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Photographer Tobias Gawrisch spotted the opportunity for this beautiful image a few weeks prior to taking it, and carefully considered the scene beforehand \u2013 something that is familiar to most professional landscape shooters.<\/p>\n

“This shot needed to be planned in advance in order to know when the Sun would be directly shining through the hole under the bridge,” Gawrisch says.<\/p>\n

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“It wasn’t hard to get in the end. I just had to experiment with the exposure time to get the right amount of flow for the water. 15 seconds seemed to be just right.”<\/p>\n

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Gawrisch knew he wanted everything in focus, he explains, “I needed an aperture between f\/8 and f\/11. Then it was just a matter of keeping the ISO at 100 and matching the exposure time and aperture.<\/p>\n

“I planned to be at the location a little in advance to get the perfect angle and find a suitable place for the tripod. For creating long-exposure images, I also use an external timer. This way I can release the camera without actually touching it,” he adds.<\/p>\n

Gawrisch feels that the image creates a perfect balance between nature and man-made structures. “Although the bridge is clearly a non-natural object, it inserts itself so seamlessly into the scene that it seems as if it has grown naturally over the stream.<\/p>\n

‘Fairytale Forest’ \u2013 Tech details<\/p>\n

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The Canon EOS 6D was launched in 2012 and features a 20.2MP\u00a0full-frame CMOS sensor (Image credit: Future)<\/p>\n

Gear info
Camera: Canon EOS<\/a> 6D
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f\/4L USM lens
Accessories: Tripod<\/a> + shutter remote<\/a><\/p>\n

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Exposure details
15 sec, f\/8, ISO 100<\/p>\n

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Know your weather
“The direction of the sun is a key factor for creating shadows and contrast in a landscape or nature photo,\u201d says Gawrisch.<\/p>\n

“Combined with the knowledge about how cloudy and windy it will be, you can anticipate the way shadows and the overall contrast in a scene will look. That’s why I use several different weather apps on my smartphone \u2013 to always have reliable data about the weather at any given location, at any time.”<\/p>\n

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