Bluebells at Sunrise - Sun Beams
- British Photography Awards Category Winner · Landscape · 2024 Competition gallery → Read the story →
Months of perseverance and scouting led to this capture. This woodland is local to me, but took some time to find 'the' specific woodland and composition I wanted - then I waited through the entire bluebell season to get this shot with many early alarms and failed attempts. The weather in 2024 was consistently grey with low pressure, now allowing the conditions I hoped for. This was captured just at the end of the bluebell season, due to the cobwebs being spun on the bluebell flowers. The light was perfect, with the warm sun casting beautiful sunbeams through the fresh green leaves of the ancient beech trees in this copse. This specific photograph is pleasing due to the light splitting the scene, with a distinct sun beam cutting the scene in two. Above is the canopy and beautiful leaves, below is the stunning light and bluebells, creating a balanced, ethereal and magical springtime scene.
This photograph is one I am most proud of capturing, and it's the one which won the 2024 British Photography Awards winning prize for Landscape Photography. This moment will live on in my memory for a long time, as it was the result of a challenging spring season for photography, so when the light broke through in this local woodland I quite literally could not believe my eyes. I simply stood to watch the scene unfold before remembering that I had my camera and should probably capture what I was seeing. The way the sun beams shone through the side of the woodland was stunning - and how it hit the bluebells below and lit up the interior of the woodland. I'm so pleased to have captured this scene and that I can now offer it as a print to you. Best enjoyed large!
- Camera
- Sony α7R IV · Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 DG DN Art
- Settings
- 1/20s · f/11 · ISO 100 · 52mm
- Captured
- 8 May 2024
- Shape
- landscape
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