Malham Cove

Malham Cove stands in Pennine Hills and is carved from the limestone geology.

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Lake District 2

Another offering from Libby during her latest trip to the Lake District, Haystacks area again.

Lake District

First of several from the girls trip to the Haystacks area of the Lake District courtesy of Libby.

Revisited

I went back to South Gare again today to look at some diving for tomorrow but I couldn't resist returning to this boat to have another look at it.

Early Bird

Like I've said before, I strongly dislike mornings but there are some saving graces....

South Gare

I took this on my phone and used a filter to transfer it into black and white. The area lays at the mouth of the River Tees and the land in the background was recovered from marsh land.

Gloomy Dive

I dived with my friends Martin and Steve today, the local coast is blown out now probably until next spring so we headed inland to Ellerton Park.
The water generally has a green tinge and today, probably due to the weather on the coast, was very busy with several dive schools carrying out training. As a result the underwater visibility was less than average at best and in patches was terrible.
I set up with a wide angle lens which I do as standard but it has the advantage of reducing the amount of water between the subject and the film plane which as a consequence reduces the amount of suspended matter which would spoil the picture.
Handling the camera over such a soft silty bottom puts more pressure on my diver skills, the small screen is difficult to make out, the screen is dimly lit and only briefly becomes properly illuminated when the shutter is half depressed. All these things combine to make life more difficult but not impossible.

Eyemouth harbour

This was the night before we dived Greenends Gulley taken from the harbour.

Flower

I have no idea what kind of flower this is but I saw it while I was spider hunting!
F5, 1/160 and ISO 80.

More Spiders

Regardless of the obvious dangers I returned to the garden to have another go at the spiders. Shot on super macro, f3.2,1/100 sec and ISO 80.

Super Macro Spider

I travelled all the way into the garden to photograph some of the spiders that have appeared. Trouble is with the wind blowing the webs they moved in and out of the focal area. This is my first attempt on super macro, F3.2, 1/30 sec and ISO-80.
Obviously looking through the web at the underside of the spider isn't exactly the best shot either.

High Force Again

Interesting fact, the waterfall is the edge of an ancient volcanic intrusion called the Whin Sill which covers a large swathe of the north of England.

High Force

Libby made it to High Force this week.

The Sun Always Sets

Its unavoidable and inescapable.

Testing Testing

I took my camera into the tank at work and managed to sneak up on these 3 beauties. I was using my Olympus C7070 in an Ikelite housing and supplementary wide angle lens. The photo was taken on a general wide angle pre-set set program and a super macro preset.

Bowfell

Libby spotted this Lakeland sheep on our way down from Esk Pike on our way to Bowfell.

Good Morning

I was heading out early the other morning and caught the sun shortly after it had risen
It occurred to me (as it has to people since time began) that you can't avoid being aware of the passing of the year when you're up and about early and watching the sky.

Back Underwater

I was back underwater with camera in hand yesterday and was delivered 2 very good lessons, unfortunately they were lessons I should already know. Firstly I rushed my set up, forgot to set my camera to the pre-set mode and and ended up with a setting that wouldn't fire the strobe. I suppose I was lucky to set the camera up sufficiently well that it didn't leak. The second lesson was to ensure that there is no vignetting of the lens, this is where the outline of the lens can be seen in the picture when using a supplemental lens. The idea is to zoom in slightly until the outline disappears.
In my defence if the strobe had fired and lit up the picture the vignette would have been more easily spotted. next time I'll allow myself more time before AND during the dive. Luckily cropping rescued some of the picture to a small extent.

More Super Macro

Taken on the headlands near Marske ISO 100, f 3.2 and 1/100 sec.

The Top

And this is Roseberry Topping just as the sun was setting. ISO 80, f3.2 and 1/100 sec.

Ranking

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Roseberry Topping

We made the climb to the top of a local hill called Roseberry Topping. Its a geological outlier so stands alone giving excellent views.
This photo is from the top looking towards Great Ayton. ISO 80, 1/100 sec and F5 and set to Aperture Priority.

Bees Eye View

Another one from my macro expedition, hopefully someone will tell me what kind of flower it is. F 4, 1/125 sec and ISO 100.

Beastie

While on my macro adventure I found this critter hanging around. I took the photo on super macro f 3.5, 1/125 sec and ISO 100. Does anyone know what it is?

Super Macro

I have discovered super macro in the last couple of days and have been trying it out with varying degrees of success. Bees seem to be my subject of choice because they largely ignore me and my lens and they look fascinating close up. Other than slightly cropping this photo its as it came out, f5, iso 100, 1/125 sec.
There are more to come!

This Morning

There is a flock of sparrows that hide in the corn and lift as one to fly across the path when disturbed, my plan this morning was to set my camera to a fast shutter speed and catch them mid flight. Like most of my plans things didn't work out quite as planned but I did manage to snap this view of Huntcliff, f11 and 1/125 sec.

Flows Like Water

While walking the dog a few nights ago near the beach a sudden fog settled across the fields, about 15 minutes later the fog started to recede and appeared to be flowing off the high ground like water. Shortly after the picture was taken the fog cleared almost completely.

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Longest Day

And the sun sets on the longest day of the year. Taken from the Headlands at Marske overlooking the wind farm at Redcar.

Visitor

On top of Dale Head in the Lake District we came across a pair of British Tortoiseshell butterflies. At least I think that's what they are.I can only imagine they were opportunistic visitors because they didn't look suitably well prepared for the normal conditions up there. One of them stayed still just long enough to get its photograph taken.

Dale Head

Looking North from Dale Head near Keswick towards Skidaw and Blencathra.

Robinson

At 737m Robinson lays in the close to Dale Head in the North West of the Lake District. the picture is looking across a tarn at the summit looking over towards Great Gable.

Sunset at Marske

I've managed to miss most of the sunsets during a great week until I planned ahead last night and took my camera on my nightly dog walk. I also took along a mono-pod to support the camera during longer shutter times.

After trying various settings I set the camera to full manual control so I could artificially darken the picture to bring out some of the colours. The sky was a little hazier than previous nights but it turned out ok for a first attempt. F8, 1/40 sec and iso 100. The shot was taken from Marske looking west along the beach towards Redcar and its wind turbines.

SRB Photographic

I was looking around for a supplier to mate my new wide angle lens to my Olympus C7070, as its a few years old the bits are getting harder and harder to find. A supplier put me on to SRB and they have a huge stock of lenses and stepping rings to convert different size threads. If they don't have the stepping ring you require they can manufacture one to suit. Great service and fast delivery.
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A Bright Beginning

I felt I should be hit with some inspiration but you can't have everything. The view is from Marske along the beach towards Saltburn with Huntcliffe beyond and taken on my Samsung. It was a case of being in the right place at the right time if not with the ideal equipment.

Whitby in the Sun

Recently I acquired an Olympus C7070 to go in my Ikelite underwater housing and decided to give it a run out on Saturday to Whitby. The C7070 is the upgraded version of the original C5060, the 2 main advantages I have found so far are an increased pixel count from 5.5 to 7.1 and a greater range of f stop options. Its worth remembering that this camera is around 12 years old.

After The Storm

Taken after the recent storm surge that hit the east coast on my Samsung.