Squirrel at Fountains Abbey (2)

...2nd squirrel in the series...

Camera/lens settings: ISO 250, f/4.8, 1/200s, 110mm, hand held

Squirrel at Fountains Abbey (1)

I know so many people view squirrels as pests, but I still think they're cute and cheeky, so was more than happy to photograph them besides the birds at Fountains Abbey.

Camera/lens settings:

ISO 250, f/4.8, 1/200s, 120mm, hand held.

Foggy afternoon in woodland

Hello again - I'm back after another long break - hope to post more regularly again now. I took this one a couple of days ago in woodland close to where I live.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/2.2, 1/250s, 35mm, handheld

Track through Whinlatter Forest.

This is one of the tracks leading uphill through Whinlatter Forest in Keswick. I took the photo in August 2015. This is somewhere I would happily return to every time I visit the Lake District - I'd never run out of photographic inspiration there.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 400, f/11, 1/30s, 18mm, hand held.

Sunlight highlighting a bare tree at Ogden Water

This one's from my second visit to Ogden Water this week. I went back with my tripod to get some macro shots, then had another wander round the woods. It was an overcast afternoon, but windy, so every now and then the clouds blew away and the sun broke through for a few seconds. I spotted that this tree was getting singled out whenever that happened, so I stood and waited for the next gap in the clouds and got the shot.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/2, 1/160s, 35mm, hand held.

Muddy woodland at Ogden Water.

This weekend I visited one of our local reservoirs - Ogden Water. My son went for a long muddy run across the surrounding moors, whilst I wandered around the woods with my camera. This is the last photo I took on the day - it's a muddy, but very colourful, ditch over a wall beside the car park.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/3.2, 1/100s, 35mm, hand held.

Winter woodland at Hebers Ghyll

We visited Hebers Ghyll, Ilkley, for the first time just over a week ago. I'd seen it mentioned in my favourite photography magazine and, coincidentally, my son had a fell race coming up in Ilkley. It turned out the walk was only a few minutes away from the race, so we combined the two. Hebers Ghyll is a really lovely stream falling down through rocky, mossy woodland on the lower slopes of Ilkley Moor. There are many little waterfalls and a path winding along beside and criss-crossing it via little footbridges. Plenty more photos to follow from that day!

Camera/lens settings: ISO 400, f/5.6, 1/80s, 35mm, hand held.

Bare winter trees in woodland.

This is high in the woods at Hardcastle Crags, photographed in February this year.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/1.8, 1/200s, 35mm, hand held.

Summer woodland scene.

This one's from August last year, in woodland on the shores of Derwentwater, near Portinscale. I love how thick and lush the greenery is, both on the ground and above.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 800, f/11, 1/160s, 24mm, hand held.

Exposed tree roots at Hardcastle Crags.

This tree is growing on a very steep slope high up in the woods - the path runs right beneath its roots. I took the photo in February this year.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/4.5, 1/80s, 35mm, hand held.

Exposed roots and leaves on the woodland floor.

This area of woodland is just above Mytholmroyd - I took the photo on the way back from a walk to Stoodley Pike in July this year.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/2.2, 1/60s, 35mm, hand held.

Sunlight catching winter branches.

Another tree photo from Hardcastle Crags - this one's from March last year. I love the way the sun sneaks through to light up the edges of the mossy branches and the few remaining copper leaves.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/11, 1/160s, 55mm, hand held.

Winter trees at Hardcastle Crags.

This is from February this year - I love how the silver birch tree trunks and coppery leaves stand out from the dark greens.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/2.5, 1/250s, 35mm, hand held.

Burst of autumn colours at Hardcastle Crags.

Here's another one from the Crags this weekend - I love how the colours pop out of the shadowy woodland at this time of year.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/2.2, 1/100s, -1 step exp bias, hand held.

Sunlight catching a bridge in Whinlatter Forest.

This is from our holiday to Keswick in August this year. I liked the way the sun was catching the bridge and creating shadows on the lit-up patch of ground beneath it.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/4.5, 1/60s, -0.7step exp bias, 35mm, hand held.

Sunshine and bluebells at Hardcastle Crags.

This is a section of the riverside path between Midgehole car park and Gibson Mill at Hardcastle Crags, photographed in early June last year.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/11, 1/125s, 28mm, hand held.

Sunburst through trees

This one's from November 2 years ago, at Hardcastle Crags. The leaves were in their autumnal colours, but I converted this image to black and white to focus on the sunburst.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/10, 1/125s, 20mm, hand held.

Woodland scene at Jumble Hole Clough.

It was the blue door that made me take this photo (in April this year), although it's a lovely little woodland scene anyway. I like the way the blue painted wood stands out from all the greens.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/6.3, 1/80s, 35mm, hand held.

Contrasting tree trunk shapes.

I spotted these crooked and straight tree trunks in the woods at Hardcastle Crags in November 2014. The different shapes seem to give the trees individual personalities!

Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/10, 1/125s, 20mm, hand held.

Tree roots in Eaves Wood.

This is at Eaves Wood at Mytholm - I took the photo in March this year. I love the mixture of colours and textures around the roots.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/1.8, 1/250s, 35mm, hand held.