This is a long(ish) exposure of Riggindale Beck so that the fast moving river slows to flow over the rocks! Glorious! View looking up Riggindale, Rough Crag and Long Stile leading up to High Street in the distance. FujiFilm X-A5 – 18-55mm XF Zoom lens – 18mm; f/20; 1/6sEdited using LuminarAI
Taken almost at the peak of Kidsty Pike – a glorious shaft of light from the heavens! Haweswater reservoir can been seen in the valley; Kidsty Howes in the middle distance to the left and Riggindale and Riggindale Beck are lit by the light. FujiFilm X-A5 – 18-55mm XF Zoom lens – 18mm; f/5.6; 1/420sEdited…
I had an overnight work trip to Leeds last week, so decided to take the opportunity to travel up to Newcastle to see my daughter who is studying at the University. On the Saturday evening I came across to Penrith and made an early start to walk from Mardale Head at the end of Haweswater…
Another waterfall photograph from the recent walk from Mardale Head to Small Water. A wider shot than in Waterfall I, but just as stunning! Again, a long exposure to show the movement in the water – used 8s shutter for this one. Technical Details: Fuji X-A5 with an XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4.0 OIS lens – 18mm;…
From the recent walk from Mardale Head to Small Water, a long exposure shot of one of many cascades over rocks as the stream flows from Small Water down to Haweswater Reservoir – heaven if you like that sort of thing! And there is probably some more if you walk from Mardale Head up towards…
Stopped off in the Far Eastern Lakes on an extended route back from Newcastle having stopped at Hadrian’s Wall first near Haltwhistle (pictures from there and the stay in Newcastle will follow). This is the area from the end of Haweswater Reservoir – Initially a smaller natural lake, Mardale valley was dammed and flooded in…
This was taken on an early morning dog walk along the quayside in Newcastle during a recent trip to the city to see our daughter. While walking back towards the hotel, I spotted this chap underneath the swing bridge watching the sunrise over the River Tyne. Glorious colours and great reflections! Shot taken with a…
On a recent and all to brief visit to the Lake District, I took this six shot, handheld panorama from the edge of Bassenthwaite Lake a short distance from Keswick – I had come from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, having got our daughter settled in her accommodation at the University and stopped off near Steel Rigg on Hadrians…
A few pictures from a walk I did with Sparky on Saturday – a nice walk, mostly along roads, but these were quiet – Walked from Burford along the Windrush Valley to the edge of Little Barrington, then up to Great Barrington and back via the road to Little Barrington to return to Burford –…
As so often seems to happen with celestial events, it was cloudy here today, but the clouds did break momentarily and I managed to take this photograph of the sun – not taken at the time of the maximum (for us this would have been around 20% of the sun covered), but not too long…
A photograph that was taken yesterday while walking the dog on a route that took in the edge of the Wychwood Forest (part of the Cornbury Park estate) – plenty of bluebells under the trees, but I particularly liked these dainty little white flowers along with the bluebells here, along side the path. #2021 #Cotswolds…
A photograph that was taken while on a long circular walk from Swinbrook – part of this was along the river Windrush, where there was a swan on the river – beyond the next bend in the river was this cygnet – not far off fully grown from its size, but still showing the grey…
In the UK, The Countryside Charity (CPRE) is asking people to participate in the annual star count (Feb 6th-14th 2021) – this involves counting the stars with the naked eye within the main part of the Orion constellation to get an understanding of the level of light pollution across the country. Finally, after several nights…
This is Comet Neowise or, more officially, C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) – a retrograde comet – during July it is just visible with the naked-eye (not directly looking at it, you have to use averted vision due to the way ours eyes work) – better with binoculars and better still with a long exposure photograph! Neowise…
Here is the tree at Sycamore Gap on Hadrian’s Wall Path – taken fairly late in the day, so now in shadow, but nicely silhouetted against the stunning blue sky! When the weather is good, it is really good! This tree and section of wall was made even more famous by being used in the…
