Back in the Lake District

[Singing snapper]

A little less foggy today, but cloud still down. Waiting for my 645D photos to download, and used that for most shots again today, but I did take a few with my D800 and the 24 - 70:

f/11 42mm 1.3 secs ISO 50


More-Langdale-Reflections by singingsnapper, on Flickr

f/11 52mm 1.6 sec ISO 50


Langdale-reflections by singingsnapper, on Flickr

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Here are some more with the 645D and the 25 f/4 anything with an ISO over 100 is handheld:

1. f/8 1/50 ISO 200


Clappersgate-1 by singingsnapper, on Flickr

2. f/8 1/60 ISO 200


Clappersgate-Cottages by singingsnapper, on Flickr

3. f/10 1/30 ISO 400


Brathay-Cottages by singingsnapper, on Flickr

4. f/16 1/6 ISO 100


Bog-Lane by singingsnapper, on Flickr

5. f/11 1/40 ISO 500


Bog-Lane-farm by singingsnapper, on Flickr

6. f/11 1/50 ISO 320


Old-Farm-Skewith-Fold by singingsnapper, on Flickr

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here are a few more again with Pentax 645D and DA 25 f/4

1. f/16 4 secs ISO 100


Colwith-Bridge by singingsnapper, on Flickr

2. f/16 1.6 secs ISO 100


Great-Langdale by singingsnapper, on Flickr

3. f/16 6 secs ISO 100


Elterwater by singingsnapper, on Flickr

4. f/11 30 secs ISO 100


Evening-at-Elterwater-Village by singingsnapper, on Flickr

5. f/8 10 secs ISO 100


Brittania-Inn by singingsnapper, on Flickr

And from last night this was from after midnight and a car braked quite sharply - I suspect he thought I was a speed camera!

f/14 30 secs ISO 100


The-terrace by singingsnapper, on Flickr

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Got up in time for the sunrise this morning but was too busy being sick to shoot what was a glorious sunrise, perfect coppers and golds. Snow is setting in for tonight and tomorrow, but at least I had a good day yesterday for shooting.

All with Pentax 645D and DA 25 f/4 - no danger of me sending the lens back! I love it!

1. 1/10 f/16 ISO 100


Ambeside-church by singingsnapper, on Flickr

2. 3 exposures fused in photomatix at f/16 1 at EV and 1 each at +/- 2EV


Under-Loughrigg by singingsnapper, on Flickr

3. I photograph this barn a lot and normally have to combine exposures. With the 25 I am able to get wide enough to get a more balanced exposure, although I have tweaked them a little in LR4 and CS6

f/16 1/6 ISO 100


Rydal-Barn by singingsnapper, on Flickr

4. Handheld on this one and got on to one knee on one of the stepping stones across the Rothay to get as low as possible

1/50 f/13 ISO 400


Rydal-Steps by singingsnapper, on Flickr

5. Looking down Rydal Valley

f/13 1/10 ISO 100


Rydal-Valley by singingsnapper, on Flickr

6. f/16 1/6 ISO 100


Rydal-Water by singingsnapper, on Flickr

7. Heading back, looking back down Rydal Valley with the Fairfield range at the end

f/8 30 secs ISO 200


Looking-to-Rydal-Valley-after-sundown by singingsnapper, on Flickr

8. Ambleside's famous Bridge House:

f/13 30 secs ISO 200


Ambleside-Bridge-House by singingsnapper, on Flickr

9. A barn on the roadside with the stars above

f/4 30 secs ISO 500 +LED light


Starry-starry-night by singingsnapper, on Flickr

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Been feeling as rough as a dog all day, not having eaten anything and been sick several times. When I came back from getting some medication, I had a look at the centre of the village of Ambleside and thought that a shot I previously thought wouldn't work could work. not knowing whether the snow would still be here tomorrow I decided to ignore the illness and set up my tripod and used both the 645D and the D800 to get some shots from a few positions. It being a large village, it tend to be quite quiet this time of the year so I was incredibly fortunate to have set up and gauged the best settings when a lorry was about to pass:

Pentax 645D DA 25 on all shots

15 secs, f/8 ISO 100


Snowy-Ambleside-Lorry-trail by singingsnapper, on Flickr

sans traffic:

10 secs f/8 ISO 100


Ambleside-Village-Centre-in-the-snow by singingsnapper, on Flickr

Further along the road:

30 secs f/9 ISO 100


white-platts-and-Ambleside-Church-in-the-snow by singingsnapper, on Flickr

converted in Silver efex pro2 using Acros 100 preset


BW-White-Platts-Ambleside by singingsnapper, on Flickr

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A bit of snow overnight, just a few inches, but I had a spectre I have never seen before, a rainbow in the snow:

All with Nikon D800 and 24 - 70

35mm f/16 1/160 ISO 200


Snow-and-rainbow-in-Ambleside by singingsnapper, on Flickr

The rainbow is a little fainter in this shot

f/8 38mm 1/80 ISO 200


Barn-and-rainbow by singingsnapper, on Flickr

Some by the water:

f/16 24mm 1/60 ISO 200


Waterhead-tree-in-sun by singingsnapper, on Flickr

converted in silver efex


bw-waterhead-tree-in-sun by singingsnapper, on Flickr

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On my way back from the Lake District on the train just as the weather gets spectacular with fantastic light and clarity

Here are several of mine all with Pentax 645D

The foreground was in deep deep shadow so bracketed several shots and fused them in Photomatix Pro:

f/16 DA 25


Langdales-from-Jenkins-field by singingsnapper, on Flickr

converted to black and white in Silver efex pro2


Langdales-from-Jenkins-field-BW by singingsnapper, on Flickr

FA 45 - 85 at f/8 and 70mm 1/400


Langdale-Pikes-from-Jenkins-field by singingsnapper, on Flickr

converted in silver efex:


Langdale-from-Jenkins-field by singingsnapper, on Flickr

After a boat comes by:

f/13 60mm 1/100


lake-windermere-after-a-boat-has-passed by singingsnapper, on Flickr

converted in silver efex


Windermere-after-a-steamer-has-passed by singingsnapper, on Flickr

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Another one from this morning, by the tree stump but slightly different angle and just a single shot (looking at the other shot again, there was no real need for HDR as was able to recover plenty from shadows with no big loss in quality)

Pentax 645D DA 25 f/18 1/15 ISO 100


Looking-across-Windermere-to-the-distant-Langdales by singingsnapper, on Flickr

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Going through my hard discs I came across the dng raw file for a shot I took nearly a year ago.

have reprocessed and converted in Silver efex with a red filter

Pentax 645D FA 33 - 55 at f/11 1/200 ISO 250


Grasmere by singingsnapper, on Flickr

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One from May 2011. Loughrigg Tarn is a beautiful little lake with perfect frame for the very distinctive Langdale Pikes

Canon 5D mk II EF 24 - 70L at 28mm f/18 1/50 ISO 100


loughrigg-tarn-rerflections by singingsnapper, on Flickr