Flooded Meadows
Weekly favourite photo - 30/03/2025
This week’s favourite photo is of the annually flooded meadows at North Duffield Carrs in North Yorkshire, England.
It was hard to choose a favourite photo from this lovely nature reserve, because when the meadows are flooded in winter it is so photogenic.
I chose the photo above because I like the various lines - the hedgerow, the raised bank and the bare trees - that together form a Z shape.
The reserve forms part of the Lower Derwent Valley, and acts as a floodplain for the adjacent River Derwent. A vast area is flooded each winter, and this attracts huge numbers of waterfowl, as well as the raptors that prey on them.
You can read more about the reserve in my earlier post North Duffield Carrs.
Technical Information (for main photo above)
Camera: Olympus E-M1 MarkII
Lens: Olympus 14-150
Aperture: f22
Shutter speed: 1/250 sec
ISO: 800
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