Beautiful landscapes, its all around us!

Drone photography, 2 images stitched together in Lightroom to make a panorama. F1.7, ISO 100, exposure 1/1600s, 24 mm focal length. Rosyth, Fife, Scotland.

I took this image this afternoon, its around a 10 minute walk from my home. I used my drone and it had a circular polariser on the gimbal. I took two images, making sure they overlapped, so stitching them together in Lightroom was easy. This landscape will change in two to three months time due to the rapeseed fields being different throughout the months. I managed to capture the wonderful yellow colour of the rapeseed, blue sky and the white clouds which popped with the polariser filter. Just make sure you are facing 90 degrees to the sun as you take the image.

This image popped with vibrant colours, I made the horizon sit on the bottom 1/3, to expose the sky more than the rapeseed fields. I just knew I took an image that meant something to me. It made me feel happy and calm, being there to witness this was exciting and fresh, I’d be happy for this to be a screensaver on my PC. Half an hour later this image did not exist, as the clouds disappeared, and the light was a bit different.

You don’t have to venture far to exotic locations to capture such beauty. Just go out and explore places nearby, have a look at the weather forecast, feel for an image that you imagine what it could look like before venturing out, draw it or visualise it. With my DSLR and drone, I have a bit more freedom to help me find it. I am still learning this art, and I always will learn new things, there will never be the perfect photograph, if there was, I would just stop right now.

There is a beautiful landscape near you. I just wanted to share this with you.