A great day out on the limestone pavement around Newbiggin Crags, with Mark Waidson Images from the Dark Side , Brad Eide , and Mike muddybootsuk despite some truly hideous weather.

We had walked to hear with overcast skies, (which isn't a bad thing for this area) but as we got near to the rock faces it started to blow a gale and poured down, managed to shelter for a while between some of the larger rocks until it had passed then got up onto the tops again.

I managed a few images from this location, a few of us had kind of ended up in the same area after spreading out and doing our own thing, this lone tree was a great point of interest and the colour of the springtime new tree just below it was irresistable to include in the frame.

The rain, although a nuisance had left a great wet coating on the rock which I love as it gives it loads more drama and texture.

Not long after thise was taken the weather closed in again and started pouring down with wind again so we all decided it just wasn't happening today as it was getting near on impossible to shoot in and walked back to the start point to dry off and get some food.

Although the poor weather eventually forced us back, the shots I did get were definitely all the better for it. Although I was working on a a tripod the ISO was pushed up a bit on this one as the wind was blowing hard, so I needed a much faster shutter to make sure the small tree and the tree in rear were both sharp and not moving. Worth viewing large and having a zoom around.

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A morning on the limestone pavement near Newbiggin. This morning was when I learned first hand how slippery wet limestone pavement can be . . ....