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A Blue Day, Ullswater

March 14, 2013 • 4 Comments

A beautiful cold afternoon on Ullswater in the Lake District, ice on the rocks and snow on the caps of the distant mountains. I was there to recce some locations for future visits, this has potential for a sunrise shot and I am sure I will return. Usually mid-day sun is quite boring but on this day it was such a beautifully sunny day I thought I co...

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Ribblehead Viaduct In Snow

March 12, 2013 • 1 Comment

The iconic arches of the Ribblehead Viaduct stand firm against a biting wind and minus 5 degrees celsius temperatures on a cold March morning. Another early start this morning, out of York at 4.15am in minus 5 degrees celsius, there had been a smattering of snow in York but no more, I was surprised to find a thick blanket of snow covering the Yo...

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ND Grad Filters For Landscape Photography

March 09, 2013 • 3 Comments

Have you ever taken a photograph of what you think will be a gorgeous landscape only to find the sky is completely white with very little, or even no detail, like this? In this photo the foreground is perfect but we've lost detail in the sky. So we do the obvious, shorten our shutter speed to allow less light in so that the sky isn't too bright. N...

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A New Weapon In The Armoury - Canon 24mm TS-E Tilt Shift Lens

March 08, 2013 • 2 Comments

Today I picked up a new tool for my landscape photography, a Canon TS-E 24mm tilt and shift lens. In the days before digital photography (and to a lesser extent today by some specialists) photographers used view cameras such as this. These cameras had movements, the bellows allowed the lens and front standard to be moved in relation to the film...

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Early Morning In The Lake District

February 28, 2013 • 2 Comments

Having moved back to York I am finding it quite a bit easier to get out to different locations. This morning I went to Castlerigg Stone Circle in the Lake District. I left at 4.30am, was in Keswick by 6.10am just around first light. On arriving at Castlerigg I got kitted up in cold weather gear, the outside temperature was -4 degrees Celsius and t...

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