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Best places for landscape photography in Essex/Hertfordshire?
Total newbie here - with a canon 4000D
Total newbie here - with a canon 4000D
Best places for landscape photography in Essex/Hertfordshire?
Total newbie here - with a canon 4000D
No doubt it's a tough place but there are places nearer to Essex than those! There are a few Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty surrounding Essex, not the Alps but should still offer plenty of opportunities, just depends what the OP is drawn toIf it were me I'd book a Ferry and drive to the Alps, Dolomites or Pyrenees. I couldn't hack it there - sorry
No doubt it's a tough place but there are places nearer to Essex than those! There are a few Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty surrounding Essex, not the Alps but should still offer plenty of opportunities, just depends what the OP is drawn to
They’re not that great though - England really is just a place to drive through to get to France
The Essex coast is surprisingly photogenic, you just have to work a bit harder for a composition in this part of the world. Granted I wouldn't drive from Scotland to shoot it but there's something to be said for photographing what is on your doorstep.
What an absolute insult to England and the magnificent countryside we have. I don't shoot landscape but plenty do and are more than satisfied with what England and the rest of the UK have to offer. France also has magnificent scenery but it doesn't have sole ownership.They’re not that great though - England really is just a place to drive through to get to France
The insult was about all of England. I have travelled extensively in France and it's not all magnificent. Paris for example has good and bad parts, parts so bad they would rival parts of London. The holiday campsites on the West coast of France are nothing to write home about either.Yup. when you've got the sweeping majesty of the Thames estuary, with Canvey Island twinkling like a jewel in the distance, the Rhone Valley is a poor alternative.
That said, IMHO, Essex is best seen from your rearview mirror.
(An Essex boy writes.)
But plenty would drive Essex to Scotland to shoot Scotland, and it’s well worth driving from Scotland to shoot France - a day in the car gets you to Chamonix or the Pyrenees and opens your eyes to scenes that someone shooting in England couldn’t even dream of...
There’s a lot to be said IMHO for not shooting what’s on your door step and exploring new and interesting places.
Personally I think the UK has some world class locations, if I didn't live here it would be on my list
As I said there are great parts in France, but wouldnt the Lake District hold it's own?
Well aren't we a grumpy lot on this forum today!
Steve your Alps and Pyrenees pictures are far less appealing than your Scotland ones, no doubt spectacular in person but they're mainly unengaging images, sorry. Just visiting incredible mountain areas doesn't guarantee great images and you can't be bothered to climb your local hills to find new views! The UK is an amazing place for landscape photography, we have varied terrain in a relatively small area and it must be pretty disheartening as a new photographer being told to go to another country which really is appalling advice. The OP may not be inspired by the Alps but prefer her backyard... Justin's own book shows what beautiful pictures are to be had in East Anglia if you make the effort.Interesting. I respectfully disagree and I can tell you if I was based in the Alps or Pyrenees I’d not set foot in this second rate god forsaken boring wet miserable little island to take pictures.
As the highlands are in my back yard aye - but I’d be kidding myself if I thought I’d visit here to take pictures if I lived elsewhere. I’m glad people do - it’s a good source of income for me but I do ask myself why would they bother? Perhaps because we are a prosperous nation but UK (and I do include Scotland in this) is vastly overrated. All IMHO
Troll. Can't be arsed to respond anymore.
There is a footpath that goes right alongside the edge of the garden, so reasonably accessible. I prefer the view from near Wrabness church bu you need a LONG lens for that.Grayson Perry’s A House for Essex (can’t remember if it’s accessible)
No.do you mean me?
Steve your Alps and Pyrenees pictures are far less appealing than your Scotland ones, no doubt spectacular in person but they're mainly unengaging images, sorry. .
Best places for landscape photography in Essex/Hertfordshire?
Total newbie here - with a canon 4000D
Ashridge Estate is a great area of forest in Herts, particularly good in autumn and spring
Ashridge Estate is a great area of forest in Herts, particularly good in autumn and spring
Likening some of the suggestions thank you!