Whilst I’m recovering from surgery I’ve finally got round to sorting through and editing a whole bunch of photos I took back in July 2024 on the Long Mynd in Shropshire.
I went up there just to have a bit of a walk and take some landscape photos, but stumbled upon a bunch of friendly paragliders who were kind enough to invite me into the take off area to grab some shots.
Afterwards they even offered me beer in their camper van which was also appreciated!
The challenge with the scenario here, photographically, was balancing the extreme backlight with the gliders, as well as depth of field. I opted to try and include as much of the background as possible without having to ramp up the ISO too high or lose shutter speed. Most of these are taken at F10 and 1/640 shutter speed, therefore.
I’ve uploaded way, way, way more photos than I usually would in a blog post so the subjects can grab what they want!
