I'd meant to post this image at the time but as with many things they get put onto the back burner and ultimately get forgotten about until you stumble across them one day again... I found this one today and decided to post it.
This was shot on the tiny remote Island of North Ronaldsay in the Orkney archipelago, this was the single biggest sea storm I have ever seen, the sheer sense of it was amazing as it moved along the coast, an added bonus was it also being sunset so it gave this great effect of the golden illuminated sky appearing anywhere where the dense black cloud had a gap for it to shine through making the sea appear to be on fire, an absolute spectacle and not something I'll ever forget witnessing.
Of note: the sheep that can be seen sheltering in the foreground are totally unique to this tiny island, mainly living off seaweed washed up onto the beaches. You can't get too close to them either, they aren't keen on humans it seems! - I don't suppose they see many living here!
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Another visit to Wastwater, this time a late afternoon vice early morning, you can never really tire of this place such is its beauty, surrounded by mountains and the huge screes that run down straight into the Lake, there's always something different on every visit be it the lighting or the colours, some great stormy clouds overhead on the visit lent themselves to a long exposure, during the exposure (just under 3 minutes) I got quite lucky with shafts of light illuminating different sections of the mountains for a decent amount of time so it registered in the final image and didn't leave any in full shadow.
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At last a day off, and another very early morning trip to the Lake District. A very misty / foggy day today, the sunrise didn't happen, well it did but you wouldn't have known it apart from the dwindling exposure times.... after shooting dawn at Rydal I headed off towards Elterwater, on the way I saw this out of the corner of my eye and it played on my mind as I went along.....so I turned back for a second look, glad I did as this turned out well, little bit of morning mist, no wind, and with the lovely Autumnal colours really coming through now made for a really pleasant place to spend 30 minutes or so, this being my favourite image from the visit.
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Dawn breaks at the North end of Ullswater over the boathouse situated near to Pooley Bridge, a lot shorter expsoure than the last shot at just 23 seconds, the light having increased considerably now, a lovely still morning unfolds over the misty Lake.
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Great to get out doing some more landscape work again, seems like a long break from it, also makes a change to get ideal weather during free time for once! An Autumn scene on Esthwaite water, a lone fisherman toils away in the still waters in the reflection of the singular white house, never shot at this location before and not a soul around on a Sunday afternoon, the colours are really starting to come through now, perfect to reflect on a still enough day.
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