Steve Pellatt
More Indecision!
Colmer's Hill, Symondsbury, Dorset
© All rights reserved Steve Pellatt. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.
So it's yesterday evening and various weather apps are saying there is a chance of fog in Dorset but only 1 of them says anything about it being at one of the specific locations I'm thinking of. So do I give in to the temptation dangled by a recent Daniel Wreatham video on YouTube and wake up at 02:30 😣to then drive 1hr 45mins to Colmer's Hill where 1 app indicates there will be a little mist or have another 30mins in bed and go to Corfe Castle where none of the apps say fog will be present but if it's anywhere nearby it's normally there?
I decide to set my alarm for 02:30 and see if I get up and have my coffee made in time for Colmer's Hill which I have only scouted once, nearly a year ago. Well as you can tell in the end the lure of a new location overcame the draw of Corfe partly because I expected there to be a lot of people on West Hill this morning and I hate crowds as much as a certain Mr Hardcastle!
Having done a scouting trip and armed with the Dorset Fotovue book I set out at stupid O'clock for the long(ish) drive. I managed to get the last space in the layby by Quarr Ln (I think the two cars there were from the houses opposite) and set off to climb to the top of Quarry Hill in the dark and find a shooting spot.
The above 6 shot pano was taken mid way through Blue hour before some of the higher clouds coloured up but at the time when you see the light and colour changing by the second and can realise what a wonderful world we live in despite Mr. P's megalomania and all the cost of living stuff we are all suffering from. The period with the light doesn't last long but it's truly my favourite time of the day.
As you can see from the photo I did get a bit of a reward for the effort. Nowhere near as epic as that Daniel Wretham video but he is a pro so has more freedom to come when he wants and he did say he'd been trying for years with no luck previously.
That's the thing with us Togs...we always know no matter how good or bad a shot we take is there is the chance of bettering it if we come back enough.
To those in the UK enjoy your long weekend. For me next weekend will be a doubly new experience as it will be my first shoot in Northumberland and also the first photography workshop I have attended! Wish me good weather and good photos everyone please!
More Indecision!
Colmer's Hill, Symondsbury, Dorset
© All rights reserved Steve Pellatt. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.
So it's yesterday evening and various weather apps are saying there is a chance of fog in Dorset but only 1 of them says anything about it being at one of the specific locations I'm thinking of. So do I give in to the temptation dangled by a recent Daniel Wreatham video on YouTube and wake up at 02:30 😣to then drive 1hr 45mins to Colmer's Hill where 1 app indicates there will be a little mist or have another 30mins in bed and go to Corfe Castle where none of the apps say fog will be present but if it's anywhere nearby it's normally there?
I decide to set my alarm for 02:30 and see if I get up and have my coffee made in time for Colmer's Hill which I have only scouted once, nearly a year ago. Well as you can tell in the end the lure of a new location overcame the draw of Corfe partly because I expected there to be a lot of people on West Hill this morning and I hate crowds as much as a certain Mr Hardcastle!
Having done a scouting trip and armed with the Dorset Fotovue book I set out at stupid O'clock for the long(ish) drive. I managed to get the last space in the layby by Quarr Ln (I think the two cars there were from the houses opposite) and set off to climb to the top of Quarry Hill in the dark and find a shooting spot.
The above 6 shot pano was taken mid way through Blue hour before some of the higher clouds coloured up but at the time when you see the light and colour changing by the second and can realise what a wonderful world we live in despite Mr. P's megalomania and all the cost of living stuff we are all suffering from. The period with the light doesn't last long but it's truly my favourite time of the day.
As you can see from the photo I did get a bit of a reward for the effort. Nowhere near as epic as that Daniel Wretham video but he is a pro so has more freedom to come when he wants and he did say he'd been trying for years with no luck previously.
That's the thing with us Togs...we always know no matter how good or bad a shot we take is there is the chance of bettering it if we come back enough.
To those in the UK enjoy your long weekend. For me next weekend will be a doubly new experience as it will be my first shoot in Northumberland and also the first photography workshop I have attended! Wish me good weather and good photos everyone please!