River Trent - Photography Week 35 (2016)

Photographing landscapes on the River Trent* has never been particularly easy. Finding access points with views up and down the river has generally been the challenge. Much of the bank and pathways are tree-lined which obscures the camera's view and where it is more open the compositions seem less interesting.

The lack of obvious possibilities often relegates the Trent down the order of photographic venues and I wasn't surprised that it had been more than a year in between visits. In January 2015, I had concentrated on the industrial landscape around Newark-on-Trent - a set of images that I had largely forgotten about - and this time I was looking for something more picturesque. 

I found one view near Gunthorpe which looked interesting and rather than seeking out others I decided to set up and wait for the light. Whilst waiting, a couple of swans glided by stopping long enough to be included in the composition:

Less successful was this shot from the same vantage point:

These are a selection of the images from January 2015 including the power station at Staythorpe, the sugar factory at Newark-on-Trent, and winter scenes of the River Trent: 

Reflections in the river: tree reflections from this summer, another from winter 2015, and the lastly reflections from the wake of a passing boat:

*The River Trent is the third longest river in the UK at 185 miles from its source on Biddulph Moor in Staffordshire to the Humber on the Lincolnshire and Yorkshire border. When I refer to the River Trent I mean a section which broadly runs northeast from the City of Nottingham to Newark-on-Trent.