Back in the Lake District

[Singing snapper]

Processed some more shots from this particular day - last Saturday.

The day started damp and cloudy with the Helvellyn range firmly under a blanket of low cloud. The weather got better as the day wore on.

We stopped at the car park some way back down the Patterdale end of the Kirkstone Pass and I took a few photos there:

Pentax 645D FA 35 at f/11 1/80 ISO 200


Bleak-view-to-Brother's-Water-and-Patterdale by singingsnapper, on Flickr

I felt a little sorry for this cyclist as it is a fairly long climb - not as difficult as Hardknott and Wrynose Passes (both I in 3's) but hard enough

Same camera and lens f/9.5 1/100 ISO 200


cyclist-labours-his-way-up-Kirkstone-pass by singingsnapper, on Flickr

Same, converted in Silver Efex


BW-Cyclist-and-Kirkstone-Pass-above-Brother's-Water by singingsnapper, on Flickr

Another Ashness Bridge shot:

Pentax 645D FA 35 at f/16 1/60 ISO 200


Classic-Lakeland-View by singingsnapper, on Flickr

looking over the boats to Catbells on Derwent Water:

f/9.5 1/125 ISO 250


looking-over-Derwent-water by singingsnapper, on Flickr

From one of the boats on Derwent water looking across to Skiddaw and Blencathra

f/8 1/125 ISO 100


Skiddaw-and-Blencathra-from-boat by singingsnapper, on Flickr

And a 6:17 pano crop of the same shot


Skiddaw and Blencathra pano crop by singingsnapper, on Flickr

[karenoliver]

Nice set of shots, particularly the one with the cyclist. I prefer the colour versions.

Karen

[Singing snapper]

Back in the Lake District for just a few days


Morning at Waterhead looking to the West

Nikon D800 Nikkor 14 - 24 at 15mm f/16 1/50 ISO 100


A-sunny-morning-at-Waterhead by singingsnapper, on Flickr

Nikon D800 Nikkor 14 - 24 at 14mm f/8 1/320 ISO 100


Waterhead-Boats by singingsnapper, on Flickr

Wateredge Hotel in Morning

same camera/lens:

f/16 21mm 1/60 ISO 50


wateredge-inn by singingsnapper, on Flickr

Viewing the hotel from its pier:

17mm f/16 1/25 ISO 50


Morning-at-Wateredge-Inn by singingsnapper, on Flickr

View to North west from pier:

17mm f/16 1/30 ISO 50


Morning-light-at-Waterhead-Bay by singingsnapper, on Flickr

Bog Lane a minor road from Clappersgate to Skelwith Fold:

16mm f/8 1/60 ISO 100 converted in Silver efex pro2


Bog-Lane by singingsnapper, on Flickr

Time for tea (except for me it's time for a flat white and a bakewell slice):

Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 at f/9 1/60 ISO 100


Teatime by singingsnapper, on Flickr

Salmon Mousse - a small boat resting on the shores of Windermere:

Nikkor 50 1.8G at f/8 1/20 ISO 100


Salmon-mousse by singingsnapper, on Flickr

Windermere sunset

Nikkor 14 - 24 at 24mm f/16 1/6 ISO 100


Windermere-sunset by singingsnapper, on Flickr

Sunset at the boathouse looking towards the Langdale Pikes

Nikkor 14 - 24 at 14mm f/16 1.6 secs ISO 50


A-windermere-evening by singingsnapper, on Flickr

[Singing snapper]

I went for my usual first day in the lakes walk, and the one bad thing to happen was that I lost my Benro magnesium/carbon fibre tripod legs - the only trouble with them being light was that I didn't notice them disappear from where they were strapped on to my rucksack. The weather was good and getting away later than I wanted actually paid dividends as the light was good.

Looking down to Rydal Hall and Rydal Valley

24 - 70 at 45mm 1/320 f/8 ISO 200


Fairield-first-snow by singingsnapper, on Flickr

Some trees on the path to Loughrigg Tarn:

24mm f/11 1/50 ISO 200


Loughrigg-trees by singingsnapper, on Flickr

The evening light was great and it was while taking these shots that I decided to get my tripod from my pack and found it missing. I had intended to catch the afterglow after the sun had gone. instead I took quite a few shots handheld and with the aid of my torch searched for my tripod legs retracing my steps, but no joy.

f/8 32mm 1/60 ISO 200


Great-Langdale-evening by singingsnapper, on Flickr

f/8 24mm 1/80 ISO 200


Great-Langdale-evening-2 by singingsnapper, on Flickr


Nikkor 14 - 24 at 16mm f/8 1/100 ISO 200


Great-Langdale-evening-3 by singingsnapper, on Flickr
Nikkor 14 - 24 24mm f/8 1/25 ISO 200 cropped to 6:17 format


Great-Langdale-evening-4 by singingsnapper, on Flickr

[Singing snapper]

I almost didn't take my camera with me yesterday because of persistent light rain - the worst kind:

Took a walk to Rydal along Under Loughrigg.

Nikon D800 24 - 70 at 24mm f/6.3 1/25 ISO 500


autumn-leaves by singingsnapper, on Flickr

24 - 70 at 24mm f/8 1/60 ISO 400


horses-at-under-loughrigg by singingsnapper, on Flickr

converted in Silver efex


horses-at-under-loughrigg-bw by singingsnapper, on Flickr

[Singing snapper]

A slightly better day in the Lake District yesterday and made my way to my regular spot, Chesters for some lunch and walked along the Great Langdale as the day came to an end. All handheld

Nikon D800 80 - 200 at f/5 200mm 1/100 ISO 640


dog-at-chesters-2 by singingsnapper, on Flickr

24 - 70 at 32mm f/8 1/30 ISO 400


Pikes-through-the-trees by singingsnapper, on Flickr

f/8 24mm 1/25 ISO 400


cloudy-Langdale-evening by singingsnapper, on Flickr

f/8 24mm 1/10 ISO 500


cloudy-Langdale-evening-2 by singingsnapper, on Flickr

[Singing snapper]

Back in the Lake District for a few days before Christmas. The bad weather has been following me up here nearly every trip. Another damp day today, but did manage to get some shots:

Under Loughrigg looking towards Ambleside:

Nikon D800 Nikkor 24 - 70 at 24mm f/8 1/13 ISO 50


Looking-through-the-oaks by singingsnapper, on Flickr

About a mile further up the road:

66mm f/11 1/60 ISO 50


Under-Loughrigg-lower-saturation by singingsnapper, on Flickr

with a touch of sepia in Silver efex pro2


Under-Loughrigg-soft-sepia by singingsnapper, on Flickr

The stepping stones overtaken by water:

f/14 24mm 1/13 ISO 50


The-Stepping-stones-under-the-water by singingsnapper, on Flickr

One advantage of the winter is that it is possible to do traffic trails along the road as the sun sets before the roads get too quiet:

At Rydal:

f/22 24mm 6 secs ISO 50


Rydal-traffic-trails by singingsnapper, on Flickr

Just outside Ambleside

24mm f/16 30 secs ISO 50


Evening-just-outside-Ambleside by singingsnapper, on Flickr

And a few exposure fused in Photomatix

f/11 ISO 100 All 30 secs


An-evening-Just-outside-Ambeside by singingsnapper, on Flickr

[Jediboy]

Nice photos. Like the first of the car light trails most.

[John B.]

A fabulous set of photos! Although I lived in London I never got to visit the Lake District but only heard how beautiful it is. I envy anyone who lives there.

[Singing snapper]

Infuriated by the ability of the weather to be clear and dry at night but damp all day, but surprised by the number of pictures I took today. I'm happy with many of these either in colour or black and white. Feel free to let me know which you prefer! Sorry for the sheer number of these!

1. Nikon D800 Nikkor 24-70 at 24mm f/10 1/50 ISO 400


Brathay-Church by singingsnapper, on Flickr

2. Converted in silver efex:


BW-Brathay-Church by singingsnapper, on Flickr

3. Portrait view converted in silver efex

24mm f/10 1/60 ISO 400


BW-Brathay-Church-2 by singingsnapper, on Flickr

4. Woodland cottages that I always find attractive:

36mm f/9 1/40 ISO 500


Lakeland-woodland-cottages by singingsnapper, on Flickr

5. converted in Silver efex


BW-Lakeland-woodland-cottages by singingsnapper, on Flickr

6. The rain was pouring down at this point"

24mm 1/60 f/11 ISO 640 converted in silver efex


A-wet-afternoon-in-Skelwith-Fold by singingsnapper, on Flickr

7. At Skelwith bridge alongside a fast flowing river Brathay tripod out now:

24mm f/16 2 secs ISO 50


Skelwith-Bridge by singingsnapper, on Flickr

8. Converted in Silver efex:


BW-Skelwith-Bridge by singingsnapper, on Flickr

9. Wider shot with the Nikkor 14 - 24mm

f/16 14mm 1.3 secs ISO 50


Skelwith-Bridge-2 by singingsnapper, on Flickr

10. Converted (yes you guessed it - Silver efex - but it's such a good plug in!)


BW-Skelwith-Bridge-2 by singingsnapper, on Flickr

I was having to await a callback regarding a delivery tomorrow so had to wait for the last bus (due at 1700hrs) so made use of the time.

11. This is Skelwith Bridge Hotel as the sun went down:

14mm f/13 1/4 ISO 50


End-of-the-day-at-Skelwith-bridge-Hotel by singingsnapper, on Flickr

And well after the sun had gone down - in fact to the naked eye it was dark. The blue light is a fire engine about to make its way down Great Langdale

Nikkor 24 - 70 at 24mm f/11 261 secs ISO 50


View-from-Skeliwth-Bridge-after-dark by singingsnapper, on Flickr