View from Fleetwith Pike
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After a complete non starter in the morning, getting up at 0330 and driving to Rydal, where the sunrise just didn't happen and was about as flat as it could be, I had a few results during the morning that followed but nothing of note really, after scouting a few locations for the following mornings sunrise I decided to climb Fleetwith Pike and try for a possible sunset looking down the valley over Buttermere.
I got to the summit about 1830 and just waited it out with a beer, taking a few images as the sun dropped including some stuff over to Dale Head as that was nicely illuminated, at 2030 the sun still hadn't gone down and it was getting pretty cold.
This was the last bit of sun just before dipping behind the hills casting its rays down though the valley below, a truly beautiful place, and a fantastic place to watch the sun set. After packing up I managed to get a good move on and got back down to the car in Honister in about 30 minutes before it was fully dark.
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With all the poor weather of late I decided to revisit some unprocessed images from days where I actually got some decent light, I was actually surprised how much stuff I had that was still untouched, so I'mandscaspe trying to work back through now so as not to miss anything with potential, really happy with this one for me it's better than the last ones I posted at the time.
Sunset on top of Fleetwith Pike looking down over Buttermere, a truly gorgeous sunset this evening with the lone cloud formation above catching the lightshow from below, and the hills bathed in golden light, a really beautiful evening to be up there shooting and taking it all in, I took a beer up there with me and sat drinking it while I watched the sun go down, magic. Almost forgotten what sunlight is this Summer!
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The very last of the sunlight hits the mountainsides and lake below, as the drops behind the mountains for another day leaving a warm glow in its wake. It had gone really cold by this point as it was getting on for 9pm, with the high vantage point on top of Fleetwith Pike the sun seemed to take forever to go down, which is kinda fantastic to watch, but it does get very cold and when you want your cooked meal in the Hostel in Honister it starts to wain a little !
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