Photo of the Month: March 2015

Tentsmuir

8th March 2015, Tentsmuir National Nature Reserve, Fife

Tentsmuir, on the north-east coast of Fife above St Andrews.  On an OS map it looks like many other Forestry Commission forests with a regular pattern of forest roads and uniform conifers. But on closer inspection it is different. Yes, the forest is extensive covering 14 sq km's, making it one of the largest forests in Fife, but it extends along the coast for 8km's with a line of sand dunes separating it from miles of sandy beaches. The coastline is now a National Nature Reserve, and the dune grasses are littered with decaying trees giving the appearance of a desert. The afternoon was sunny and unseasonably warm as we walked from the forest through the dunes and along the beach towards Tentsmuir Point.  On the return leg I knew what I wanted to photograph and I knew that black and white would give me the look I was wanting.  I wandered through the grasses until the right combination of light on dark appeared in the viewfinder.  I also wanted one of the decayed trees to provide a focal point.

 

Technical Info:

Taken with a Canon EOS 5D mkII
Zeiss Distagon T* 21/2.8 ZE lens

EXIF: ISO-100 / 1/60 sec / f/11 
Lee filters: 0.6 Hard GND

RAW File converted to TIFF in Canon DPP, developed in Adobe PSE9



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