Landscape photography

We were set the task of shooting a few landscapes this week, so I headed off to Lyme Park and into Manchester with my Sigma 10-20mm lens... here are the results:

Lyme Park - ISO 200 10mm f/4 1/1000 sec

Lyme Park - ISO 400 10mm f/22 1/8 sec

Lyme Park - ISO 400 10mm f/9 1/15 sec

Lyme Park - ISO 400 10mm f/9 1/80 sec

Roman fort, Castlefield - ISO 200 18mm f/22 1/16 sec

Beetham Tower, Manchester - ISO 200 10mm f/22 1.3 sec

Finally, this is my favourite landscape shot taken in the most beautiful place I have ever been - the Erawan National Park in Thailand:

Magical landscapes

This week we're looking at landscape photography. I love taking landscape shots but I know I've a lot to learn... here are a few of my favourite landscape shots by some incredible professional types:

Tom Nicholls took this at Harrop Tarn in the Lake District with a Sigma 10-20mm lens. I have this very lens! Sadly I am not Tom Nicholls... something to aspire to though

Michael Kenna grew up in Widnes and now lives in Seattle. His work is amazing and he has exhibited all over the world. I love this shot of the Manhattan skyline.

Richard Harris - 'A Day at the Beach' - Woolacombe, North Devon

Tomas Utsi - aurora borealis (the northern lights) - amazing

I'm a bit obsessed with the northern lights and although it's not photography-related I just wanted to share the following video. I can't stop watching it; it's magical: