Photo Competition - November 2008

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Highly Commended

Adult Category, European Wild Wonders

Cascade de Tufs, Reculée Les Planches, France

by Hillebrand Breuker,

Reculee is a geological term that the deep erosion in the limestone plateau of the Jura indicates. It is a typical valley which you can find in the Jura department of France. I created this image of the waterfall - which seems to come from nowhere - at the Reculée Les Planches near Arbois. The camera I used was a Canon eos 5D with a EF 70-200/f4 L lens. I wanted a long shutter time (1 sec.) to realise a sense of motion in the water. To avoid camera shake I therefor used a stable tripod and a cable release. I was very happy that there was almost no wind this morning. Motion blur on the leaves of the little tree could have been very disturbing in this image.

Supported by Nikon and Epson