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Yorkshire Dales National Park
Yorkshire Dales National Park is a stunning area of natural beauty located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. The park is home to rolling hills, picturesque valleys, and charming villages, making it a popular destination for nature lovers and photographers alike. With its diverse landscapes and unique wildlife, the Yorkshire Dales National Park offers a wealth of photography opportunities. From the iconic limestone pavement at Malham Cove to the stunning waterfalls at Aysgarth Falls, there are countless locations within the park that are perfect for capturing breathtaking images.
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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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.
The rather nice Scale Haw Force
Wain Wath means wagon ford and is one of the many spectacular waterfalls in the upper Swaledale valley near Keld.
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Might head out and visit a waterfall next week, assuming the car remembers how to get out of Wirral đłđ
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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Wellies next time, or towel, spare trousers and socks!
A new location for me but one reasonably close to places I've shot many times before on the opposite side of the valley.
Myself and Mike Tonge decided to come up here for an afternoon to scout around see what was about, a good few hours were spent looking arund and we found some great little spots, including some giant stone cairns overlooking the imposing figure of Ingleborough.
We had seen this tree (or what looked like 2 trees) in the distance and we had that spot in mind for sunset, the onlt problem being that within an hour of us being up here the mountains had gone from being glorious lit up to completely grey and covered in a huge bank of low cloud, after waiting for quite some time for this to break we abandoned that spot and headed over towards this area, the going underfoot here is really hard going, and a few of the gaps into the limestone carried really sharp jagged deadly edges so being very careful was neccessary.
Despite it being gloomy and flat we got set up and just decided to see if anything would happen light wise as the sun dropped, as you can see it did, the tiny gap in the huge bank of low cloud above the horizon gave us a very short window of golden light bathing the scene as you see it, as soon as it had come it had gone again but that didn't matter to us as we had got something from virtually nothing, packed up happy and trudged back off on the long walk back to the car with a shot in the bag. A great day.
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traditional stone barns and meadows at Angram
Upper Swaledale waterfall, next to the Pennine Way.
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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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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Note to self......Need to visit Yorkshire more often......
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Another hard drive find taken the same day as the last shot (which incidentally is my Birthday) A well shot location in Yorkshire but that doesn't put me off as every visit is potentially different. Cauldron Falls or West Burton Falls if you prefer... flows through a particularly gorgeous bit of rocky woodland.
Despite it being the middle of Summer, the weather had been extremely wet a few days prior to this (OK so that's not that unusual for the UK..) I decided to stop off here to see if there was some good flow in the falls and wasn't dissapointed, there was also some luscious colour in the foliage around the falls reminscent more of Spring than Summer but I wasn't complaining. Not long after I got a couple of shots here it poured down yet again and another dash back to the car was needed.
A local hostelry may have provided a place to dry off and 'refuel' :-)
74C tripod Fotopro LGNikon D810 Nikon 16-35 f/4 @ 16mm Fotopro T--9R ballhead NiSi 100mm Landscape Cpl Nisi 100mm 3 stop ND
ISO 64 f/11 1/4 second
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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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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Another from Snow Falls.
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.
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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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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,
That there Yorkshire Dales has some wonderful waterfalls!
Another from the other month.
I'd totally forgotten about the images from this trip after posting just one some months ago... another couple to post up starting with this one with I actually thought I had posted up.
This was taken just several days before the really bad (and very destructive) flooding in North Yorkshire.
In Summer you really wouldn't expect the falls to be this powerful but it was certainly the shape of things to come several days later, even standing near to the edge here to get this felt very dodgy and I had to be extremely careful moving about in short movements so as not to either fall in, or knock the camera in.
Nikon D810 Nikon 16-35 f/4 @ 16mm Fotopro T-74C tripod Fotopro LG-9R ballhead NiSi 100mm Landscape Cpl Nisi 100mm 3 stop ND NiSi 100mm 3 stop soft GND
ISO 64 f/11 1.6 seconds
Decent flow after a touch of rain!
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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.
Original title eh?........ Snow Falls (I think!) part of the the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail.
Norber, Yorkshire Dales, an area covered in huge erratic boulders and scattered limestone pavement, this was a new location for me and I'd decided to head up here for sunset.
I'd got up here about 45 minutes prior to sunset and had the idea that from the top I'd find a composition I liked and I'd get the very last of the light should it turn good, on getting there though the only problem was that all the interesting rocks seemed to be below the summit which would drastically reduce the amount of time I had to get any shots as the sun would dissapear a lot quicker behind the hill than the standard sunset time...
I managed a few shots with the rocks lit up from behind but in the end decided to g for this using the sun on the edges of the erratic boulders as it dropped onto the horizon line, this was about 40 minutes before true sunset, so with the shot taken that was it for the day and an early finish, the sunset that evening wasn't the best either with a load of murk drifting in and obscuring the sun, so to get anything was quite a bonus, beautful area though and definitely a place you could spend hours exploring.
Thanks to all Phoide contributors to Yorkshire Dales National Park!
Most notably Graham Morris, Pete Rowbottom, Carl Wilson, Richard Down and Quentin 'Q' Thompson.