Wharfedale overnight
I had an overnight trip to the Yorkshire Dales last week, camping in mid-Wharfedale above Conistone. I’d previously scouted this area and...
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Jul 16, 2019
Eskdale Overnight
A mountain wild camp made easy. An overnight trip sleeping out on top of Border End in the Lake District with magnificent views of...
Jul 2, 2019
Conistone Circular – monochrome dales
A circular high level route from Conistone in Wharfedale. Wharfedale View the route on plotaroute.com 9.5 miles 450 metres ascent A did...
Jun 20, 2019
Borrowdale overnighter – evening
From Kings How looking south I did my first wild camp of the year a few days ago, in the Lake District. The intention was to camp on one...
Jun 11, 2019
Barmouth – rediscovered
Mawddach Estuary A couple of years ago I did an overnight wild camping trip to Barmouth, southern Snowdonia. This is a truly spectacular...
Jun 9, 2019
Swaledale Flower Meadows – part 2
Swaledale My last post had photos from a drizzly day in Swaledale. I camped overnight (in a campsite, not my usual bivvy bag) and set my...
Jun 8, 2019
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....
Jun 3, 2019
Inspired by Stieglitz?
Some considerable while back I read an article about Alfred Stieglitz. The photographs that were included were quite beautiful and I was...
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 –...
Apr 17, 2019
On Image Sharpness
It is my view that there are no magic secrets to getting a good photograph and that subject matter and composition always trump technical...
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 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....
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