Wharnley Burn, Consett, Co. Durham.

Wharnley Burn is a tributary of the River Derwent which in turn flows into the River Tyne. The burn never manages much more than a small trickle of water but in its short life time manage to produce several picturesque viewpoints, but only if you are prepared for a scramble.

Photographing water is a challenge to the photographer, as they must choose a shutter speed that will render the moving water favourably, but this can be dependant upon the flow rate of the water.

In both photographs I have chosen to blur the water to create a misty almost cotton wool effect, but I made sure it still retained a sense of movement. 

In the top photograph I used a shutter speed of 1 second combined with a small aperture, as the burn was almost devoid of water and it was running very slowly. 

However in the bottom image the water was moving very fast as it tumbled over the waterfall, this time I used a shutter speed of 1/15 of a second  but I still managed to blur the water.