Michel Tellia's Image

Michel Tellia (France) chose multiple in-camera exposures to create this composition of a carrion crow, a lone ash tree and the setting autumnal sun.

Sitting on the banks of the Cher River, Michel exposed a single frame three times in succession: first, the bark of a nearby tree; second, a crow flying over an ash tree on the opposite bank; finally, reflections of the setting sun on the water.

Carrion crows are ubiquitous across Europe and much of Asia. So too were common ash trees until ash dieback, a fungal disease first recorded in Europe in the 1990s, began spreading across the continent before reaching France in 2008. Common ash is now considered Near Threatened.