A Few Lake District Landscapes

Tooks · 14 Nov 2008 at 13:30

I was up in what I would guess is one of the most photographed places on earth last week, so thought it would be rude not to have a go myself!

The weather was not brilliant most of the time to be frank, but I took my kit out every day anyway, and got a few moments when the cloud and mist lifted and the sun poked through a bit. In some ways, it makes some of the pics more dramatic!

These were all shot in Raw and mostly with a 0.9/0.6 ND Grad square filter on the front. All on a D90 with the 18-105 kit lens. Processing wise, just converted from RAW and a bit of Shadow/Highlight, Contrast and Levels adjustment. The colours really were that vivid!

Any comments welcome!

Bennie-Mac · 14 Nov 2008 at 13:59

3rd picture is brilliant! Great colours and the reflection of the tree is nice

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 14 Nov 2008 at 15:04

got to agree! love the 3rd. Shame about the left hand side though.

booyaka · 14 Nov 2008 at 15:37

nice - 3rd one for me to

chino · 14 Nov 2008 at 18:38

I agree with the sentiments above, no.3 is my favourite. It's a shame that there isn't a bit more sun on no.4, I like the wall leading to the craggy middle.

As it happens I was also in the Lake District last week, always take my camera with me when I go out - it's so picturesque. It was better on the Sunday and Monday when I was there, managed to try out my new polariser! Annoyed at myself for not shooting them in RAW though.

Where were these pictures taken from?

georges · 14 Nov 2008 at 21:28

They look like nice photos.

What's happening with all the branches/edges of stuff? They seem quite jagged and unnatural

Tooks · 14 Nov 2008 at 22:28

Bennie-Mac said:
3rd picture is brilliant! Great colours and the reflection of the tree is nice

Fstop11 said:
got to agree! love the 3rd. Shame about the left hand side though.

booyaka said:
nice - 3rd one for me to

Cheers guys!

Unfortunately, there was a tree interrupting things just to my right too, and I tried cropping out the branches to the left but thought it looked wrong.

I tried to get to the location early on another day too, but alas the sun didn't show up!

I've got some others that are a bit further out, but the grass is just a bit un-interesting so this was the best one really.

Tooks · 14 Nov 2008 at 22:33

chino said:
I agree with the sentiments above, no.3 is my favourite. It's a shame that there isn't a bit more sun on no.4, I like the wall leading to the craggy middle.

As it happens I was also in the Lake District last week, always take my camera with me when I go out - it's so picturesque. It was better on the Sunday and Monday when I was there, managed to try out my new polariser! Annoyed at myself for not shooting them in RAW though.

Where were these pictures taken from?

Thanks for the comment!

Yes, the weather was definately frustrating last week! I spent as long as I dare waiting for any sun to hit the right spots, but I had to balance that with the family/dogs patiently waiting for me every time I decided to take a couple of shots! They were out for a walk, and I was out for a photoshoot so I couldn't spend as long as I would have liked at each spot.

Pics 1 and 2 are in the Borrowdale area, number 3 is opposite the badger bar on the road out of Grasmere, and 3 and 4 are at Alcot Tarn.

Where were you? Did you get any pics you want to share?!

Tooks · 14 Nov 2008 at 22:34

georges said:
They look like nice photos.

What's happening with all the branches/edges of stuff? They seem quite jagged and unnatural

I'm not sure really, I haven't sharpened them at all, although I understand that Flickr sharpen images when you upload them, although heaven knows why!

It's probably that, I'll have to look for another hosting service I think.

The_Abyss · 14 Nov 2008 at 23:02

I'd agree - the tree over the lake is un-naturally sharp.

Tooks · 14 Nov 2008 at 23:12

The_Abyss said:
I'd agree - the tree over the lake is un-naturally sharp.

Yes, I've just checked the tiff file generated from the RAW, and the hosted picture is definately over sharpened.

Short of inviting everybody round my house to view, there isn't a lot I can do about it now though!

Anybody recommend a good photo hosting service? I don't mind paying!

chino · 15 Nov 2008 at 18:18

Tooks said:
Thanks for the comment!

Yes, the weather was definately frustrating last week! I spent as long as I dare waiting for any sun to hit the right spots, but I had to balance that with the family/dogs patiently waiting for me every time I decided to take a couple of shots! They were out for a walk, and I was out for a photoshoot so I couldn't spend as long as I would have liked at each spot.

Pics 1 and 2 are in the Borrowdale area, number 3 is opposite the badger bar on the road out of Grasmere, and 3 and 4 are at Alcot Tarn.

Where were you? Did you get any pics you want to share?!

I know what you mean, it's always a balance between spending time waiting for the right moment and getting on with your walk!

I stayed around the Threlkeld area, here's a few I took. I'm not good at judging the quality of my photos, my memory of the moment tends to cloud my judgement. Taken with a D80 and the 50mm F1.8.

Would have liked a little bit of editing, but I'm photoshopless at the moment.

Helium_Junkie · 15 Nov 2008 at 19:58

You have some excellent shots there tooks

wildman · 16 Nov 2008 at 12:17

I personally like 4. The way the landscape goes back to that misty topped hill is awesome, almost like something you would epxect to see in Lord of the Rings

woodsy2k · 16 Nov 2008 at 13:07

In the OP, the first and third shots are awsome imho. Really well taken.

georges · 16 Nov 2008 at 13:10

Tooks said:
Yes, I've just checked the tiff file generated from the RAW, and the hosted picture is definately over sharpened.

Short of inviting everybody round my house to view, there isn't a lot I can do about it now though!

Anybody recommend a good photo hosting service? I don't mind paying!

For something like imageshack, I find http://www.imagehost.org/ work really well, and are free.

alexoc · 16 Nov 2008 at 13:45

you should have popped in for a brew I live about 5minutes away from one of those pics

Tooks · 20 Nov 2008 at 18:42

chino said:
I know what you mean, it's always a balance between spending time waiting for the right moment and getting on with your walk!

SNIP...

Would have liked a little bit of editing, but I'm photoshopless at the moment.

Sorry for the delay replying, been away with work!

I really like this one, lovely shot!

Where is it? I like the people you can just make out walking down the ridge.

Tooks · 20 Nov 2008 at 18:44

georges said:
For something like imageshack, I find http://www.imagehost.org/ work really well, and are free.

Thanks for the link, I'll have a look, and post a couple more pics with it to see if they suffer from the same 'sharpening'.

Thanks all for the feedback too, very nice of you to take the time!

chino · 21 Nov 2008 at 10:53

Tooks said:
Sorry for the delay replying, been away with work!

I really like this one, lovely shot!

Where is it? I like the people you can just make out walking down the ridge.

Cheers! The people on the ridge were the reason for the shot, I saw them higher up and had to wait for what felt like ages for them to come into view.

They're walking down the eastern most flank of Blencathra, Scales Fell I think it's called, looking in the general direction of Keswick. I think that's Threlkeld Knotts/Clough Head on the left.