It was such a beautiful day at Blenheim Palace, I had just walked through the gate leading from the Walled Garden, when I saw the sun beginning to go down behind this majestic tree, producing gorgeous backlighting and highlighting the fur of the (very busy) squirrel. The tree was some distance from me, so this photo was taken at the full reach of my 300mm lens. I chose a low f-stop to bring the tree and squirrel into focus and blur the background.

Commended - Beautiful Blenheim 2023