Jolly Boys (and Girls) Outing to Lake District

[Stephen]

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Castlerigg not far from Keswick is a stone circle and seems to attract a fair few photographers. Its quite comical actually as people jockey for position then some dimbo walks slowly infront of everyone. Anyway the conditions were pretty good and gave us the opportunity to get some shots

[Pops]

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It appears that a fine day was had by all. The group shot is very much appreciated and not just for putting names to faces. It also confirms my belief that I am better looking than you lot .

After browsing Mal's gallery I bid him welcome and look forward to seeing more of his work. The 'Redcar Steel' shot in particular held my attention.

[yoshi]

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The lake was mirror like and just cried out to be photographed.

That's exactly what I thought. amazingly mirror like. Early in the morning so virtually no wind at all? It looks to me that this picture of yours and the one of Andrew's were both taken at the same lake. It took me a while to find it. The slight difference of the camera position and the focal length difference, along with the airplane, these all give me different impression.
I also looked at the both up side down - yeah, it does is mirror like. Especially Andrew's.
So this is the Lake district. A photogenic place!
yoshi

[Stephen]

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So this is the Lake district. A photogenic place!
yoshi

Indeed it is Yoshi and I think you would be "blown away" if you were ever to visit. There is some stunning natural beauty, and scenery that can change by the minute as the weather changes. The downside of it all is that firstly it rains too much, and secondly there are too many tourists in the summer months.

[Andrew Thatcher]

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Heres one taken on the Friday morning of Lodore Falls. Driving around looking for a jetty on Derwent water we stopped here when we could not find one.

[Caz]

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Some great images - and I've bookmarked Mal's gallery for later when I have more time and am not supposed to be cooking Sunday dinner!

I'll look forward to the rest of the images....

[Ian]

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Great shot - although the colours are not quite how I remember them

If I remember rightly, Julia was in the car having a kip at this point!

Ian

[Pol]

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[QUOTE=Andrew Thatcher;30205]Heres one taken on the Friday morning of Lodore Falls. Driving around looking for a jetty on Derwent water we stopped here when we could not find one.


That's beautiful, Andrew. Excellent colours,textures and movement of the water - all of it just right and very realistic.

Pol

[Pol]

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If I remember rightly, Julia was in the car having a kip at this point!

Ian

Good for her - a lass after my own heart! Get a campervan so she can kip in comfort next time.

Pol

[Tom]

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I think that is an excellent set of landscape shots you have brought back from that outing Stephen.

The weather was not a total wash out as you will see, and when we moved South the sun did appear.

I promised myself at least one panorama and the opportunity presented itself when we visited Blea Tarn between Great and Little Langdale. It holds certain memories from my youth for me as it was my first real experience of camping and climbing in the Lake District. You can see the Langdale Pikes in the distance partially covered in cloud. The picture is 1600 pixels wide so to keep the thread structure normal I have posted the thumbnail

[Stephen]

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I think that is an excellent set of landscape shots you have brought back from that outing Stephen.

Thanks Tom, more to follow when I get time

[Ian]

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Here's a few more - click on the picture for more details:












Ian

[Stephen]

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Nice ones Ian, did you get a decent shot at Castlerigg? I need to try a couple of HDR shots and see what I get, also have a few decent shots at the falls. That last one at Ullswater seems a little more natural than the previous one you posted, was it a WB issue?

[Ian]

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Nice ones Ian, did you get a decent shot at Castlerigg? I need to try a couple of HDR shots and see what I get, also have a few decent shots at the falls. That last one at Ullswater seems a little more natural than the previous one you posted, was it a WB issue?

Thanks Stephen. No the first Ullswater one I simple processed to make it look attractive rather than 'as was'

I have quite a few more to do so will be adding them in dribs and drabs.

Ian

[Pops]

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Lovely set Ian. I particularly like the water capture of the 2nd one