Water pouring over Booth Dean dam wall.

This is Booth Dean Dam between Rishworth and the M62 motorway. I've driven along the road that links the two so many times but never walked around the area, so today I decided to explore on foot. Booth Wood reservoir lies at the bottom of the valley, between the road and the motorway (the highest part of the M62). The upper parts of the valley hold smaller dams and eventually the streams that feed them. I think it'll be a great place to visit in different weather conditions to see how the volumes of falling water change (today was dry and sunny).

Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/8, 1/250s, 35mm, hand held.

Daffodils beside Lee Dam, Todmorden

I took this one just before climbing Stoodley Pike in Todmorden a few weeks ago. It's the top section of Lee Dam, just opposite the chapel at Lumbutts. I'd been hoping to get a photo of the line of trees in the background, with reflections in the water. The sky was quite bright and cloudless though, making that picture a bit dull (one for another day), so I went for a different view with a colourful foreground instead.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/14, 1/60s, 18mm, hand held.