Photographers capture best of Britain that virus cannot touch
THESE pictures show that 2020 has not been all bad as photographers have still managed to get out and find some of the most beautiful landscapes in the UK.
They are just some of the hundreds of entries into the 13th annual Landscape Photographer of the Year competition, which have been collated into a coffee table book.
Photographers from across the UK submitted images of wildlife silhouetted against the rising sun, waves crashing high against a lighthouse and a vivid rainbow framing a beach below. The stunning images showcased all scenes, with photographer Chris Gorman capturing a “winter wonderland” photo of the famous Glenfinnan Viaduct in the Scottish Highlands, shrouded in snow.
Mr Gorman said the viaduct, known for its appearance in the Harry Potter film series, and the frosty- blue lake behind it, looked like “something out of Narnia” in his highly commended shot.
He said: “I arrived just 20 minutes before sunset to a scene like something out of Narnia.
“The storm miraculously eased and revealed the hills for the first time.
“I scrambled the drone up, knowing I had just minutes of light left.
I managed just two frames before hail started battering the drone, and I scrambled it back again.”
In Wrekin, Shropshire, photographer John Hayward captured the dramatic moment the four Ironbridge Cooling Towers were demolished in December 2019.
The towers, which helped generate power for almost five decades, appear to be crumpling in on themselves like paper in Mr Hayward’s impressive photo, with the dust and smoke from the demolition billowing against the black sky.
The storm miraculously eased and revealed the hills for the first time. Photographer Chris Gorman.