Fine Art Trees…In Lepton

Lepton Skies

It was a pretty clear this evening so I got out to snap some trees, there were a few whispy clouds to make the sky interesting which was a bonus. This clump of trees are in a small town called Lepton, between Huddersfield and Wakefield and they kind of remind me of the trees on the Maasai Mara, only in Yorkshire. In the black and white photo I was going for a fine art type shot purely because I thought the subject lends itself to that style. Taken at ISO100, 33mm, f/16, 1/8.

In the colour image I used a telephoto as I wanted to include Castle Hill in the background this wouldn’t have worked with a wide angle as the distant castle would be far too small. It’s been a while since I visited the land of the silhouettes but quite liked it as I could didn’t need to worry about graduated filters or anything, handy as I was just packing up! It was taken at ISO100, 70mm, f/16, 1/100. I’ve edited this post and put up a colour panoramic instead, thought it looked a bit better.

Sunset over Castle Hill