Swaledale Flower Meadows
Swaledale Meadows Each year in late May and early June a natural wonder occurs in the Yorkshire Dales. The meadows come into flower....
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May 30, 2019
Washed out
I had a washed out day yesterday in the Lake District. I expected some light drizzle but it was just too much. You should never give up...
May 28, 2019
Prehistoric woods
There is a geologic period called the Devonian. One characteristic of it was the formation of extensive forests, with ferns being one of...
May 21, 2019
Triptych
These three shots are not new but I’ve revisited the processing for two of them. I wrote a few weeks ago about how I found how effective...
May 18, 2019
On Sharpness
I talked a few posts ago about our perceptions of image sharpness. I illustrated that post with an example of extreme sharpness – showing...
May 17, 2019
Try something different
I did a walk on wednesday starting at Castlerigg Stone Circle, near Keswick in the Lake District. The weather was perfect for walking –...
Mar 20, 2019
Borrowdale and Derwentwater
Visiting the northern Lake District I’d intended to walk round the bottom end of Derwentwater but the lake had other ideas. Heavy rain...
Feb 19, 2019
Llanberis Pass under grey skies
Llanberis Pass Seeing the Llanberis Pass in Snowdonia in heavy cloud is pretty common. Even on a bright day it doesn’t see much sun, the...
Jan 30, 2019
A little bit of snow
By coincidence I exchanged comments a day or so ago with a reader from Helsinki who had posted a YouTube link showing his driving in...
Jan 29, 2019
The Old Man of Coniston
This is a classic circuit of the hills above Coniston. Up to the Old Man of Coniston, around the head of the valley to Dow Crag, along...
Jan 27, 2019
St Sunday Crag Winter Wonderland
The High Street range from St Sunday Crag Nowadays it isn’t often that you get so much snow in the Lake District. Add in clear blue sky...
Jan 21, 2019
Coniston Water, Monochrome
I made this trip nearly three years ago but the shots have languished in the catalogue ever since, untouched and unloved. The day was far...
Jan 16, 2019
Ulpha, Duddon Valley
Duddon Valley Ulpha is a small Cumbrian village in the heart of the Duddon Valley. This is a little-explored part of the Lake District....
Jan 13, 2019
Llanberis Slate Mines
The welsh tourist town of Llanberis, at the foot of Mount Snowdon, is not dominated by the highest mountain in Wales and England, nor by...
Jan 8, 2019
A Grey Christmas
Grey Christmas We spent the Christmas week this year in Cumbria, in a rented cottage in a little village called Brigsteer. This is near...
Jan 4, 2019
Three monochrome shots
Llyn Tecwyn Uchaf I was going to title this post “Llyn Tecwyn Uchaf” but that would look like I’d just dropped a book on the keyboard....
Jan 2, 2019
Shining Tor
Sunset and Moonrise from Shining Tor looking east. Shining Tor is the highest hill in Cheshire, just to the east of Macclesfield. Looking...
Nov 10, 2018
More Cheshire Autumn
This has been a great autumn and it isn’t over yet. I went back to the woods at Alderley Edge and found them full of colour and with the...
Nov 9, 2018
Trefriw
I took a couple of shots earlier this year that have had a big influence on me. They were both shots of narrow, tree-lined lanes. Since...
Nov 7, 2018
Welsh autumn colour
Some shots from a welsh trip this week. Not as successful as I’d hoped even though the colours were at their best. I didn’t focus in...
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