Ashness Bridge, Keswick, Lake District
The sun was fast disappearing behind the hillside and I wanted to get a few more shots before heading off to find that pub I mentioned in my previous upload. Now we all need a good bit of foreground detail in our shots but I was surprised to find a log of this size in a small stream. Not only that it was stripped bare of any bark and presumably had been in the water some time judging by its smoothness before getting marooned on the rocks.
It must have been some storm and flood waters to carry this log here. It's reminds me of the lyric "after the flood all the colors came out" and hence my accompanying song for this evening. I'm a big fan of U2 so no apologies.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXrJdOD5syo
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Derwentwater, Keswick, Lake District
It's been nearly 10 years since I last visited here and being only a short drive from the lakeside, it made perfectly good sense to visit before heading off to find a pub for a spot of lunch. I can highly recommend the Burrowdale Hotel for food but lunch finishes at 2:30pm... just made it!
Anyway, back to the photo. Being a member of the National Trust for the last few years it has the added bonus of a NT car park right by (you've got to recover those fees somehow and free car parking helps). When I left the lakeside, the sun had already broken through the blanket cloud and was now illuminating the snow on Skiddaw against blue skies. I knew I would be shooting with the light behind me so off we set. The only thing I didn't count on was other togs with the same idea and the countless ramblers coming down from the hills and sitting on the bridge for a breather hence another foray into long exposure territory.
This one's for you Mark... sorry I nicked one of your tags.
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Derwentwater, Keswick, Lake District
The drive up was as predicted by the weather forecast - grey, dull, with periodic showers en route, but once we reached the lakes the snow covered peaks did their best to convince us we hadn't chosen the wrong destination. It was still overcast, although the sun was doing its best to lighten the greys as we parked up at Keswick's Lakeside car park. However, first priority of the day, breakfast in town and although it was now 9:30am very few eateries were open but we found one - a local shop for local people! A compulsory Cumbrian breakfast was duly ordered and consumed forthwith.
Afterwards Mrs R decided to potter about the shops and market stalls so I headed back to the car for my gear. My initial jetty shots from the first hour were bland and have already been consigned to the archives. As I'd already seen plenty of images of the submerged gate at the north end I decided to head there, but with the sky being so featureless, it was time to dust off my filters and have another crack at a few long exposures.
Now I know some of you are experts at the "wing it" method of calculating exposures, but I thought I'd play it safe and use the app from a well known filter manufacturer. What a waste of time... literally! All of the app calculated images were underexposed and so on to Plan B... wing it, and I must say a lot more fun.
This just happens to be the last image at 2 mins (I was aiming for 4 and pushing the ETTR theory) before the sun finally broke through and began dispersing the blanket cloud, although that didn't really matter... it was the flock of Canadian geese that photo bombed the shore line and put paid to any more tranquil shots.
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Derwentwater, Keswick, Lake District
A glorious day out in the Lakes around Keswick and Derwentwater.
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Derwentwater, Keswick, Lake District
For once the weather forecasters got it right. The morning was very much overcast but clear blue skies had been predicted for the afternoon. My earlier shots, in and amongst the piers and landing stages were heavily overcast but once at the water's side, the sun was beginning to burn through and disperse the blanket cloud. 25 minutes and 14 frames later the sky was featureless and a piercing blue... time to pack away the filters and stoppers.
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