Luna's Picks: Best Landscape Shots

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Nov 19

THE BEAUTY OF LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY IS LIKE NO OTHER - these images’ ability to transport you to a place and time is truly an art. This past month we hosted a photo competition to showcase some of our incredibly talented audience’s landscape shots. Our selects each take you to a unique landscape and take you away for a temporary escape.

View our picks below and learn more about each shot.

Amryn Shae

Location: British Columbia, Canada

Camera used: Canon A-1

Film Used: Portra 400

“This is a shot from a beautiful trip to the west coast of Canada this past winter/spring, where I was constantly surrounded by mountains like these, breathing in fresh, damp air, and exploring waterfronts with moss-covered rocks. Just the most beautiful place!”

Shauna Gentile

Location: View from Gore Mountain, Upstate NY

Camera Used: Nikon N75

Film: Expired Kodak Gold

“Every year the leaves reach their lifespan and fade into the landscape to welcome the cold bitterness of winters touch. I took this photo right before the leaves fell. It was taken a few years back at a special place that I have not been back to since. The fall leaves serve as a reminder of the fleeting nature of time.”

Jeremy Brooks

Location: Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, Carmel By The Sea, California

Camera: Pentax 67

Film Used: Portra 800

“Neverland does exist in the endless California coast line filled with beautiful landscapes, trails in redwood trees, and endless surf.”

AARON PHILLIPS

Location: Cadiz Dunes

Camera used: Canon Sure Shot Z115

Film Used: Kodak Ultramax 400

“A giant haboob approaching the sand dunes - 5 minutes before the entire desert floor became white-out with the storm.”

CONOR DOWLING

Location: Carlow, Ireland.

Camera used: Minolta X700

Film Used FPP Retrochrome 400 35mm Film

“I was on a TV shoot in rural Ireland during the pandemic. Having the permission to drive all over the countryside in the sunshine was a welcome change from being stuck at home during the lockdown. Everywhere I turned I was taken aback by picturesque scenery, spoilt for choice as a videographer and photographer. I had one shot left on a new roll of film I was trying out, so I snapped this shot of a nearby mountain. When I got the shot developed I was surprised by the green wash over the film (potential signs of expiration perhaps) but also how dramatic a shadow the clouds left on the mountain. It's one of those shots I like the more I look at it. I like how the fence in the foreground splits the image in half horizontally, a vast and open world on the outside of the enclosure. And I love how the sunset behind me gives the image an almost artificial sense of lighting. Due to the isolation in this part of the country this shot was taken in, it looks as though it could have been shot several decades ago and not in 2020. A time when the pace of city and suburban life teetered on the brink of obsolescence, yet rural landscapes remained unaffected, waiting to be explored and enjoyed, despite the odd fence or two.”

Conor Dowling is a writer, podcaster and analogue filmmaker and photographer from Ireland with a deep love of all things folklore, mythology and storytelling.

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