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Exploring and Photographing the River Brent Catchment PHOTO COMPETITION: LIVING WATERWAYS IN NORTH & WEST LONDON Getting started…. London’s rivers and waterways are the unsung lifelines of the city. Flowing through every borough, they drain fresh water from the land to the Thames, where it combines with the tide and flows out to sea. Often hidden, often beautiful, these waterways make up an essential part of London’s environment, How to take a good photograph... providing sanctuaries for people and wildlife alike. Rule one. There are no rules! Or at least no rules that can’t be broken. These networks of waterways are called ‘catchments’ and look a bit like the branches Take lots and lots and lots of photos, then choose your of a tree, with smaller streams and brooks favourites. feeding into larger rivers. Major catchments in London include the Lea in East London; When you’ve taken a photograph, try taking another one after taking a step forward and then a step backwards, and then a step the Ravensbourne in South London; and the to one side. Brent in North and West London. The purpose of the competition is to take Be careful not to have a telegraph poles sticking out of people’s photos of the waterways that make up the heads! River Brent Catchment. Over ten key Be aware of what else is going on, in case something else enters waterways flow through the Boroughs of the viewfinder just as you snap. Barnet, Harrow, Brent, Ealing and Hounslow. You can find out about some of these in this Tips from Mike Tsang (competition judge): guide, and by using the map available on the competition website. Good landscape photography is all about getting the right light at the right time of day in the right spot. Don’t be afraid to walk a Your mission is to show what’s out there, by little bit further to get the right location! As the winter draws exploring waterways and capturing some nearer, the atmosphere becomes clearer. Some of the best beautiful images to bring waterways to life landscapes are photographed in autumn and winter months. and inspire others who may not know that these special places lie just around the corner. The ‘golden hour’ of half an hour either side of sunrise or sunset is often when you get the best light - a lovely soft, warm glow that As well as using the guide and map, you can makes everything look beautiful. Check your local sunrise or find out which waterway is closest to you by sunset time online and aim to visit with enough time before that doing a simple search using an online map. to pick your spot. A tripod will help you keep the camera steady in fading light. Most waterways are marked as a blue line and will have a label telling you its name nearby. Some of the greatest portrait photographers got really close to Pick your closest waterway and try to follow a the person to create intimacy. Don’t forget to ask permission path along it, staying as close as you can to the though, and explain what you intend to use it for. Alternatively, channel, without trespassing onto private you can also take a step back to reveal the location of the person - property. we call these ‘environmental portraits’ and it can be really powerful to set a person in place with their surroundings visible. The River Brent Catchment can at times be challenging to explore but the more you When photographing wildlife, use a long lens if you have one - explore, the more you will understand how 120mm or above - to get up close to the action. Aim to fill the much waterways have been shaped by human frame with the subject to really capture nature in all its majesty. life around them and the more likely you are to come across something totally unique and Have steady hands and a stable footing . Many wildlife photographers take photos lying down - as any camera shake will fantastic! be magnified with a longer lens. Finally, photograph in the daytime - the extra light will help you get sharp pictures. www.thames21.org.uk/photocomp2016 www.thames21.org.uk/brent-catchment-partnership PHOTO COMPETITION: LIVING WATERWAYS IN NORTH & WEST LONDON The River Brent Catchment at a Glance... The River Brent Catchment covers a wide area of north and west London with the River Brent itself being only 16 kilometres long, but its tributaries totalling another 66 kilometres. There are so many places to explore it is only Join in with Thames21 events this October and possible to give a flavour of them here. November 2015: Rivers include the Dollis Brook, which flows All events are free to attend, but some require booking. Full through beautiful countryside including details for these events, including precise meeting points and Totteridge Fields Nature Reserve and further what to bring, can be found at: www.thames21.org.uk/events down through Windsor Open Space in Barnet. The Folly Brook, which is a tributary of the Saturday 17th October River Brent Clean-Up at Boston Manor. Dollis Brook will take you past Darland's Lake 10 am till 1 pm. Meet at Boston Manor Park (Hounslow). Nature Reserve—another hidden gem in this Wednesday 21st October Guided Walk of the Folly Brook. 10 area. am till 1 pm. Meet at Woodside Park Tube Station (Barnet). Two more tributaries in the north of the Thursday 22nd October River Brent Enhancement Activity. 10 catchment include the Silk Stream and am till 2 pm. Meet at Bittern’s Field (Hanwell, Ealing). Edgware Brook, which flow through a number Friday 23rd October Talk: ‘Hidden River - Edgware Brook and green and open spaces of interest, including Stanmore Marshes’. 2 pm till 3 pm. Meet at Stanmore Library Rushgrove Park in Barnet and Stanmore (Harrow). Marsh in Harrow. Sunday 25th October River Brent Enhancement Activity. 10 am Large waterbodies include the Brent till 2 pm. Meet at Bittern’s Field (Hanwell, Ealing). Reservoir—which is an artificial lake, created by a dam that was constructed to feed the Sunday 25th October Autumn tidy-up of the Dollis Brook. 11 Grand Union Canal—and Bentley Priory at the am till 2 pm. Meet at Windsor Open Space (Barnet). start of the Edgware Brook. Both are very Tuesday 27th October Family Autumn Fun, Harrow. 2 pm till important sites for wildlife. 4pm. Meet at Kenton Library (Harrow). The River Brent itself flows through many Tuesday 27th October Autumn tidy-up of the River Brent. 1 am green and natural areas which are easily till 2 pm. Meet at Fitzherbert Walk (Hanwell, Ealing). accessible in Ealing including Pitshanger Park and Bitterns field before it meets the Grand Wednesday 28th October Autumn tidy-up of the Brent Feeder Union Canal at Hanwell. Canal. 11 am till 2 pm. Meet at Lawrence Avenue (Stonebridge, Brent). The Grand Union Canal is an active link for cyclists and walkers alike and contains Thursday 29th October Guided Walk of the Dollis Brook. 10 am impressive heritage features, such as the till 1 pm. Meet at Totteridge and Whetstone Tube station (Barnet). Hanwell Flight and its side ponds. Friday 30th October Bat-tastic walk at Stanmore Marshes. 4:30 To find out more about this catchment and pm till 5:30 pm. Meet at Marsh Lane/Whitchurch Lane how to explore it, visit the current Brent (Stanmore). Catchment Partnership (BCP) Webpage Saturday 31st October Spooktacular at Headstone Manor Park. hosted by Thames21—www.thames21.org.uk/ 2 pm till 4 pm (Harrow). Meet inside the Granary at Headstone brent-catchment-partnership Manor Museum for Bat Walk at 4:30 pm . The Brent Catchment Partnership (BCP) is an informal group of organisations who are committed to working together to improve the rivers, canals and reservoirs in the River Brent Catchment. Thames21 is an environmental and community charity which facilitates this group, and delivers practical opportunities for people to get involved with their local waterway. .
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