JUST a snapshot view of the Teesdale landscape perhaps, but this image will take three months to produce.

The long exposure, using a pinhole camera, forms part of Newcastle Science- Fest’s Winter Solstice photographic project.

The camera, made from a drinks can, light sensitive paper and sticky tape, was put up at Natural England’s Moor House – Upper Teesdale National Nature Reserve on the winter solstice, December 21, and will stay there until March.

It is situated behind the reserve premises at Widdybank Farm, with the lens pointing towards Cronkley Fell.

Once the camera was fixed, tape over the lens was removed and the image will form over the coming months.

Produced over such a long period of time, the final image should be crossed with curved arcs representing the paths of the sun over Teesdale.

Pinhole cameras can be made from any container, but the most popular is a drinks can. One end is cut off and the cylinder lined with light sensitive paper. A hole is cut into the other end to form a makeshift lens and the whole can is then wrapped in tape.

Heather McCarty, of the nature reserve, said: “We were delighted to offer a home to one of the pinhole cameras in Teesdale and to be able to contribute to this unique photographic project.

“The final image could well be one of the most unusual photographs ever taken in Teesdale, but we’re going to have to be very patient, as we need to wait until mid- March to see the result.”