World Image issue 29 February 2016

The Beauty of Landscape
We know that the landscapes we see vary by
country. Canada has the vast areas of forest, Austria
and Switzerland has its mountains, Africa has the
Desert etc., we know of these because we were
taught this in school, and of course the teachers were
always to be believed.
These images by Alan Culley are like many of the
places I have been walking round for the last 55
years.
But of course that is only true in a very superficial
way, the whole truth is very different. For a start
Africa is a continent not a country and contains
everything from the desert to mountains and forests.
The same applies to every other country in its own
way, even the polar regions have their plains and
mountains, and far from being covered in snow, they
have the variety in the rocks and ice flows.
For many of us the landscape we know is around our
homes . This creates a problem because we become
blind to the natural beauty of our own world.
Two Knebworth Landscapes by Alan Culley
I had become blind to the views because I had seen
them so often, but others have never seen them, until
now.
Meadows at Gulmarg by Nam Prasad Satsanhttps://
People see landscapes in different ways, even when
it comes to the same view from the same place.
Each photographer applies their own style to the
final picture.
Two Knebworth Landscapes by Alan Culley
I am still guilty of this when I walk out with the
cameras. I look for the wildlife and the unusual and
miss the overview.
One thing I have noticed is that photographers also
have their own preferences as to the type of
landscape they take. Add to that the various methods
of treating the image and the variety and scope of
the imagery expands exponentially. Success is in
the eye of the photographer, we do not all like every
style.
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