The Lake District - Where To Shoot?

If that book is anything like the one that fotoview do on North Wales, it will be well worth purchasing.

I would take a look at this Flickr group, its been running since 2005 and has over 85k photos of that area.

https://www.flickr.com/groups/lakedistrict/pool/

Flickr also has a World Map, on which you can zoom in and search for photos. Some people geotag their photos, so you will be able to see where they're taken from. You need to zoom in, click Search the Map, and then click on the Go button. It will then pop lots of pink dots in the area of the map you're looking at. You can then either click on the pink dots or click and scroll through the pictures on the bar. The blue arrows will load in a new selection or take you back.

Flickr World Map can be found at

https://www.flickr.com/map

Well worth getting an OS Map of the area as well.
 
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Andy90 said:
If that book is anything like the one that fotoview do on North Wales, it will be well worth purchasing.

I would take a look at this Flickr group, its been running since 2005 and has over 85k photos of that area.

https://www.flickr.com/groups/lakedistrict/pool/

Flickr also has a World Map, on which you can zoom in and search for photos. Some people geotag their photos, so you will be able to see where they're taken from. You need to zoom in, click Search the Map, and then click on the Go button. It will then pop lots of pink dots in the area of the map you're looking at. You can then either click on the pink dots or click and scroll through the pictures on the bar. The blue arrows will load in a new selection or take you back.

Flickr World Map can be found at

https://www.flickr.com/map

Well worth getting an OS Map of the area as well.
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Thank you :)
 
There are so many good places but it largely comes down to time of day and cloud level (if appropriate).

Use SunCalc if you want to capture the sun in a particular valley:
http://suncalc.net/#/54.4936,-3.0563,10/2015.06.27/12:23

Take a look at the mountain forecast if you're capturing views to understand potential cloud base levels:
http://www.mwis.org.uk/english-welsh-forecast/LD/

As already suggested, an OS map showing elevation will help with a mountain forecast and you can pick out lines of sight.
 
Marzipanogram said:
Thank you :)
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No problem.

I took a look at your website. Some astounding images there, I suspect some of the shots you might take in the Lake District may be something rather nice.

Having only had a quick look at some of your pictures and noting that you've taken quite a few shots of Cathedrals and Churches, have you ever been to St. Giles Catholic Church in Cheadle, Staffordshire. If you haven't you should go, it is stunning.

Another place you might like is Port Sunlight and the Lady Lever Art Gallery on the Wirral - some really nice stuff in the Gallery.
 
Andy90 said:
No problem.

I took a look at your website. Some astounding images there, I suspect some of the shots you might take in the Lake District may be something rather nice.

Having only had a quick look at some of your pictures and noting that you've taken quite a few shots of Cathedrals and Churches, have you ever been to St. Giles Catholic Church in Cheadle, Staffordshire. If you haven't you should go, it is stunning.

Another place you might like is Port Sunlight and the Lady Lever Art Gallery on the Wirral - some really nice stuff in the Gallery.
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St Giles. I think there is a market stall photographer in Newcastle who did a brilliant HDR of it. If I am not mistaken, is it the one where you have to put a £1.00 coin in the meter (or something to that effect?)
 
Ice Globe said:
There are so many good places but it largely comes down to time of day and cloud level (if appropriate).

Use SunCalc if you want to capture the sun in a particular valley:
http://suncalc.net/#/54.4936,-3.0563,10/2015.06.27/12:23

Take a look at the mountain forecast if you're capturing views to understand potential cloud base levels:
http://www.mwis.org.uk/english-welsh-forecast/LD/

As already suggested, an OS map showing elevation will help with a mountain forecast and you can pick out lines of sight.
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Good advice

There's many places too shoot in the lakes and in my opinion it's best to get out there and look around for potential shots rather than do you're own take on places that are shot by the many, I just feel it gets boring seeing the same old places but in a different composition or light

One thing I like to do is to drive around some of the lesser known areas and pick out potential places for shooting, then go back sometime about an hour and a half before sunset and get a few shots, just remember the sun will dip below the mountains before true sunset so you need to get out earlier before any decent light fades too much. I'm lucky though as the lakes are on my door step so its easy for me to get out as often as I like

Some of the better views you will need to get up high which is problematic because the better light will be at the beginning or end of the day, so you're either going up or down in the dark, not recommended in the fells especially for anyone who doesn't know the area, one way around that is to wild camp but that means taking camping gear and camera gear, I feel knackered even thinking about it.

There is of course some roads that go quite high so you can always find a small spot to park and have a quick walk for a better viewpoint
 
ethan said:
St Giles. I think there is a market stall photographer in Newcastle who did a brilliant HDR of it. If I am not mistaken, is it the one where you have to put a £1.00 coin in the meter (or something to that effect?)
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Yes they keep the main lights off most of the time to avoid fading the paintwork. It's one of those Churches that make you go "wow" even before you go in.

Looks like a perfectly normal shire church on the approach, then you see the front door which is bright red and has what look like stylised dogs in brass on the door. Apparently it cost £40,000 by the time it was finished in 1846.
 
Ice Globe said:
There are so many good places but it largely comes down to time of day and cloud level (if appropriate).

Use SunCalc if you want to capture the sun in a particular valley:
http://suncalc.net/#/54.4936,-3.0563,10/2015.06.27/12:23

Take a look at the mountain forecast if you're capturing views to understand potential cloud base levels:
http://www.mwis.org.uk/english-welsh-forecast/LD/

As already suggested, an OS map showing elevation will help with a mountain forecast and you can pick out lines of sight.
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Thank you, I'll check that out :)


Andy90 said:
No problem.

I took a look at your website. Some astounding images there, I suspect some of the shots you might take in the Lake District may be something rather nice.

Having only had a quick look at some of your pictures and noting that you've taken quite a few shots of Cathedrals and Churches, have you ever been to St. Giles Catholic Church in Cheadle, Staffordshire. If you haven't you should go, it is stunning.

Another place you might like is Port Sunlight and the Lady Lever Art Gallery on the Wirral - some really nice stuff in the Gallery.
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Thank you Andy for taking the time to look :)
I've just started to get back into landscape photography, after just shooting architecture.
Recent visits to Wales/Anglesey giving great results. Especially Mt Snowdon covered in snow.

I'll check out that church and Port Sunlight, I've not been to either.
 
Britains favourite view - Wastwater

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Make sure you pop into the Strands inn for a few of our own beers brewed on site :)

You're welcome
 
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