600mm Landscape

Location: Teddesley Park, South Staffordshire

I really like the perspective compression achieved with long telephoto lenses.  It's not often used in landscape photography but on this occasion I thought it suited the scene.  More to the point there was no public access into the park.  

A comment on yesterday's post compared the shot to the work of a local Staffordshire artist, John Waterhouse.  This is quite reminiscent of his early work, where he would layer images of field scenes in a monochromatic style.  I'll admit I'd not even noticed the church spire in the far distance when I took the shot.  That is the parish church in Penkridge, about 3 miles away.