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.
I select my favourite images from my walks and travels (photographed with my Nikon D3200) and post them here. I also add any notes of interest about the making of each image (either at the time or afterwards on the computer). I hope you enjoy looking at my photos and would love to see your comments. If you like a photo, please also share it via your social media using the buttons below each picture...thank you!
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Showing posts with label path. Show all posts
Showing posts with label path. Show all posts
Thursday, 13 July 2017
Tuesday, 29 November 2016
Foggy Walshaw Dean reservoirs viewed across a snowy moor.
I took this on the way back from Top Withens in January this year. The snow was only at the higher levels that day.
Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/11, 1/100s, 18mm, hand held.
Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/11, 1/100s, 18mm, hand held.
Monday, 24 October 2016
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.
Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/4.5, 1/60s, -0.7step exp bias, 35mm, hand held.
Location:
Braithwaite, Keswick, Cumbria CA12, UK
Sunday, 2 October 2016
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.
Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/11, 1/125s, 28mm, hand held.
Location:
Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire HX7, UK
Monday, 5 September 2016
Path curving through a field to a group of trees.
I've posted a photo of this path and group of trees before (21st Sept 2015), but from a very different angle. This one's from a different visit in May this year. It's a very photogenic view, just off to the side of Malham Tarn.
Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/8, 1/320s, 35mm, hand held.
Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/8, 1/320s, 35mm, hand held.
Friday, 22 July 2016
Malham Cove.
This one's from early August last year, at the start of a circular walk from the Cove to the Tarn.
Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/11, 1/125s, 22mm, hand held.
Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/11, 1/125s, 22mm, hand held.
Location:
Malham, Skipton BD23, UK
Monday, 18 July 2016
A section of moorland footpath.
This is part of the path that runs across Widdop moor between Walshaw Dean reservoirs and Top Withens. I took the photo on a snowy day in January this year. The colours in the path stood out to me amidst the surrounding white of the snow.
Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/5.6, 1/100s, 29mm, hand held.
Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/5.6, 1/100s, 29mm, hand held.
Location:
Hebden Bridge HX7, UK
Thursday, 14 July 2016
Shadows of trees across the path through Greenwich Park.
This London shot is from March 2015. It was a bright midday, hence the well-defined shadows.
Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/11, 1/160s, 32mm, hand held
Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/11, 1/160s, 32mm, hand held
Labels:
monochrome,
park,
path,
people,
shadows. London,
trees
Location:
London, UK
Monday, 4 July 2016
Water flowing across stones on a Lake District fell path.
This is an upper section of the Wasdale valley path, featured in my photo posted on 24th May this year. At this point, the narrow, steep path was doubling as a little stream (not the easiest to walk down!). The light and colours in the water and stones really caught my attention.
Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/11, 1/200s, 42mm, hand held.
Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/11, 1/200s, 42mm, hand held.
Location:
Keswick, Cumbria CA12, UK
Saturday, 25 June 2016
Evening sunshine on the Rochdale canal.
I took this one in June last year, between Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd. I love the curve of the trees, the reflections, the greens and the light on the stone wall.
Camera/lens settings: ISO 400, f/10, 1/80s, 26mm, hand held.
Camera/lens settings: ISO 400, f/10, 1/80s, 26mm, hand held.
Location:
Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire HX7, UK
Monday, 30 May 2016
Sunlight on a limestone hillside at Malham.
This hill sits just behind Malham Tarn (following the path in the picture off to the left leads you around it). I took this one on the way back to the car after an afternoon picnic by the water earlier this month. I stitched 2 landscape photos together to get the full effect of the sun lighting up the curve between the hill and the little copse of trees on the right.
Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/8, 1/320s, 35mm, hand held (2 photos stitched together).
Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/8, 1/320s, 35mm, hand held (2 photos stitched together).
Tuesday, 24 May 2016
Path winding down the Coledale valley beneath Grisedale Pike.
This one's from August last year, photographed from Coledale Hause. We'd just climbed Grisedale Pike (on the left) and were about to walk back down the valley along the path in the photo. You can also see the Beck winding its way off into the distance at the point the path straightens out.
The mountains in the background are Skiddaw and Blencathra.
Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/11, 1/200s, 18mm, hand held.
The mountains in the background are Skiddaw and Blencathra.
Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/11, 1/200s, 18mm, hand held.
Location:
Keswick, Cumbria CA12, UK
Monday, 16 May 2016
Bluebells in the woods at Hardcastle Crags.
This one's from last week. The woods are carpeted with bluebells - it's the best year I've seen for them. I sat in this particular spot for ages and was joined, at different times, by a rabbit and a pheasant - just gorgeous!
Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/16, 1/20s, 35mm, tripod.
Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/16, 1/20s, 35mm, tripod.
Location:
Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire HX7, UK
Saturday, 2 April 2016
Trees on the Widdop skyline in winter.
This is one of the last photos I took on a walk from Widdop to Top Withens and back in January this year. This path leads off the main one from Walshaw Dean reservoirs as you walk back down to the road. There was just a touch of snow on the ground at this level, but it was totally covered a bit further up on the moors.
Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/11, 1/80s, 24mm, hand held.
Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/11, 1/80s, 24mm, hand held.
Labels:
monochrome,
path,
snow,
trees,
Yorkshire
Saturday, 12 March 2016
Dramatic sky over the Calder valley.
I was bringing my son home from school one afternoon in October last year when the sun's rays started peeking out from beneath the clouds on the horizon. I decided to grab my camera and rush to this nearby viewpoint to see if I could capture it. The view is from Warley across the Calder valley towards Sowerby.
Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/7.1, 1/125s, 18mm, hand held.
Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/7.1, 1/125s, 18mm, hand held.
Location:
Halifax, West Yorkshire, UK
Wednesday, 17 February 2016
Light at the end of the tunnel!
I took this one in November last year on the way up the hillside towards Maple Dean Clough, Norland, from Copley. This shadowy, overgrown path with the bright sunlight at the end had a really magical feel to it - if it was a picture in a children's book there would be pixies and fairies perched on the branches!
Unfortunately, as I was on a long walk up a steep hill, I hadn't brought my tripod, so had to rely on a highish ISO and some noise reduction in Lightroom to capture any detail in the shadows.
Camera/lens settings: ISO 400, f/6.3, 1/80s, 40mm, hand held.
Unfortunately, as I was on a long walk up a steep hill, I hadn't brought my tripod, so had to rely on a highish ISO and some noise reduction in Lightroom to capture any detail in the shadows.
Camera/lens settings: ISO 400, f/6.3, 1/80s, 40mm, hand held.
Wednesday, 10 February 2016
Puddle-covered moorland track reflecting bright, low sunshine.
This track runs between Cold Edge Dams and Top Withens, just behind Wainstalls in Halifax. I took the photo a few weeks ago on a late afternoon walk. I had just turned round to look back at where we'd walked and loved how the sun was lighting the whole path up.
Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/11, 1/80s, 24mm, hand held.
Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/11, 1/80s, 24mm, hand held.
Labels:
clouds,
moors,
path,
reflections,
wall
Sunday, 10 January 2016
Looking towards Midgley from below Cold Edge Dams, Wainstalls.
I took this today, on a walk with my eldest son, exploring more of our local area. This is the furthest point I'd previously reached on this walk and I wanted to know what was beyond it. We went armed with the OS map and found our way along a few miles of very boggy (and snowy, further up!) paths until we reached Warley Moor reservoir. It was 'a bit brisk' up there but we could see for miles around and the clouds and lowering sun were beautiful.
Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/8, 1/100s, 32mm, hand held.
Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/8, 1/100s, 32mm, hand held.
Sunday, 6 December 2015
Barge moving along the Rochdale canal
I took this on a late afternoon at the end of October this year, just outside Sowerby Bridge. I had just set my tripod up to take photos of the autumn foliage when I saw this barge appearing from the tunnel in the distance. I liked the idea of getting a long exposure motion shot (making one of the slowest-moving forms of transport look super-fast!) so had to quickly attach ND filters and guess my camera settings, knowing I'd only get one chance at it. Happily, it worked!
Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/11, 30s, 20mm, ND filters, tripod.
Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/11, 30s, 20mm, ND filters, tripod.
Location:
Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire, UK
Sunday, 29 November 2015
Muddy path between trees and mossy walls.
This is the Luddenden end of the path that runs past the church and alongside the river up the valley bottom. I took the photo at the end of a walk around the valley back in February this year. I love the different bright shades of green in the moss and leaves and the way the light catches the muddy puddles.
Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/11, 1/80s, 20mm, hand held.
Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/11, 1/80s, 20mm, hand held.
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