Scale Force Falls, Lake District
FOUR DAY LAKE DISTRICT AUTUMN WORKSHOP
Tues 31st October - Fri 3rd November 2017 £795
www.melvinnicholsonphotography.co.uk/product/lake-distric...
I took this photo yesterday while in the Lake District with friends and it is included in my latest YouTube video that I uploaded yesterday. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gkLBfbxYSY
And here's a feature that Ellie Harrison filmed earlier this year for the BBC TV show 'Secret Britain'. It shows just how difficult and remote this place is.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpSeD6-ZDws
Scale Force just happens to be my favourite waterfall in the Lake District. Partly because it is one of the quite incredible location it lies in (a narrow, 120ft deep, moss covered rock gorge an hour's walk up a large fell alongside Crummock Water) but also because it feels as though it has never been discovered by humans.
The green moss that lines the walls of the gorge is so vibrant that people will think that I have increased the saturation in Photoshop too much and the redness of the water actually does exist. It really is an absolutely special place of mine.
Behind the Scenes Info:
One of the challenges you will find shooting a 120ft waterfall like Scale Force is that it is actually three waterfalls and to climb up the incredibly slippery and near-vertical rock walls in order to reach the top one is dangerous and no mean feat.
The spray from the main waterfall as it drifts towards you and your camera means that it's a constant battle to keep the lens and filters dry. But if you preserve, this image is what you are likely to end up with.
I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did taking it.
Canon 5Ds
Canon 16-35mm f4 @ 16mm
f8
0.6 secs
ISO400
LEE 0.6 Soft Edge ND Grad filter
LEE 105mm Landscape Polariser
Gitzo GT3542XLS Tripod
Manfrotto 410 Tripod Geared Head
Mindshift Backlight 26L Bag
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Scale Force Falls, Lake District
FOUR DAY LAKE DISTRICT AUTUMN WORKSHOP
Tues 31st October - Fri 3rd November 2017 £795
www.melvinnicholsonphotography.co.uk/product/lake-distric...
I took this photo yesterday while in the Lake District with friends and it is included in my latest YouTube video that I uploaded yesterday. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gkLBfbxYSY
And here's a feature that Ellie Harrison filmed earlier this year for the BBC TV show 'Secret Britain'. It shows just how difficult and remote this place is.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpSeD6-ZDws
Scale Force just happens to be my favourite waterfall in the Lake District. Partly because it is one of the quite incredible location it lies in (a narrow, 120ft deep, moss covered rock gorge an hour's walk up a large fell alongside Crummock Water) but also because it feels as though it has never been discovered by humans.
The green moss that lines the walls of the gorge is so vibrant that people will think that I have increased the saturation in Photoshop too much and the redness of the water actually does exist. It really is an absolutely special place of mine.
Behind the Scenes Info:
One of the challenges you will find shooting a 120ft waterfall like Scale Force is that it is actually three waterfalls and to climb up the incredibly slippery and near-vertical rock walls in order to reach the top one is dangerous and no mean feat.
The spray from the main waterfall as it drifts towards you and your camera means that it's a constant battle to keep the lens and filters dry. But if you preserve, this image is what you are likely to end up with.
I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did taking it.
Canon 5Ds
Canon 16-35mm f4 @ 16mm
f8
0.6 secs
ISO400
LEE 0.6 Soft Edge ND Grad filter
LEE 105mm Landscape Polariser
Gitzo GT3542XLS Tripod
Manfrotto 410 Tripod Geared Head
Mindshift Backlight 26L Bag
UK & Iceland Landscape Photography Workshops, 1-2-1 Private Tuition, print sales and camera club lectures available
website: www.melvinnicholson.co.uk
email: info@melvinnicholson.co.uk
facebook: www.facebook.com/melvinnicholsonphotography
flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/melvin_nicholson
youtube: www.youtube.com/c/melvinnicholsonphotographycom
tripadvisor: Search for Melvin Nicholson Photography
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