Lake District Landscapes - Sibling Guardians

Sibling Guardians

#BrothersWater in the #LakeDistrict can be so beautiful.

An Honour Guard of trees protects a small islet against all who would invade.

Wet feet weren't strictly necessary here but I had to cut out the shore so in I went. :-)

Dorothy Wordsworth, having left William sitting on Cow Bridge, walked beside the lake on the 16th of April 1802, delighted with ‘...the boughs of the bare old trees, the simplicity of the mountains, and the exquisite beauty of the path...the gentle flowing of the stream, the glittering, lively lake, green fields without a living creature to be seen on them.’

Get out there and Discover the Lake District!

Thanks for looking in, please feel free to like/share, always appreciated.

Keith.

#getoutdoors #loveoutdoors #greatoutdoors #lakedistrict #discoverthelakedistrict

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Lake District Landscapes - Birks Bridge, Duddon Valley

Birks Bridge

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We came across Birks Bridge, and the gorge it spans, purely by chance as we drove through the Duddon Valley hunting for landscapes, en-route to shoot at another location. It was raining and we'd been up early so we pulled over in the small "layby" next to the bridge to crack open the flask of coffee.

It had been raining all night and we could see the River Duddon was in full spate so, after coffee, we decided to take a look over the bridge. The water gushing through the gorge was much deeper than we had expected, a crystal blue colour in places, and the cascade from upstream was impressive.

Landscapes

So, out came the gear and we set up for a quick shot. I had convinced myself that I could climb down a small path to a ledge, on the upstream side, just under the bridge, for a dramatic angle. In reality it was probably just a fox track and would have been dangerous (and Jill wouldn't let me), so we settled for the safety of the bridge.

 

 

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A tight crop focussed on the upstream cascade just before it passed under the bridge and produced one of our favourite printed landscapes.

 

What's your favourite - Colour or Black 'n' White??

A7r, f11, ISO 125, 47mm, 0.5 secs

 

Colour and mono prints available in our shop

 

 

 

 

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Links

National Trust - Birks Bridge

Wild Swimming - Birks Bridge

If you like our Lake District landscapes then check out another post - Lake District Landscapes - Skelwith Bridge

 

Getting there ...

Northumberland Seascapes - Stag Rock, Bamburgh

Seascapes

wilsøn photographics recently received a commission to produce a seascapes print of Stag Rock on the Bamburgh coastline in Northumberland.

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A trip close to sunset produced a lovely coloured sky, always nice over the Northumberland seascapes, and sunlight highlighted rock faces that really brought the Stag artwork to life and showed it of fantastically.

The Shot

A little long exposure allowed for an interesting foreground formed by the North Sea tide in Harkess Gut.

All-in-all a productive trip resulting in a fantastic colour print for the client.

The final touch was the fantastic print service provided by our Fine Art Trade Guild approved printer, Paul Grundy of UKV

"Print has arrived thanks so much, looks even better in the 'flesh' "

"Really top quality print-work, shows off the photo brilliant"

Getting there ...

Bamburgh Photo Shoot, Northumberland

Fruitful afternoon spent on the beautiful Northumberland coast at Bamburgh.

Managed to get some excellent landscape/seascape shots over towards Bamburgh Castle and the Farne Islands.

Sea was particularly interesting with crashing waves and plenty of surf, not to mention the fantastic weather providing some unusual blue and pink horizons.

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