Stainforth
A gorgeous (and often very busy spot), Stainforth Force in the North Yorkshire Dales, lovely weather and not a soul about due to it being early evening. Ihad a few hours to kill prior to sunset so decided to pop down here and try my luck.
You can only get on one side of the River here so compsitions are a bit limited so it comes more down to as much your shutter speed that you choose as much as where you decide to set up.
A truly beautful place and great to have it all to yourself to enjoy.
The first trip out since lockdown began, and I headed over to the Yorkshire Dales to meet fellow togger Terry Roberts (Bingleyman) for an afternoon of socially distanced shooting.... in true fashion the weather was fairly grim and wet and we had thought about calling it off, but seeing as I've had so much grief recently about actively going out shooting in poor weather (since I mentioned the same subject at a talk in Birmingham at the NEC) I thought yeh I have to practice what I preach really or I deserve it :-)
Meeting up it was pouring down but this wasn't the end of the world as the 2 falls we visited were both heavily wooded over and the poor light outside did us a real favour lower down at water level...
Thi shot is from the second spot we visited, Catrigg Force, it was like an ice rink down here with extremely slippy limestone that I was sliding about on let alone the tripod...
It was just fantastic to get out again and a top time was had, shooting both of the waterfalls and also researching a couple of spots to revisit again when the light was better higher up. Great to use the longer lens as well, ditching the wide angle for this one.
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Portfolio of images on my personal website here
Thanks to all Phoide contributors to Stainforth!
Most notably Pete Rowbottom.