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Note to self......Need to visit Yorkshire more often......
Another image from the visit to North Yorkshire, I hadn't intended to visit this place today but once I had got as far as Winskill I noticed how close I was to Malham and thought it would be rude not to pop over there for an hour... I'd been wanting to come back and shoot Janets Foss as my last visit didn't really give me anything I was happy with, an 'hour' turned into a few hours around the Foss including a trip back to the car to dig out the big wellies for a bit of wading in the river fun... after a dry but somewhat slippery and precarious wade across the river finally settled on this spot for a different take on the falls with a low wide perspective to get the water movement through the frame and including as much of the woodland surroundings as I could, the afternoon light outside of the woodland was getting really nice and warm and was hitting the trees in the upper part of the frame so I wanted to include that too rather than isolating the water from it.
A few hours well spent in this lovely spot, the camera equipment escaped unscathed apart from needing to be dried off, which is more than can be said for my right welly which was filled with water after I didn't pay attention to where I was stepping backwards, but if I don't come home covered in mud or with wet feet I don't feel like I've been out!
The little stopper gave me a time of 18 seconds, no wind outside of the woods kept the trees nice and still through the exposure.
Yorkshire Dales
That there Yorkshire Dales has some wonderful waterfalls!
I getting seriously sick of the amount of dog poo and poo bags on my travels lately....However the human variety complete with used bog roll in the lay-by really annoyed me..........
Another image from the recent visit to North Yorkshire, the very last of the direct light before the sun dips below the horizon, this was taken not long after the last posted image and from the opposite side with the sun in front instead of behind, this was the exact image I was after here and I had to work pretty quickly, I'd already managed one shot with the sun bursting through the center of the tree which was decent but I much prefer this one , literally had about a minute to change spots, frame it up and check it again before shooting, moments later the sun had gone and the tree was left in darkness.
It always amazes me how quick the sun seems to dissapear once it has got really low in the sky, an hour before when it is a lot higher it seems to be making no progress at all when you are waiting, but when you are up against it trying to get the image you want it seems to vanish ten times quicker.....
This is the last of my images from a recent quite fruitful trip to North Yorkshire, same day, different tree..
Spotted this one located in a hillside amongst the (what I presume) are glacial erratic boulders, I wanted the try and shoot this and include the snow covered Ingleborough if possible, which is what you see here.
Again another black and white image, although the colour version is nice enough removing it for me just adds to the stark feel of the lone tree without it's leaves taking everything the weather can throw at it year after year. Somehow always holding on.
A shot from the beginning of the year, just after sunrise but still very early morning, amidst the latest snowfall a lone gnarly tree stands within the vast Limestone pavement at Near Twistleton Scar, the tree remains in position despite it's isolated location it has withstood everything the weather has thrown at it. This was an absolute nightmare to walk out to, it's bad enough hopping on and off the pavement over the grikes normally but in snow / ice conditions it seemed to take forever, better to be slow and safe than disappear up there....
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Looking at images from a few of my contacts lately I've seen some great shots from up on Twistleton Scar and they made me really want to go back there for a days shooting, in the mean time I decided to revisit my images from my last trip there and see if I had anything I didn't process, as is pretty much always the case there were quite a few and it was enjoyable looking over them again, this one being one of my favourites.
It was seriously cold up here this morning as I remember and really treacherous underfoot with ice having formed on top of the Limestone Pavment under the snow some very careful footwork was needed getting to different locations, this one was shot not too long after sunrise and fort me pretty much sums up the area and the weather that day, bleak, unforgiving, but incredibly beautful nonetheless.
The colour version of this although nice in itself just doesn't convey the feeling of the image that the black and white one does, and I've noted any bw stuff for ages, definitely gonna make the effort to get back up here and get my bones frozen again soon.
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Original title eh?........ Snow Falls (I think!) part of the the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail.
Such an appropriate title in several respects; the water did, the leaves did and so did I.
A lone tree on the craggy moorsides above Langcliffe.
Golden Abbey - The early golden sunlight of a winter's morning catching the ruins of the Augustinian Priory at Bolton Abbey reflected in the River...
Settle station
Probably the last one I'll post from Scaleber Falls from this visit.
Although I like shooting dramatic falls, I really like the water levels when they are like this giving just wispy hints of water, and it really goes well with the lush vibrant Summer colours down here at the moment. Considering I'd forgotten my polariser I'm really pleased with the results from here and may pop back next week and take in a few different locations as well, we've had quite a bit more rainfall since then too so a lot of places should look very different.
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An impromptu visit yesterday to North Yorkshire, on the spur of the moment I decided to go and shoot sunset at Batty Moss viaduct, Ribblehead, got up there at Midday to scout it out and after slipping around on ice for a bit decided to come back about 3pm, in the meantime I headed off to Winskill above Settle to scout out this lone tree I'd wanted to shoot for a while, finding it was pretty easy and managed a few long exposure shots before heading off again. I couldn't help noticing on the map just how close I was to one of my favourite places, Malham, so I headed off there, even further away from Ribblehead.. after numerous hours standing in Janets Foss waterfalls (which is quite dark under the trees) with my wellies on I realised that some lovely golden light was just starting to occur, looking at my watch there was no way I was going to make Ribblehead in about 30 minutes, 'photograhers panic' started to set in as the light was now getting really good and I had nowhere to shoot sunset....
Driving in the car looking for somewhere it dawned on me I had the ideal place, the tree where I had been earlier was perfectly placed and should catch a lot of the light in the direct path of the setting sun. In my panic I had forgotten my cable release and also my big jacket so it was absolutely freezing and had to hope my shots would be sharp using the shutter button, thankfully no worries there.
So for a location I hadn't been to before I ended up back there twice in one day, so glad I did too as the light was just immense, managed about 5 or 6 decent shots from here at different angles, this being one of my favourites about 15 minutes before the sun dipped below the horizon, the gnarly trunk of the tree glowing in the light and the limestone pavement basking in gold hues.
Sometimes things don't go to plan, but that's not always a bad thing,
Another from the other month.
Another image from the bitterly cold morning up on the tops of the hills at Twistleton, the rocks have received an adequate coating of fresh snow which were just begging to be illuminated by the first actual rays of sunlight coming over the hills, the sky had been glowing in anticipation for around 30 minutes beforehand until the sun finally made an appearance casting a gorgeous light right across the landscape, well worth the early start and getting cold for.
Everytime I look at this image I can still taste the warm Blackcurrant cordial I had in my flask that day.
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Explore #11 - Christmas Day 2016.
A Merry Christmas and a massive thanks to all my Flickr friends, and visitors who have stopped by my stream this year, left faves and thoughtful comments, it's really spurred me on throughout 2016 to take some of my best stuff yet, your support is really appreciated and I look forward to doing the same for you in 2017. Again thanks very much guys, I hope you have a superb Christmas whatever you are doing.
Since we have had no snow and probably the warmest Christmas day I can remember in the UK to come, I thought it only fitting to post this nice snowy scene from early this year (kinda close to Christmas) , been meaning to post it for a while but as always, things take over and things get put down the food chain in favour of newer ventures....
Shot at Twistleton above Ingleton , North Yorkshire on an absolutely freezing morning just after sunrise had been and gone, the walk to here was probably to most precarious I had ever done given that the Limestone was like an ice rink, a proper leg breaker if it all went pear shaped, but that tree was too much to resist with snow dusted Ingleborough in the background!
Also there appears to be some curious weather phenomena going on in the scene, the reaching cloud with the bright 'pointy hand' is pointing toward a 'rainbow ball' (a friend told me this may be a 'glory' ) ? I saw this at the time and wanted to capture it, I've highlighted it with a 'note' to show you - just put your cursor over the image and it should apear, anyone know what this phenomena is? I'd love to know!
Anyway it seemed a great time to post this shot, hopefully you can help me and a very Merry Christmas to you all again.
Another from Snow Falls.
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This really is a hidden gem because from the roadside you wouldn't know it was there apart from the loudness of the rushing water. I like the strong...
Dawn arches - Golden hour at Ribblehead with the twenty four arches of the viaduct catching the early dawn light on an autumn morning.
Yorkshire...
A photo taken from Henside Road near Malham Tarn on a day when the snow had started to be driven by a stiff breeze.
Embsay dawn - Daybreak at Embsay Moor Reservoir with Embsay Crag distinctive on the distant shoreline
Yorkshire Dales National Park
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Thornton Force situated above Ingleton is always worth a visit, especially after a period of prolonged rainfall, something which we haven't exactly been lacking of late..... I dropped down to this spot from the previous location, a lot of ice about on the paths today seemed to be keeping a lot of people away so it was easy to move about the area getting different shots, this location can get absolutely mobbed in Summer. The featureless sky today wasn't bringing anything to the image at all so I've opted for a tighter composition just concentrating on the falls.
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The rather nice Scale Haw Force
Might head out and visit a waterfall next week, assuming the car remembers how to get out of Wirral 😳😂
At last a day off with no rain, it seems like an eternity since that happened... A very early start to catch the sun rising over Ingleborough with the Limestone pavement covered in snow it made for some pretty testing conditions underfoot, especially in the dark... made all worthwhile with the sight of the sun appearing just to the side of Ingleborough and illuminating the snow covered landscape in pre dawn light. Making up for being stuck indoors I was still out walking around some 8 hours later until a blizzard appeared which put an end to the day photo wise, happy with the stuff I got yesterday and just glad to be able to get out for once! Over 4 minutes in exposure time has allowed to get some nice colours dragging across the sky in the time just before the sun came up over the hills.
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Decent flow after a touch of rain!
Small waterfall next to Thornton Force
Another from the early morning Twistleton sunrise set that I've got around to doing. The sun bursts over the ridge and makes itself visible for the first time in the day at the side of Ingleborough, it doesn't feel like we have had much sun at all lately so to see it at all is a bonus, more so when you've got up an ungodly hour to wade through snow to hopefully see it make an appearance at the location of your choice.... The warm glow cast over the snowy tops was most welcome as well from as much a thermal point of view as well as photographic!
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Not many people about these parts on this morning, saw 1 guy in the distance, but the further away from the beaten track I got that was the last person I saw till dropping back down again, from the last location this was a complete nightmare to get out to but with just taking my time and testing for loose rock and deep now in each step ahead I got here in the end, better to be slow than to get stuck somewhere..
The snow on the Limestone Pavement seems to accentuate it's shape even more than normal, the addition of the tree that could be straight out of Lord of The Rings made for a great foreground against the backdrop of snow covered Ingleborough and the attractive sky which had kindly appeared while I was rock hopping my way here.
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Well what's this!? some actual new material?... with the recent relaxation of the seemingly never ending lockdown rules it was time to escape from the confines of the house with the camera to a real location, and one that I hadn't been to for some time.
The weather looked quite good for sunset so I just decided to go for it, even if it didn't work out I really wasn't bothered as it was as much about getting out into nature again, with a view to look at at, a bit of exploration, and some more practice flying my drone, basically it was just GREAT to get out!
Mike Tonge decided to come up as well and meet me for sunset so there was the added bonus of some company as well on the jaunt. The few hours I had up here seemed to go very quickly and all to soon it was time to find a spot for the impending sunset, this one was chosen with the hope the the smaller tree could be fitted 'inside' the larger one by getting low down, which worked out really well, the weather had gone from being sunny and perfectly still to blowing a gale from nowhere which made keeping the tree still a quite hard task, but it wouldn't be landscape photography without a challenge! I had bumped the ISO up to 400 to deal with that, but this is shot on the base ISO so I must have just got lucky for a second!
The sun vanished totally into the low cloud and haze shortly after this shot, knowing there wouldn't be an 'aftershow' of any kind tonight, we made our way back down the hill and out of the strong winds before setting of home. A great use of an evening.
The pretty village of Burnsall lies in the Yorkshire Dales, in Wharfedale. The bridge in the picture crosses the Wharfe River.
We were lucky enough to get a little sunshine whilst at Scalebor which highlighted the scene nicely.
A trail of footprints in the snow show the route we took along the winding boardwalk.
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