Edlingham waterfall

Northumberland, UK

LINN

noun (archaic): waterfall

Origin: Early 16th century, from Scottish Gaelic linne, Irish linn, related to Welsh llyn ‘lake’

There are numerous ‘linns’ in Northumberland – and being the most northerly of the English counties, bordering on Scotland – it’s probably not surprising that the archaic Scottish word has been accommodated. Hence, Edlingham Waterfall is also Edlingham Linn. Following the recent heavy snow in Northumberland, I expected the linns to have been flowing a little more vigouously with all the melt water. Not the case.

Anyhow, the Edlingham Linn is different in character from the Roughting Linn waterfall that I photographed a few days ago. It’s not so easily accessible and it’s surrounded on all sides by lush vegetation. This gives it a much softer quality and makes it more difficult to separate the waterfall from its background.

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Date taken: 12 March 2018

Exposure: 1/80 sec at f/11 (hand-held; Image Stabilisation (IS) on)

Exposure Bias: 0 EV

ISO Speed Rating: ISO 2500

Focal Length: 18 mm (29 mm equivalent with x1.6 crop factor)

The below image is a long exposure image, making use of a 10-stop ND filter.

Edlingham Watefall, Northumberland UK

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Date taken: 28 March 2018

Exposure: 265 sec at f/11 (tripod-mounted; Image Stabilisation (IS) off; 10-stop ND filter)

Exposure Bias: 0 EV

ISO Speed Rating: ISO 100

Focal Length: 18 mm (29 mm equivalent with x1.6 crop factor)