Back-lit trees in fog and snow

I've probably posted pics of these trees close to where I live before, but I'm drawn to them every time the weather is like this. It's with a different camera & lens this time anyway....(photographed last week)!

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/5, 1/1000s, 55mm, hand held.

Line of trees & puddles on a snowy, foggy moor.

This is Roils Head Moor, close to where I live - a great place to play and take photographs when we get some snow.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/5.6, 1/500s, 35mm, 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

Early Autumn on the River Wharfe at Bolton Abbey

Here's another picture from my visit to Bolton Abbey last week - a much wider stretch of the river this time. The leaves are just starting to change colour - I'd love to go back in a few weeks to get the full Autumn palette.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/7.1, 1/125s, 35mm, hand held.

Bubble trail along the River Wharfe downstream from the Strid at Bolton Abbey

Yesterday I visited lovely Bolton Abbey for the first time in many years. The Strid is a section of the river Wharfe where the huge volume of water rushes through a narrow, rocky gap. Although the Strid is dramatic and definitely worthy of photos, I was actually more drawn to this section, just downstream from it, where the river gradually widens again. The frothy bubbles produced by the force of the water above form a white trail down the centre of the river.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/5.6, 1/100s, 17mm, hand held

Weeping willow overhanging the lake at Harewood House

I visited Harewood House in Leeds for the first time in August this year. The lake, house and gardens are lovely and I'll definitely go back (especially for the afternoon tea overlooking the terrace!). The bright sunlight was just breaking through these thick weeping willow branches on the edge of the lake creating shadows, reflections and shimmering colours on the water.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/5, 1/125s, 35mm, hand held.

Storm clouds over moorland above Walshaw Dean reservoirs.

I took this one this afternoon on a walk around Walshaw Dean and Gorple reservoirs at Widdop, above Hebden Bridge. Just before I took this photo, there was a flash of lightning through the black clouds above the moor - typically, when I got my camera in position, it stopped!

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/4.5, 1/640s, 62mm, hand held.

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.

Tree framed by shadows on Great Whernside

I took this one towards the start of a walk up Great Whernside from Kettlewell in April this year. It was a windy day, with the clouds being blown across the sun, creating shadows across the hillside. I liked how, at this moment, they seemed to frame the tree against the sunlit background.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/6.3, 1/250s, 35mm, hand held.

Evening clouds over Haworth

I was at Haworth last night to watch my son in another fell race. After a lovely, warm weekend, it was back to winter layers for all the spectators, but the clouds and sky around sunset were stunning!

Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/3.5, 1/250s, 20mm, 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 silver-barked tree in Autumn vegetation.

This is at Penistone Country Park near Haworth/Oxenhope - I took the photo in October this year, whilst walking the route of my son's fell race around the old quarries.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/2, 1/800s, 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.

Winter trees silhouetted in fog.

I took this photo last Monday not far from where I live in Halifax. Having had to go to an early morning appointment, I was lucky to reach this favourite group of trees before the fog lifted - I just had chance to walk round them once, then it cleared.

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

Low clouds drifting over Norland and the Ryburn valley.

I took this photo through my landing window last Saturday afternoon. I noticed the low cloud as I was driving home and was gutted to not have my camera with me. When I got home I ran upstairs, grabbed the camera and just managed to get the photo before the clouds moved away.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/4, 1/40s, 70mm, 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.

Dead tree in a small clearing.

This is at Hawes End beside Derwentwater - I took the photo in August 2015. When we went back there this summer I looked for this tree again and was quite sad to see it had been felled.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 400, f/11, 1/250s, 50mm, hand held.