Sunday 20th November 2011

Today was a relaxed but unexpectedly awesome day. We first went to Scaleber Force and went wild swimming behind the waterfall and into the pool. Then drove to Malham and walked to Janet's Foss and on up to Goredale. Here the mist fell and we just got to the road before the sun set, and managed to get back to the car in the misty twilight, neither of us having brought a torch. This is a photo of the beautiful Janet's Foss, the plunge section of the waterfall apparently being a screen of deposited rock on a layer of moss. I'm really pleased with this photo, in fact all the ones I took of Janet's Foss - it's hard to choose between them.

27mm, 0.8s, f/10, ISO 200

Saturday 15th October 2011

I had a lovely ride on the motorbike today to get a bit of work done at Chester, and on the way I passed a sign for the staircase locks at Bunbury. On the way back I stopped off to have a look. It was a really lovely autumn day and the colours on the trees and in the reflections on the water were just beautiful.

59mm, 1/80s, f/8, ISO 400

Tuesday 21st June 2011

The unique Lookout bothy. A converted coastguard lookout, it's tiny, sweet, out of the way, and has an amazing view out the glass fronted loungue down over Hunish point.

18mm, 1/15s, f/8, ISO 200

Friday 3rd June 2011

What a joy to spend the hottest day of the year so far, in my favourite part of the country, finally managing the whole of the Yorkshire 3 Peaks walk in under 12 hours (actually under 11). There were some great photos to be had too, I like this one a lot.

25mm, 1/250s, f/7.1, ISO 400

Tuesday 10th May 2011

I went climbing this evening and for the first time in over 2 years I was more interested in climbing than photography (that's not to say I was any less interested in photos, just that my climbing enjoyment was particularly heightened) that I missed a few opportunities for action shots or landscape shots with nice light, but instead I got a quick photo of the moon.

250mm, 1/100s, f/16, ISO 800

Sunday 3rd April 2011

It appears that I missed out a blog day as I got confused about how many days I spent in Scotland on my last trip, so here it is, better late than never!

This is from the walk out from our Munro adventure.

35mm, 1/40s (auto from aperture priority), f/13, ISO 400

Wednesday 2nd March 2011

We're getting some lovely sunsets lately with spring dawning.

18mm, 2.5s, f/16, ISO 100

Tuesday 8th February 2011

I followed a tip off from some nice people I met yesterday and headed back to Knypersley reservoir to a waterfall in search of Kingfishers and yellow wagtails. I saw more birds on the walk in (actually a fast run) than at the waterfall itself, but I managed to get a nice photo of this little fairy glen. This is an HDR image which means it is a composite of (in this case) three different shots with different exposures, so that it exhibits a larger range of luminance between the lightest and darkest areas, more akin to what our eyes see.

18mm, 1s, f/22.0, ISO 100

Wednesday 2nd February 2011

(Apologies for the delay in these few updates, it's been a non-stop week).

I only had a few minutes spare today so I drove down a street near work I've never been down before hoping to find some ramshackle building or other. Instead I found a path down to the cycle track and a pleasing stream with a short wooden dam which seemed worthy of a photo.

50mm, 1/5s, f/11, ISO 100

Monday 3rd January 2011

I took this photo as I was thinking I hadn't snapped anything suitable for the 2nd Jan, then I realised it was after midnight and I could use my Stanage shot anyway, but decided to put this forwards for the 3rd. The aim was just to create a bit of intrigue, to create a mood with the plain colour and the depth of field, but also to lead people into wondering what it was of... in case you're wondering it was just my sofa, nothing exciting. Bit of vignetting visibile in the corners as the lens was at full zoom (I haven't corrected it because... I haven't yet learnt how!)

141mm, 0.6s (auto from aperture priority), f/5.6, ISO 1600 (auto)