Bird in the Fiddle at Winnats Pass, Derbyshire — fine art landscape photography print by Liam Hancox

Bird in the Fiddle

We visited Bow Fiddle Rock a few days prior and I had the thought — “I wonder whether the sun will rise through the gap?” — and sure enough, it did! So I went back…

Alarm set for 3:15am for a 30-minute drive, arriving at 4am with sunrise at 5:05. That gave me plenty of time to work out compositions as the light built. The sunrise was incredible — that deep orange glow framed perfectly by the arch, with seabirds wheeling through the gap as the sun broke through the cloud for a brief few minutes.

Camera
Canon EOS 6D Mark II
Lens
EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM
Focal Length
165mm
Aperture
f/3.5
Shutter Speed
1/500s
ISO
100