Appraisal
Deborah McPhail, East Renfrewshire
Since I was unable to travel far during lockdown, I set off to a local park to look for inspiration. I wasn’t really expecting to find anything, but when I arrived at the duck pond I came across a group of cygnets huddled together on the path. I shot this at 400mm using a shutter speed of 1/640sec to freeze any motion, an aperture of f/5.6 to give a shallow depth of field, and ISO 200. The background was darkened by adjusting the contrast in Lightroom.
Ben says
Lockdown has inspired many photographers to explore their local areas in search of new subjects,
