Gordon Watson
About the Image(s)
This image is from a trip to Kelly Hall Tarn in the Lake District (a tarn is a small lake). The main challenge here was balancing the composition to get the full circle of water around the front tree and keep the branches of the far tree above the horizon - I needed a high point of view for the water, but a low point of view for the far tree. Moving in very close with a wide angle lens gave me what I wanted. Not particularly good lighting or anything, but I was quite pleased with the composition. I used F11 for depth of field and quite a fast shutter speed because it was windy and the branches were being blown about. Not much processing on this one.
Technical details: Canon EOS-R, 14-35mm F4L Zoom lens at 15mm, F11, 1/320s, ISO800. Polariser + 4 stop ND Grad filter.