Rydal Water Reflections
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One from the back end of last year, another sunrise trip to the Lakes, 0730 in the morning (far better than current sunrise time...) sunrise as such didn't happen but this location was just about perfect weather wise, glow of the first light illuminating the dense fog/mist and seperating the lone tree from its background in the still lake, this was about the last of the Autumn colours. I was there again last week and the tree is looking pretty gnarly and sparse...
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I'd almost forgotten about this and a couple of other images from this day, it's all too easy to move onto the next trip and the next, and all of a sudden things get left behind, sorting out a few files I came across them again.
I'd came here this morning to shoot the sunrise over Rydal water but on the way up it was pretty clear that the fog was pretty heavy and seemingly in to stay.
When I got to the spot it was still really dark but the moon was unusually really really bright so it was rendering things quite visible even in the dark and the fog so with the aid of the moon I decided to set up and go about framing the tree and see what kind of exposure would be needed to render the scene.
Around 10 seconds gave a great result with the bright moon causing the sky around it to show as blue fading into the dense fog below it, yet allowing the tree and forground to be clear giving a really unusual and somewhat haunting image, I'd never shot just using moonlight before, and luckily the conditions for it and the moons phase was perfect, I always look for opportunity to do it now to try and get something a little different to the norm, setting up in the dark and getting something ike this on the back of your camera is really quite bizarre and well worth the stupidly early start.
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WOW, what an amazing morning I had yesterday down at Rydal Water. The mist was heavy set and provided a wonderful backdrop behind this gorgeous lone...
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Explore #3 - 03/11/17
I can never resist a visit to this location, although I hadn't planned to shoot it today I couldn't just pass by while the light was nice and the lake was still, I'd never really managed to get a full reflection of the tree in the frame on a still lake, it's harder than it sounds as you need the right conditions, the right angle, and ideally the right time of year where the tree has leaves to make it stand out from the background (or ideally a really misty morning).
There was a little mist about this morning which always helps, but to a full misty morning would have put pay to the Autumn reflections behind the tree, there always seems to be a sacrifice somewhere! There was one other photographer down here this morning, a Scottish guy, who I was talking to who like me had returned here numerous times in search of something special - (I'd like to see your stuff if you end up reading this), I'll continue to do the same as well, I just really really enjoy seeing the scene unfold through the different seasons, even if you come away empty handed, there's a lot worse places to be standing around at the beginning of a day it's that stunning a place.
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. . . for getting up early to enjoy the sunrise.
I decided to set an early alarm today as the forecast had been for scattered clouds and calm...
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The Rydal water lone tree (well 2x I suppose ) on a rather cloudy but warm day over in the lakes earlier this week.
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