Landscape Photographer of the Year, plus new images

To start with, some good news! I am very happy to say that one of my pictures, In Constant Motion, has been shortlisted in the Take a View Landscape Photographer of the Year competition 2010. The results of the competition will be announced later in the year so it will be interesting to see what gets through this time.

South Wales

After a recent trip to Carmarthenshire in Wales I’ve added several new pictures to my portfolio. One of my favourites from the trip is this view of St David’s Cathedral from under some trees in the grounds:

I aimed to capture the movement in the trees by using a Lee ‘Big Stopper’ filter which cuts down the amount of light entering the camera so that any movement during the exposure is blurred. You can see the rest of the pictures from my trip in the Wales section of my portfolio.

North Somerset

More recently I have been capturing some scenes of the Mendip Hills and North Somerset. From the top of Beacon Batch, the highest point on the Mendips, one can see for miles across the Bristol Channel and to south Wales. Shortly after sunset I captured this image of ferns being blown by winds near the top of the hill:

On a separate day I made this photo of a line of pylons running through fields near Chew Valley lake:

And most recently I visited Velvet Bottom Nature Reserve and captured this section of drystone wall running through the hills:

Perseid Meteor shower

Finally, did you see the Perseid meteor shower on Thursday or Friday (12th/13th August)? It was beautiful to watch even though a little neck-aching. The forecast for clear skies in the south west was accurate so I managed to get out and capture a meteor amongst myriad stars in the sky that night. The picture I made at Kingweston, Somerset, is featured on the Telegraph website.