, John Berger and Jean

Mohr look ogeher a he undamenal

naure o he medium inAnother Way of Telling. Wrien rom he

viewpoin o rii (Berger) and phoographer (Mohr) in a reh

and engaging approah, quesion uh a wha i a phoograph,

wha do phoograph mean and how an phoograph be ue d,

will enlighen reader and help hem undersand wha i i ha

disinguihe phoography rom oher ar orm. Far rom a dry,

aademi erie o eay, hi inriguing book inlude 230

image by Mohr o illusrae he idea raied. Thi i a new ediion

o he ile and, afer reading he firs ew page , youll wonder

why i wa ou o prin or o many year.


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Our pick of the lates book about nature in all it intricacy and glory that will help inform your photographyand encourage you to ee the natural world around u in a very different light.

Rapor: A journey hrough birdJame Macdonald Lockhart4th Esate

978-0-00-745987-2

Hardback, 16.99

A muh a lierary maserpiee a an

informaive wildlife sudy, Jame Madonald

Lokhar ue engaging proe o ruly exie

u abou naure eifially he 15 bird

of prey ha breed in he UK. Beginning in

Orkney wih he hen harrier and ending wih

ighing of he arrowhawk in Devon, eah

haper i dediaed o a pariular eie. Telling u of hi own

experiene, Lokhar wrie in a way ha allow he reader o join

in on hi dioverie and marvel a hee majesi bird. Fouing

on heir inredible biology and how, hisorially, hey have apured

our imaginaion, Lokhar only parially reveal our ompliaed

relaionhip wih hee amazing bird.

The Mos Perfec Thing: Inide

(and ouide) a bird egg

Tim Birkhead

Bloombury

978-1-4088-5125-8

Hardback, 16.99

Exploring he iene behind bird egg

and he hisory of man obeion wih

hem, ornihologis Tim Birkhead reveal

remarkable fac abou hi vial elemen

of life in naure. The journey of a bird egg,

from reaion and feriliaion o i hahing,

are explained here, wih anwer o

quesion you may no have onidered

before uh a why do egg vary in hape, patern and olour;

and when doe he hell harden? Divided ino nine haper, eah

grounded in iene and enrihed by Birkhead lifeime obeion

sudying bird, hi i a wonderful inigh ino one of naure mos

fainaing proee.

Mark Carwardine Guide o WhaleWahing In Briain and EuropeMark Carwardine

Bloombury

978-1-4729-1015-8

Paperback, 16.99

Gian of he ea ha are uterly memeriing

o wah, whale are one of naure mos

beauiful and myseriou animal. Here,

wildlife phoographer, and radio and TV

preener Mark Carwardine ell u where,

when and how o wah hee eie in

a fac-file syle, making hi he ideal referene book when planning

a rip. Inluding where o o dolphin and porpoie oo, hi

auhoriaive guide give you op ip o help you ge he mos ou

of your rip. Organied ino differen region of Europe and wha

eie o look ou for where, he book ue i down o

Carwardine experiene and knowledge of marine wildlife.

How o Read Waer:

Clue, ign and patern

from puddle o he eaTrisan Gooley

Sceptre

978-1-4736-1520-5

Hardback, 20

Trisan Gooley i known for revealing he

ounryide in uh a way ha youll never

look a i in he ame way again. Now

fouing on waer, from i being in a gla

o he vases oean, Gooley ell u over

700 lue, ign and patern o enhane our undersanding of hi

vial elemen. Following on wih hi wity, engaging one, Gooley how

u how o o dangerou waer in he pih blak wih he help of a

lok fae, idenify lighhoue wih he aid of an elephan and read he

ea uing anien Viking mehod. Well be aking a loer look a he

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NATURE BOOKS TO INFORM AND INSPIRE


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risanGooley

aboveBird egg are far more omplex han hey appear. Tim Birkhead

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1 Spiti: A Himalayansory byJoan Pollock

Royal Geographical Society,

London

12 April to 6 May

Travel phoographer Joan

Pollok firs viied Spii, a

remoe valley in he wesern

Himalaya, in 1993. Moved by

he pligh of hoe who lived

here, and enraned by he

sunning landape, Pollok

phoographed he Spii Valleypeople and heir onnecion

o Tibean Buddhim. Inimae

porrayal of a diappearing

world, he image are

ompaionae porrai of he

monk, farmer and villager

going abou heir day-o-day

aciviie. In many of her

picure, Pollok apure he

mounainou enery of he

area, uh a her image of

Key (right), an 11h enury

Buddhis monasery perhed

on a raggy hill ouide Kaza

he apial of Spii.

Paionae abou helping

o preerve he Spii people

genle, imple way of life

and belief, Pollok founded

a hariy o help build vial

infrasrucure o improve heir

healh, hygiene and wellbeing

wihou sripping hem of

heir naive ideniy, religion

and usom. A fellow of he

RGS, Pollok dilay a e

of her image a he oiey

hi ring. A film abou her

hariy and picure, Saving

Spiti, will be hown a he RGS

on Tueday 12 April a 7pm.

rgs.org

2 Sony WorldPhotographyAward 2016

Somerset House, London

22 April to 8 May

Seleced from more han

230,000 enrie, 500 winning,

finalis and horlised image

from hi year Sony World

Phoography Award will be on

how a Somere Houe for

jus over wo week hi ring.

Repreening ome of he

world fines onemporary

phoography hrough i

Profeional, Open and

Youh ompeiion, he

award over a vas range

of genre from landape,

naure and wildlife, o sill

life, arhiehure and ravel.

The work demonsrae a

srong ene of empahy and

originaliy, and highligh he

ue of new ehnology uh

a drone.

Image by he reipien

of hi year Ousanding

Conribuion o Phoography,

RongRong & Inri he

influenial huband and wife

eam who have helped hape

onemporary phoography in

China will alo be on how

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THE LATESTWHAT'S ON

EXHIBITIONS

Painting with Light: Art andphotography from the Pre-Raphaelite to the modern age

Tate Britain, London

11 May to 25 September

Revealing how vial paining and phoography

were o one anoher during he lae 19h enury,Tae Briain new exhibiion inlude 200 work

by leading figure from he wo medium,

inluding Rober Adamon, JWM Turner and Julia

Margare Cameron. Paining wih Ligh how

how he dawn of phoography oinided wih

a ide of revoluionary idea in he ar, uh a

Turner iniring he firs phoographi panorami

viewpoin and John Everet Millai invoking

meaning and emoion in ar. There will alo be

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Your leerWrie o u! We love geting your view and resone; email [email protected]

THE LATESTFEEDBACK

More women phoographer, pleae!Oh where oh where have he

women phoographer gone?

Oh where oh where an hey be?

I eagerly wai eah monh for my

delivered opy of Outdoor Photography,

and even more eagerly flip o he In he

magazine hi monh page bu my

aniipaion rapidly ubide when I find,

ye again, here are no feaured women.

There are ome secaular women

phoographer, bu why are hey no feaured

in OP? I he ommen from Vicoria Gray

from Nevada (Your leter, OP203) orrec,

in ha i ju oo hard for u women o find

a uiable ree o wee behind when oudoor

and herefore we anno ake grea phoo?

I he age-old ereoype acually rue ha

women don elf-promoe and o don

ak o be feaured in OP? Or perhap i

he oher age-old ereoype ha naure/

landape phoography require a degree of

exacne ha (oo-emoional) women lak?

I peronally haven ried ubmiting o

OPbeaue Im ju plain old oo buy

rying o redefine a new areer while raiing

a munhkin who ha ime o inveigae

where o buy a e of (frankly, aniquaed)

CD-R? I uppoe all oher women

phoographer have imilar exue. In he

meanime, I uppoe Ill add CD-R o my

hopping li on he off-hane ha hey ill

ell hem a groery ore, and will ye again

eagerly awai May onribuor page.

Sara Rawlinson, via email

Ed resoneHi Sara, thank you for raising

this issue. We would love to feature more work

by female photographers, we simply dont receive

as many submissions f rom women compared with

men. Youll hopefully be pleased to see that this

month women photographers are better

represented on our contributors page, but

we agree that it would be great to have a more

even balance of male and female photographers

in O utdoor Photography.

We are also aware that finding the time to send

in entries by post is an issue for men and women

alike so youll be happy to know that an online

submission system for the magazine is in development

and set to launch soon; well reveal all the details

as soon as it has been fully tested and is ready to

go live.

Walking the lineFor once, leaving my DSLR at home was

a smart move. I had t ravelled up to the

Peak District, f rom London via Beeston

and Buxton, for what has become an

annual cycling weekend with a couple

of friends. As we were due to cover about

35 miles, starting on the Tissington trail

(an old railway line, repurposed for

cyclists and walkers) at Sparklowtowards Ashbourne, and then back to

Sparklow. Cycling and a tight schedule

meant my DSLR had to stay in London.

Autumn was nearing its pinnacle; the

landscape was a kaleidoscope of coloured

foliage, softened that morning by heavy

fog. Perfect photography conditions, if

you had a camera, that is. The limitations

of my iPhone 5s camera wouldnt do

justice to the scenery, so I resigned myselfto enjoying the beauty of the landscape

without the pressure of recording it.

As we prepared the bikes I saw a couple

returning from walking their dog. It was

a photographic gift that I couldnt pass

up. They were framed beautifully by the

trees, the fog softening the background

so they stood out as near silhouettes.

It was a simple image that needed careful

framing and little else.

The original camera image was

disappointing, flat and lifeless with

muddy colouring; it didnt reflect

the scene I had seen. But I felt thecomposition worked well, and some

minor tweaking would bring it to life.

My first attempt with Lo -Mobs black

& white treatment felt too cold.

Instead, I used the Enlight app by

Lightricks, changing the crop and

adjusting the clarity to highlight the

figures. The tilt and shift allowed me

to soften the right-hand side, where the

texture of the foliage was too distracting.I then exported to Instagram to apply the

Crema filter, which gave a warmer and

softer colouring. This treatment more

closely resembled the scene I saw.

Happy with the result, and as the only

image I took t hat weekend, it more than

made up for having to leave my camera

at home.

Nic Davies, via email

Look afer your bootsI have just read a letter about wet feet

due to boots being li ke sponges (Wet

weather gear, OP203). I have had a pairof Le Ch ameau Mouflon Plus leather,

Gore-Tex lined boots for about 10 years

now. They have been worked reasonably

hard in wet terrain in the Scottish hills.

From day one I have treated them with

Nikwax Aqueous proofer, and as a result

they are as waterproof as any wellies

up to a point, of course. The moral is,

buy good boots and look after them.

They will ser ve you well and keep your

feet dry.

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LETTER

OFTHE

MONTH

aboveNi Davie

iPhone image,

aken in he

Peak Diric.


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Kei The sate where the figure i even and beautiful. Augus 2010. Akita Japan


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Yuuzen The sate of water, voice and emotion ariing flourihingly. November 2004. Gifu Japan


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Kizashi New thing begin to occur. And, the ign of thing that will occur. Augus 2010. Akita Japan


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Mizoregawa The sate when now i about to diolve in the water of the river. January 2005. Miyagi Japan


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Jikuu Time and sace. January 2007. Miyazaki Japan


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Engen The place where things are being generated and is the basis of all the things. May 2008. Yamagata Japan


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Kamui Majesy of God. May 2008. Yamagata Japan


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can survive for over 1,000 years with no

obvious deterioration.

Given that large format images printed using

the platinum palladium process are capable

of capturing the most exquisite levels of detail,

he acknowledges that it seems a preposterous

clash to print t hem on rough washi paper, butits a contradiction Nobuyuki enjoys. The paper

is well known for its unriva lled strength, and as

a Japanese person it is part of my identity, which

is something I wanted to bring to the project.

Compared with western paper its roughness

is readily apparent, but it gives a softness and

warmth to the images, and this flavour is

something that makes it all worthwhile. I thin k

that is something that all a rt needs.

Many of the scenes featured in his work are

from his favourite places to photograph nature,

in Gifu and Nagano prefectures. When I go out,

I decide the direction I wi ll take only once

I am there on location, as I dont like to have

a destination in m ind. I follow my feelings, and

sometimes feel the call of a particula r place

pull me towards it. I worship nature, so to speak,

and feel that water, trees and stones have dignity;

that they are more holy than I am. I often usethe term yubi, meaning gentle (yu) and

beautiful (bi), to describe things I see in nature,

and feel an overwhelming sense of existence

from them; thats why I like to capture them

on film. Although I am always endeavouring

to capture portraits of the gods in nature,

of course I dont always connect with things

on this level; I just keep walking until its so,

and I dont mind how much time I spend for

that to happen maybe this is a way of think ing

particular to t he Japanese!

After already spending 20 years work ing on

the project, Nobuyuki feels he will continue

with it for the rest of his life. Through it he says

he has become more modest, and has learnt just

how fragile and courageous nature is, but it is

the longevity of the prints that is the real driv ing

force behind his commitment to it. I want to

leave nature to posterity, as in this world itis very diffi cult to do that bec ause economic

activities are given priority and we cannot

prevent the destruction of nature. I am taking

photos for the people who will live in 1,000 years

time or later, I think it is my job to show the next

generations what was once here.

See more of Nobuyukis work at zenne-inc.com.

You can see a wonderful 30-minute documentary

film about Nobuyuki and the Myriads of Gods

project on the Outdoor Photography website, at

outdoorphotographymagazine.co.uk.

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ONE MONTH, ONE PICTURE


I sat there for hours, enveloped in the salty

scented spray, making images on this primeval,

threatening rocky foreshore at Woolacombe.

For a landscape photographer, conditions dont

get much better than this: moody monochromatic

lighting with a softened contrast due to the

heavily overcast conditions, a soul-stirring

stormy cloud base and high winds violently

throwing up spume from the surface of the

crashing waves.When were faced with a scene like this, the

most valuable luxury available to us is time.

The weather was forecast to remain unsettled

all afternoon, allowing me to obsessively hone

my composition and play with the various

elements inside the frame over potentially

hundreds of exposures. Choosing which

elements to keep and which to discard is an

exercise in compositional geometry. The most

captivating feature of the scene was the wild,

stormy sea juxtaposed against the solid jagged

rocks anchoring the base of the composition.

After analysing a ser ies of captured images on

the LCD, it slowly became obvious that waves

breaking at this position, linking the upper and

lower halves of the image through the horizon,

were obvious candidates for a main subject.

My favoured placement for main subjects is

often around the rabatment (pronounced like

apartment). We can visualise this i maginary

line within any frame, by mentally rotating one

of the short sides up towards one of the longersides, and then imagining a line dropped down

from the end of it to create the fourth side of an

imaginary square, as though making a square

crop from the left or right side.

This imaginar y rabatment line offers a

compositional placement suggestion, much like

the rule of thirds, which encourages us to place

our main subject one third of the way along our

image and one third of the way from the base or

the top. Unlike the rule of thirds, rabatment

only directs horizontal placement in a landscape

aspect photograph. Importantly, though, in my

experience, it always works with images of any

aspect ratio except those shot in 2:1, where the

rabatment coincides with the central vertical

line of the image.

I attached an appropriate strength neutral

density filter to allow the choice of a shutter

speed sympathetic to the movement of the

waves at an optimum aperture of f/11. A neutral

density graduated filter was used to accentuate

the drama in the clouds. Then, as the hourspassed and the waves kept hitting the shoreline,

I made multiple captures using a remote release

to avoid camera shake, all the time try ing to

capture a wave breaking in the perfect place

at the perfect moment.

Faced with a captivating coastal scene, and with time on his side, Pete Bridgwood takes theopportunity to practise a geometrical composition technique to emphasise the stormy sea

above Woolacombe, Devon.Fujifilm X-Pro1 wih Fujinon XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 R

LM OIS len a 18mm, ISO 200, 1/8ec a f/11,

Lee Seven5 3-sop ND and 2-sop ND grad,

Manfroto 055CXPRO3 ripod, Manfroto 405 Pro

Geared Head


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LEARNING ZONEIMPROVE38 Quick guide to...

High frame rate shooting

30How to photograph

epic landscapes

THE WOW FACTOR

Alex Nails guide to capturing the drama of epic landscapes


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30Outdoor Photograph May 2016

I

t seems appropriate that I should start an article about shooting epic

landscapes while camped up a Scottish mountain in the snow. Its just

after 3pm, Im lying in a tent and about to put my crampons on to dothe final 150m to the top of Stob Coire Raineach. Id be in trouble

with the editor (and mountain rescue) if I proposed you all do the same

at such a late stage in the day, but the truth is that capturing epic

images usually means putting in extra effort.

Epic images often combine a dramatic location with spectacular

lighting. The resulting photos show the wonder of nature and get

a wow from the viewer. Of course, photography can be much more

than burning peoples eyes out with raging sunset, but there is still

a lot to be said for images that excite and amaze. More than that,

these photos are incredibly diffi cult to achieve. Success is met with huge

satisfaction. If youre looking to take your photography in a thrilling

new direction, then shooting epic landscapes might be the way!

How o phoographepic landcape

LEARNING ZONE

Creating truly awe-inspiring landscape photographs requires three essential ingredients:a breathtaking location, stunning light and technical mastery;Alex Nailshows youhow to maximise your chances of capturing images that stand out from the crowd

TRIP PLANNING

I you don have monh o wander in he oudoor, henplan o make ure you are in he righ place a he righ

ime. Finding new locaion o phoograph can be done

rom he comor o your home. There i a wide range

o ool available o help you on your way.

We are orunae in he UK o have he bes mapping

in he world, which make finding poenial ho and way

o geting o your locaion much eaier han i i abroad,

where mapping i ofen le deailed. I you can inerpre

conour hen i relaively eay o ideniy poenial

viewpoin and anicipae cene you may encouner.

Uing map excluively allow you o vii a landcape

relaively blind, which can be creaively invigoraing.


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The Photographers Ephemeris

If you are hoping o apure a flaming unrie or une,he Phoographer Ephemeri (phooephemeri.om)

an be ued o ee how he poiion of he un varie wih

loaion and ime of year. The online web app give a whole

hos of addiional informaion, while he mobile app give

you imilar opion when you are on loaion.

Google EarthGoogle Earh i he go-o ool for horoughly exploring

mounain area. While he aerial view on offer lak he

deail of a map, hey give a muh beter impreion of he

landape you are likely o find. By flying around Google

Earh you an plae yourelf on he op of a dozen mounain

ummi in a mater of minue. The day/nigh imulaion

allow you o move hrough ime howing how he ligh willfall on he landape a well a where he un, moon and

sar will rie and e. Sine Google Earh alo give you

a hree-dimenional view of he world hi i a loe a

you an ome o previualiing your finihed image.

PanoramioIn addiion, phoo from Panoramio (panoramio.om) an be

found geoloaed in hi hree-dimenional world o give you

a real view of wha he landape look like. Thee image

are generally happy nap ha are perfec for forming

ompoiional idea wihou being influened by he arisi

idea of oher phoographer.

Google Earh

(lef) wa ued

o virually ou

a remoe loaion

in Greenland.Canon EOS 5DS R

with 16-35mm len

at 24mm, ISO 100,

1/60ec and

1/180ec at /8,

three horizontal

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WEATHER AND LIGHTING

The mos dramai ligh ofen

ome beore or afer he

wors weaher. Even in he

middle o a maive low-

preure ysem i i poible o have

momen o ruly enaional ligh.

Rain ofen leave behind lear air and

a olourul landape bear hi in

mind when reading oreas.Loal weaher oreas are a good

plae o sar. The Me Offi e and BBC

are grea in he UK, and here are

imilar naional oreaser in mos

o he wesern world.

Mounain oreas give more

in-deph inormaion abou wha

he weaher i doing and alo inlude

inormaion eifi o he ummi.

The weaher in Kendal an be very

differen o he weaher on Saell!

The Mounain Weaher Inormaion

Servie (mwi.org.uk) give oreas

or all he mounain range o he UK,inluding he likelihood o loud-ree

ummi. I i imporan o read and

undersand hi oreas beore

heading ou.

Wha hoe oreas ofen mi

are he underlying rend driving

he oreas. Learning how o read

ynopi har an help you o

undersand he probabiliy o erain

weaher ourrene, pariularly

when you are planning rip everal

day or more ino he uure.

In general, oreas rom he BBC

and Me Offi e overing a period o

beween five and 10 day err on he

ide o auion omeime reading

ynopi har an give you reaon

o be opimisi. The webie Windyy

(windyy.om) ha a beauiul graphial

repreenaion o he Global Foreas

Sysem (GFS) weaher oreas modeland i grea or beginner.

Being able o ideniy loud ype

an help you predic he ligh ha will

arrive a he sar and end o he day.

I am pariularly drawn o high aliude

loud inluding alosrau, irru

and aloumulu. Thee loud ofen

provide he mos rihly oloured kie

and regularly preede a warm ron

hi i where being able o read and

undersand hoe ynopi har

ome in!

I you ee he botom o he loud glowing beore

unrie hi i a good indiaor ha you are in or

a ecaular ky. Make ure you are prepared!

PRO TIP

During heavy rain

in Ausria beam

o ligh hone

hrough dark

loud overhead.

Canon EOS 6D with

a 70-200mm lens

at 82mm, ISO 100,

1/180sec at f/11


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SCOUTING LOCATIONS

Souing i an invaluable

mehod o onsruc phoo

opporuniie in advane.

Trip on loudy day an

be pu o good ue by exploring

ompoiion and finding new

loaion. Take reerene ho o ha

you have omehing o ome bak o

and sore hem all in one plae on your

ompuer. I ofen relae hee rial

image o a ompa direcion o ha

I an ie in he ompoiion wih he

poiion o he un. When i overas,

ry o viualie how he ligh migh all

a unrie and une or how he

mounain migh look wih now

being able o imagine your end goal

pu you halway o ahieving i.

Souing alo exend o exploring

a loaion immediaely prior o he

bes ligh arriving. Even go a ar a

acually hooing he image o ee i

he ho work and o olve any glaring

ompoiional iue. The aim i o be

in a poiion where, when he ky e

on fire, you an almly walk around

apuring he image you have planned.

HEADING INTO THE WILDERNESS

Some o he UK mos

dramai landape loaion

are wihin eay reah you

don need o hike or a week

in he wilderne. Here, like many

plae worldwide, here are roadha lead ino he mounain and

offer enaional view, bu heir

aeibiliy bring wih i amiliariy

wih he viewing publi. I you wan o

ahieve ha wow acor image youll

have o venure a litle urher rom he

road unle youre prepared o hang

on or one-in-a-lieime ligh.

I heading ou ino he wild eem

dauning, onider hi: mos people

who limb mounain aren ahlee.

You don even need o be fi o ge upome o he UK eaier peak. Even

wih 100m o elevaion, a whole new

world an emerge.

Inves in uiable oudoor gear

and boo, pik a unny day, rope in

a riend and go or i. A you develop

your oudoor experiene you will

quikly grow in onfidene. I won be

long beore you are planning your firs

ummi amp!

One hing you will need above all

ele i enaiy. Walking up a mounainor ino he wilderne in neearily

eay, and i i ineviable ha your rip

will be ruile ime and ime again.

Try o look a your ailure a

uee evenually you will be

rewarded, ailure i par o he proe.

Thi image wa

apured on

a ouing rip -

omeime you an

be unexpecedly

ueul.

Canon EOS 5DS R

with a 16-35mm

len at 16mm,

ISO 100, 1/45ec

at f/8, five vertical

image sitched

Repeaed

bakpaking rip

o Ieland finally

reuled in eeing

a enaional

momen.

Canon EOS 6D witha 16-35mm len

at 35mm, ISO 100,

1/45ec, 1/15ec

and 1/8ec at f/8,

ix vertical image

sitched


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FIVE EPIC

LOCATIONS

1Fur Tor, DevonThe wo o hree-hour walk

in from he ar park a Lane Endake you up Tavy Cleave, one

of Darmoor mos picureque

area. The view over he leave

from Fur Tor i a lai!

2AMhaighdean,Highland

If you really wan an advenure,

how abou amping on Soland

mos remoe munro? The enire

area, deep in he hear of

Fiherfield Fores, i full

of inredible enery.

3Landmannalaugar,Iceland

If you have wanderlus, book

a heap ummer fligh o Ieland

and go o Landmannalaugar.

The landape i a ecaular

a i i unique.

4Stac Pollaidh,Highland

Thi diminuive Sotih peak,

in Inverpolly in he norh-wes

Highland o he norh of

Ullapool, i one of he eaies

hike in he UK bu he view

i offer are ou of hi world.

5The SnowdonHorseshoe,

GwyneddWalking he Miner Pah up

Snowdon evenually ake you

o a ridge wih fanasi view

around he enire horehoe.

Coninuing on over he ummi

ake you o he impreive

ridge of Y Lliwedd.

Maser amera ehnique don le

i hinder you a ruial momen.

Seek ou new loaion ha he

viewer an be exied abou.

Plan your image wih map and

online ool.

Spend muh ime on loaion.

Undersand weaher and loud

ype o you an predic epi ligh.

Sou your ho o ha when he

ligh arrive you know exacly wha

you wan o do.

Ue amera usom mode o

reae a repeaable proe.

Brake your image if hooing ino

fiere ligh o give he bes hane

of ue.

Shoo panorama of mounain

visa o how he ale.

Keep a i youll probably fail pleny

of ime before you finally ueed.

STEPS TO SUCCESS

TAKE PART

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our epic landscapes

competition turn to

page 111 for details

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QUICK GUIDE TO

High frame rate shooting for wildlifeThe abiliy o modern amera o ake phoograph in rapid ueion i a grea

advanage in apuring fleeing asec o behaviour and dynami image o moving

animal. The oninuou hooing mode an alo be an ae in oher iuaion when

hooing wildlie, a Richard Garvey-Williamsexplain

S

o here we are, utilising our panningskills to track a flying bird or a running

animal through the viewfinder. The

autofocus is locked on to our subjectand the camera is cleverly adapting the focus as

it speeds towards us. We gently press the shutter

release and hear that satisfying t-t-t-t-t-t-t.There are certain phases of the gait of a moving

animal or the wing-beat of a bird that willcreate a more appealing and balanced

photograph with a greater sense of dynam ism.

Firing off bursts at the right time greatlyimproves our chances of capturing that

moment. And, of course, the higher the framerate particularly when the action is fast the

better the odds of success.

SOME IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS

When you e he drive mode o oninuou

hooing, many amera now offer high or low-seed opion. I youre phoographing a low-

moving ubjec, he lower seed may uffi e and

a lea you won rik filling your memory ard

wih virually idenial ho.

I he acion i likely o be inene and prolonged,

i worh onidering your amera abiliy o

keep up wih all hi daa oming in o quikly.

The ize o he daa buffer will affec how many

ho you an fire off in one uained equene

beore i low down or op o lear he

amaed daa. Faer memory ard may alo

help dereae waiing ime i i doe buffer ou.

When ollowing a paage o oninued acion,

i i ofen beter o fire off hor bur now andhen raher han keeping your finger preed

down on he huter releae oninuouly. Thi

way, when ha peak momen ome, he

amera will ill be ready o apure more

image raher han be alled while i lear he

buffer o ho ha were le imporan.

I i doubul ha he amera will be able o

hoo he deired number o equenial image

needed o over he iuaion you are aing,

i may be worh wihing rom Raw o apuring

he image a JPEG, whih will wrie o he

memory ard more quikly.


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left When a hameleon projeci ongue o ah inec prey,

i all over in a sli eond.

While phoographing hi

Namaqua hameleon in

Namibia, I oon learned o begin

firing a bur a oon a I aw

i aring o open i mouh.

Evenually, wih ome paiene,

I wa able o apure one wi h

he ongue ully exended.Canon EOS 5D MkIII with

EF 100-400mm L lens,

ISO 400,1/1000sec at f/9

right In apuring hi porrai oa male leopard, hee wo were

aken only a sli eond apar.

Canon EOS 7D with EF 500mm

f/4 L and 1.4x converter,

ISO 200, 1/250sec at f/6.3

below In hi equene o a babyelephan ruhing bak o i

moher ide, I hink mo

viewer would agree ha he

hird image (botom) i he mo

impacul he leg are niely

eparaed and a ull reah, he

ail i urved upward and he

runk i exended orward.

Canon EOS 5D MkIII with

EF 100-400mm L lens,

ISO 400, 1/250sec at f/5.6

OTHER BENEFITS OF

A HIGH FRAME RATE

Even wih a walking animal i i diffi ul o

monior all he variable acor ha migh

onribue o making an engaging ho,

uh a he phae o i gai, diracion

in he bakground and he direcion o i

gaze. Shooing in oninuou mode will

help you apure ha sli eond when

i all ome ogeher.

For porrai i an alo be a lie aver.

Quirky or emoive expreion an be very

fleeing, and a hange in he angle o he

gaze o reveal a ah-ligh in he eye may

only la a sli eond.

Ofen animal will blink or flik an ear,

pariularly i heyre being peered byflie. So, again, firing off a ouple o ho

will enure you have a beter hane o

oming away wih wha you waned.

You alo ofen find ha he eond or

hird ho o a equene i a litle harper,

pariularly when aking rik wih lower

huter seed due o poor ligh. Thi i

beaue he very ligh movemen aued

when you pre down on he huter

releae buton ha diipaed by hen.


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LIE OF THE LAND


When Im perfor ming or rehearsing music in

my day job (or rather evening and weekend job)

as a professional cellist, I always think visually

as opposed to emotionally. I think this helps

keep me centred and focused rather than risk

losing myself in the sheer loveliness of somemusic. It makes complete sense to me that this

process is reversed when Im involved in creating

an image, be it when Im out shooting in the

natural landscape or back in the warmth editing,

and I often find myself hearing a specific type

of music in my head at this t ime.

The image shown here, which Ive entitled

Touching, was shot locally in Wendover Woods,

on the edge of the Chilterns, at the start of 2016.

Like the m ajority of my images, its monochrome

and my intention was to capture the atmosphere

of dark, seemingly sinister woods and bring out

a softer, more human element of the location.

Here its the branches touching each other in the

centre of the image. For me, the music that

always accompanies this image is the Adagietto

from Ma hlers Fifth Symphony.

Composing in the late 18th/early 19th century,Mahler wrote music for huge orchestras that

included harps, many strange varieties of wind

instruments and an enormous section of

percussion instruments for that big bang

moment. His life and, perhaps u nsurprisingly,

his music, was full of success and sorrow, hope

and unavoidable despair. The Fif th Symphony

is characteristically heavy with sadness. It even

kicks off with a funeral march. T he Adagietto,

however, played by only the str ing instruments

and harp, was intended by Mahler to be a love

letter to his wife. Named after a musical term

to convey the relatively slow tempo that

the composer intended, the piece is a simple

expression of love, filled with tenderness.

Yet being the fourth out of five movements,

its surrounded by music thats often much

darker in nature.What cou ld be gentler and show more love

than a touch? Out of the darkness of the woods

above we see light, and were only able to see the

branches touching because of this light. Through

the darkness and the mi st, hope shines just as

Mahlers love letter does in his Fifth Symphony.

Maybe the image evokes very different music

for you. Of course, perhaps you feel it needs no

music at all. Either way, I hope that sharing the

music that influenced and inspired the image

has added to your experience, and hopefully

enjoyment, of it.

A photographic noteFor professional cellist Claire McConnell, music and photography are intertwined.Here she explains how a classical piece by Mahler inspired her to capture thecomplex atmosphere of a woodland scene close to her home in Buckinghamshire


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OPINION


To feed or

not to feed

With the debate raging on whether or notwe as photographers should feed wildanimals,Andrew Parkinsonreveals wherehe stands on the issue. Drawing on hisexperiences in the field, he explores thereasons for intervening wisely, and says weall need to make our own informed choices

My first recollection of feeding wildlife was when, as a young child, I used

to go for walks with my gran. She would always take with her a small bag

of grated cheese, which she would feed to various small birds at regular

intervals. Here rob, rob was one of the definitive sounds of my childhood,

no doubt due in part to the immediacy with which robins would

opportunistically appear in the hedgerow. Forty years later, my passion

for wildlife continues unabated, as does my desire to make a positive

contribution whenever and wherever I can. T his is at the very core of who

I am and what I want to achieve. Ra lph Waldo Emersons famous saying,

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. Thi s

is to have succeeded, pretty much epitomises my lifes (not particularly

lofty) ambition. This often includes, but is not limited to, the o ccasional

supplementary feeding of our anima l cousins, especially during critical

or challenging times in t heir lives. I say supplementary feeding becauseIm always incredibly mindful never to create a dependence on the food

that I provide.

Its perhaps not surprising, then, that in the latest to feed or not to

feed social media squabble playing out at present I am fir mly in the feed

camp, but only under specific circumstances and only with certai n species.

Its also important to state that this is simply my opinion, based on my

own extensive experience and subject knowledge, and that t here is no

definitive one-size-fits-all solution to this delicate issue. As is ty pical with

wildlife photography we need to make our own responsible judgement

calls about what is right and what is not.

To date, the only mammals I have routinely fed in relation to my

photography are foxes and badgers, but with both I have one overriding

objective. That is to never build an association between humans and the

provision of food. With rura l foxes especially, this association wouldalmost certainly bring them to har m at the hands of some ill-informed

halfwit with a gu n fetish.

I have, for the last 15 years, invested huge amounts of time into

photographing badgers, striving as I do with every subject to try to raise

the bar of what has a lready been achieved. Working exclusively in the

daylight hours this can be ext raordinarily challenging, as a badgers first

instinct upon leaving the sett i s to head straight for cover. There are of

course those who may argue that I could still make images without using

food and this, to a degree, is true. However, these images would consist

almost exclusively of badgers rear ends d isappearing at speed into some

tangled bracken.

Its also worth noting that during the long, dry summer months,

badgers and their young are most vulnerable to starvation anddehydration as the earthworms on which they often feed retreat deeper

into the soil. Taking this into account, together with the fact t hat there

was an absence of any water close to the part icular sett I spend time at,

it was a no-brainer for me to star t putting down some supplementary food

and water during the challenging wa rmer months. The badgers and their

young benefit from the small amount of regular food and water I provide

and, in doing so, they pause long enough for me to make some images.

Equally, I always remain downwind and am always concealed so that no

potentially harmfu l association could ever be created a win-win to even

the most ardent pedant! On evenings when I wasnt photographing, and

therefore not present to oversee their safety, I would throw the food into

the bracken so that they could forage out of sight.


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With my fox cub project I used largely the same sense of logic, reasonand compassion. Several years earlier I had seen first-hand the awful

consequences for a young fox family when one of the adult food providers

was killed. Although I hadnt been photographing the group, I didnt

hesitate to step in to help. When I did, thi ngs began to look up. I vowed

then that if I were to experience a similar situation in the future I would

do the same. Speak ing candidly, there isnt a person alive today who could

persuade me, under any circumstances, to sit back and watch a young

family suffer the agony of sta rvation; not if there was something I could

do to help.

Fast-forward to 2010 when, concealed in a hide, I watched mesmerised

as seven young, vulnerable fox cubs emerged from an earth close to home.

In that instant I k new that I was going to do everything I could to help

them reach adulthood. And yes, as a wildlife photographer, no one shouldbe too surprised to learn that Id be recording their progress along

the way. Every day for seven weeks I sat, watching, learning and

photographi ng. As time went by, their innate foxiness increased and,

as they star ted to venture further a field their visits grew more and more

sporadic. Nevertheless, I have a great sense of pride in knowing that

while the fox cubs never knew me, they benefitted greatly from our

brief relationship.

Wildli fe photographers must be prepared to make si milar judgement

calls. Every time we step out in to the field to make images there are

consequences. However, with a little intelligence, some informed

fieldwork and compassion, our actions can, on occasion, have no negative

impact, just a whole heap of benefits.


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TOP STRAP

LOCATIONSGUIDE46Viewpoint of the month

1 Porth Nanven cove Cornwall

2 Lodge Park Wood Pembrokeshire

50Viewpoint3 Tumbling Hill Derbyshire

4 Perch Rock lighthoue Merseyside

5 King' Wood Ken

6 Portreath Cornwall

7 Hell Bank Derbyshire

8 Back Tor Derbyshire

9 Trebarwith Strand Cornwall

10 Porth-cadjack Cove Cornwall

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an averagely fitperon.

Below arelooe guideline

to what the rating mean(N.B. they are aigned by

the author and notverified

by OP. Walkdisance are

one-way only):

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an prety muc ge sra g

uof our car and uickl

be a he viewpoin via good

ualiy pah.

2/5 Some gentlewa ng generally le

han a half mile i involved,

which may be on mixed

ualiy pah.

3/5 A walk of up to

a out two m e, over

uie eay errain.

4/5 Medium length

hike up to about four

mile over mixed errain,

poibly wih ome quie

seep gradien.

5/5 The mos diffi cult

cce.Long hike over

challenging errain (e.g.

mounain/ummi/seep

coasal errain); or involve

ravelling over paricularly

exreme ground (e.g.

crambling on rock/

expoed coasal pah

or mounain ridge) over

any disance. Map plotings are approximae

ACCESS RATING

Trebarwih Srand, Cornwall by Mat Whorlow

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VIEWPOINT OF THE MONTH

LOCATIONS GUIDE

Timing his visit with sunset and a low tide,Andrew Rayheads to a photogenic Cornishcove and captures a dynamic wideangleimage from the boulder-strewn beach

Porth Nanven cove,

Cornwall

Porth Nanven cove is located in

a site of special scientific interest

near St Just in the fa r west of

Cornwall. It lies at the seaward

end of Cot Valley, in a wild and often

windswept location where, when the

conditions are right, spectacularly large

waves crash in off the Atlantic Ocean.The cove faces west towards the Brisons,

a twin-peaked islet one mile offshore

that is said by some to resemble General

Charles de Gaulle lying on his back.

The beach is often referred to as

the dinosaur egg beach because of

a remarkable deposit of oval-shaped

boulders. These were moulded by the sea

120,000 years ago and left suspended on

the raised beach behind the cove when

sea levels receded. Hundreds of them

have since broken away from the cliff

due to coastal erosion, and fallen to the

beach below.

The former tin mining valley that

leads to the cove has its own, very mild,

microclimate and is a popular locationfor birdwatchers and nature lovers. It is

not uncommon to see Cornish choughs

flying over the cove and surrounding

area. These red-legged, red-billed birds

are symbolic of Cornwall and even

feature on its coat of arms, but they have

only recently returned to the county

after a long absence.

Living less than an hours drive from

PLANNING YOUR TRIP

How to get there Follow the A30

through Cornwall, to the Mount Miery

roundabout on the Penzane bypa

(one mile wes o the town entre).

Take the A3071 to reah the town o

St Jus (even mile). Turn lef in the

town quare and ollow Market Street

(whih beome Larowda Cloe) to

reah a T-juncion. Turn right then,

almos immediately, take a lef into

Boorne Road. Thi beome a

narrow ountry lane that take you

to a National Trus ar park next toindusrial ruin (approximately one

mile). There i a good view o the ove

rom near the wesern end o the ar

park. The more able and adventurou

photographer an deend to ea

level and ro the boulder-srewn

beah and (ofen lippery) rok to

reah the water edge.

What to hoot Coasal view, anient

raied beah, granite boulder and

Cornih hough.

Bes time of day Evening when the

un et out to ea.

Neares food/drink The Commerial

Hotel, 13 Market Square, St Jus In

Penwith, TR19 7 HE, 01736 788455,

ommerial-hotel.o.uk.

Neares accommodation The

Commerial Hotel a above.

Other time of year The autumn

month an be good here too.

Ordnance Survey mapLR 203

Nearby location Cape Cornwall

(2 mile); Botallak mine (3 mile).

1mile from St Jus|35mile from TruroACCESS RATING

the cove, I have visited the area on

numerous occasions the appearanceof the beach changes every time I return.

Ive seen the cove covered with seaweed

and large areas of golden sand, and at

low tide when there is nothing but sea

and boulders. You just never know what

photographic opportunities will be

available until you arrive.

My preferred time to visit is at sunset

during the spring a nd autumn months,

when the setting sun is v isible in a

westerly direction. Mornings also offer

an abundance of photographic


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Canon EOS 5D

MkII with 16-35mmlens at 16mm,

ISO 100, 6sec at

f/13, 0.9 hard ND

grad, 1.2 ND grad,

remote release,

tripod

opportunities, although it does take

a considerable amount of time for thesun to rise high enough to illuminate the

boulders on the beach. School holidays

are best avoided, as it is not uncommon

to be vying for the best viewpoints with

a dozen or more photographers and

sightseers with mobile phones.

The image shown here was captured

one evening in late May, when low tide

coincided with sunset. The only sand

visible in the cove was close to the

waters edge; it took about five minutes

to carefully negotiate the slippery, large

egg-shaped boulders to reach my

preferred vantage point.A large bou lder was selected as the

main foreground feature, with the

stream on the beach carefully p ositioned

to lead the viewers eye out towards the

setting sun, which I placed in t he top-

right third of the frame. I initi ally fitted

just a 0.9 ha rd neutral density g raduated

filter to my wideangle lens in order to

control the contrast levels in the i mage,

but it soon became apparent that the

relatively benign sea conditions were

best suited to creative images. With thi s

in mind, I slotted a second filter (1.2 ND)

into the filter holder and waited for thesunset to develop.

The Raw file captu red required minor

contrast, saturation and highlight

corrections, along with lens vignetting

and distortion adjustments in Adobe

Lightroom. It was then transferred to

Adobe Photoshop for sharpening, t he

removal of a prominent lens flare spot,

noise removal and image straightening

I hadnt noticed that my tripod legs had

sunk slightly into the soft sa nd during

the shoot.


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How to get there From Pembroke, head ouh-

eas on he A4139. Afer paing he hool, urn

lef on o S Daniel Hill/B4319; ollow hi roador he nex wo mile, urning lef on op o he hill

(igned oward Boherson). A urher mile down

he road, afer deending hrough woodland, ake

he lef ork (ignposed oward Sakpole), hen

afer a hor while urn righ ino Sakpole Cour,

where you an park. Walk down he pahway

heading wes or around 400 yard.

What to hoot Vivid ringime flora and

woodland bird. Wild garli, bluebell and flower

in he walled garden. Head o he pond or

wildowl and reflecion o arhed bridge.

Bes time of day Evening or golden unligh,

overas day or absrac and loe-up

o flower and plan.

Neares food/drink Cawdor Tea Room,Sakpole Esae, near Pembroke, SA71 5DJ,

01646 661442, sakpole-walledgarden.o.uk.

Neares accommodation Sakpole Cenre,

Old Home Farm Yard, Sakpole, near Pembroke,

SA71 5DQ, 01646 661425.

Other time of year Vii in auumn or grea

oliage olour and a uperb array o ungi around

he wood. Summerime or wildflower meadow

and buterflie in he walled garden.

Ordnance Survey map OL 36

Nearby location Baraundle Bay (2.5 mile);

S Govan Chapel (4 mile).

PLANNING

YOUR TRIP


VIEWPOINT OF THE MONTH

LOCATIONS GUIDE

Lodge Park Wood, Pembrokeshire

Is there anything more evocative than

the sight and smell of wild garlic in

springtime? Swathes of delicate star-

shaped white flowers atop large, green

parasol leaves carpet our deciduous

woodlands at this t ime of year. Couplethis with a fresh lime-green tree canopy

and youve got a scene with great colour

contrast and photographic potential.

The lovely little stretch of wild garlic

shown here can be found in Lodge

Park Wood in the Stackpole Estate in

Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.

The estate takes in dram atic cliffs,

stunning beaches backed by sand dunes,

lakes and wooded valleys. In early spring

youll find great quantities of wild garlic

lining the pathways t he flowers appear

shortly before the bluebells emerge.

This is my local patch and Ive seenthe wood change shape throughout my

lifetime. Ive walked its paths on many

occasions, so I decided it was about

time I captured it on ca mera. There are

various types of deciduous trees here,

and throughout the seasons youll find

a large number of bird and mammal

species, including lesser spotted

woodpeckers, greater horseshoe bats

and, in the lakes, otters. Through careful

management of the woodland floor over

the years, wi ldflowers now flourish.

This particu lar section of the wood is

probably the most photogenic. Sweepinguphill, the path cuts through the sea of

white and green, giving a strong leading

line into the scene. To aid composition

you may need to stand back further than

you might think. A medium focal length

is ideal, allowing you to zoom in to

compress perspective while retaining

the sense of depth.

To capture this part icular view

I needed to venture carefully into the

edge of the undergrowth, with the

camera around five feet from the ground

to ensure that the path was visible

behind the flowers. For me, a scene likethis is a ll about ambient occlusion light

and soft shadows, so I always prefer

overcast days to avoid strong sunlight.

A polar ising filter helped to minimise

reflections in the foliage and to boost the

colour, and I framed my composition to

exclude any sky to combat any blown

white areas within the tree canopy.

Beguiled by the swathesof wildflowers that

carpet a local wood eachspring, Drew Buckleycarefully composes a

photograph that capturesthe essence of the season

Canon EOS

5D MkIII with

24-70mm lens

at 35mm, ISO 320,

1/6sec at f/13,

polariser, tripod

8miles from Pembroke | 62miles from Swansea | ACCESS RATING


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Tumbling Hill, Derbyshire

Tumbling Hill is a lesser-known

viewpoint in the Peak District,

tucked away among the stunningedges that run down the eastern flank

of the national park. Origina lly the site

of a gritstone quarr y, it offers fine viewsacross and along the Der went Valley

together with more intimate sceneswhere nature has reclaimed the old

quarry workings.

How to get there Follow he A625

ouh ou o Sheffi eld and ino he Peak

Disric. Coninue hrough he Longhaw

Esae woodland, and park in he lay-by

jus pas he Groue Inn. Bakrak up

he hill pas he inn and urn lef hrough

he gae and ino he field. Coninue

hrough he eond gae on he lef

and ollow he pah hrough he wood

o Tumbling Hill.

What to hoot The quarry edge and

rok rom he quarry working. Viewaro and along he Der wen Valley.

Bes time

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