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Revisiting that landmark in snow was something that I wanted to do for quite a while. Unfortunately there was not so much snow left down in the valley and the sky was close to awful so the image sis not turn out as I hoped to do. Anyway, I like quite a lot.
That was slippy, man I tell you ;)
Having a hard time in Lightroom with this light conditions. If you have suggestions, please share in the comments!
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Fanad lighthouse is situated on the tip of the Fanad peninsula in Co. Donegal about 5 miles north of Portsalon. It is windswept and rugged and lashed by heavy winds and seas coming in off the Atlantic ocean. Great care must be taken as the grass on the banks around the lighthouse are quite slippy and dangerous in high winds or big seas when the crash up over the rocks. Yet it is a stunningly beautiful setting
Caught the snow down the Arboretum today. Only 16:45 in the afternoon and it was dead quiet. It felt like something out of Narnia!
It's a bit of a climb down from the cliff tops above, and reminded me very much of going down to the Devil's Pulpit in Finnich Glen. Tricky and slippy after rain. There is a single thick rope tied to a post at the top which you can "rappel" down if you don't mind hands getting muddy, but it is better than slipping down and getting a muddy arse. I didn't see any seals at the bottom amongst the jumble of boulders and the stacks were less pronounced against the sky than I expected. Do I recommend going down there? Yes, I do, have good boots and reasonable fitness, despite warnings about disturbing seals and having to fight them off. And getting back up was easier than expected too
After enduring a half mile trip in a metal boat along a small, almost claustrophobic tunnel that they used for mining lead ( I can't imagine how it must have been for the miners and the children they used to jump up and down on the bellows to keep the air clean!!! ), we eventually reached this cavern, which was only a bit impressive, on the scale of impressive caverns. We were lucky that our hard hats took the impact of the tunnel roof - poor Peter who used to be 6'3" tall ( I think he has shrunk a bit in recent years, but please don't tell. him I said that!) took the most hits and came away with a bad neck!! When we got off the boat we had to climb 107 wet slippy steps to get back up to ground level. Peter was wearing Birkenstocks as he forgot to pack his shoes!!!!! All in all, for £20 each, we would rather have gone on a cruise ship during Covid!
This picture was taken on Saturday, the third day of lying snow in Inverness. It was really slippy now as it had been raining.
Now we have no snow at all, it was wet and windy yesterday.
Feeling satisfyingly tired I was nearing the end of my walk, I had a couple of photo’s I was happy with, enough to take the edge of the month lockdown looming ahead of us. Walking through the last wood of the day I see this sessile oak in grand autumn attire. As I hadn’t captured a nice oak this autumn I decided on one last effort was needed to see if this tree could be framed. So I climbed a very slippy wet muddy tussock strewn hillside to get a better prospective, took a couple of photos but it wasn’t looking good. As I made the effort to get the hight rather than go straight back down to the path I decided to skirt the hillside to see if I could stumble on a better photo, luckily I found this gem of an oak growing horizontally covered in moss. The autumn colours were perfect but what really caught my eye was moss, it was glowing. I could see how I wanted to take the photo but I couldn’t get the tripod right or higher enough because of an obstructing tree. In the end It could only be a handheld job with me stretching upright against the tree. I took a few photos always trying to remove the skylight about the mountains and then made my way to the path, knowing that a great day had just got even better.
These falls really are off the beaten track. Nowhere to park the car, no paths to follow and no way down the steep sides of the gorge the Arnprior Burn runs through at this point. You have to do a lot of back tracking and crossing and re-crossing the burn and in the end just wading up it clambering over fallen trees and slippy rocks... until rounding a bend there they are: a 20'/6m cascade that tumbles from one gorge section into another in a wide rocky bowl, sides lush with green mosses and ferns and liverworts. It's a grand forgotten spot.
I was still following the track from Ashton Farm up to Smithton in Inverness. The track was extremely slippy so I was keeping to the middle as much as possible.
Going through my images I shot in 2017 and came across this shot which I rejected for reasons I cannot remember. This is a view towards Edale and the treacherous road leading to it. It brings back a memory of two light painters stood on an extremely windy hill in the dark thinking they must be crazy!
Scale force waterfall has a drop of 120 feet been after this for a while now early start 2 hour drive half hour walk and a 2 minute slippy clime up a rock face and to be created by this beauty
These are the sea defences at New Brighton in Merseyside. They are tricky to get into as the are in a deep recess. This shot involved a precarious traverse across some slippy rocks.
Didn't venture further down the banking as I was on my own and it was quite slippy, although a better shot could have been taken from that location, but Safety first.
The lens is set manually and I missed the change so the camera thinks that the Takumar fisheye is a 250mm tele - probably adding to some of the considerable peripheral blur. The tripod was only just on a slippy and high tree stump and the local hunt were arriving either side of the site on mass, so again plenty of excuses. I passed the shot through in BW to bring out some of the surface textures.
AJ
60009 Union Of South Africa taking it easy as it moved off from Burrs Station. All a bit slippy on a frosty morning in the Irwell Valley. Quite a while before it was back up the line so it was off to the Lamppost Cafe in the country park and then an explore of some footpaths on the other side of the River Irwell.
I've had quite a few good shots this morning, so it's wise posting another one today i guess. Now that it's not flooded any more, the dock is accessible from both sides. but it's slippy as hell is some areas. shot early this morning.
70-200 f4 L
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The Strid & Strid Wood
The spectacular Strid is where the broad River Wharfe becomes suddenly narrow and the water rushes with great force. The Strid was formed by the wearing away of softer rock by the circular motion of small stones in hollows, forming a series of potholes which in time linked together to form a deep, water filled chasm.
Please note the Strid is very dangerous and lives have been lost. Please take notice of the advice signs in this area and stay well back from the edge.
The Strid is wider than it looks and the rocks are usually very slippy.
The Strid gets its name from the Anglo Saxon 'Stryth' meaning Turmoil or Tumult; corrupted into Strid, from the possibility of striding across the channel.
The Strid is easily accessible from Sandholme car park. It is approximately a twenty minute walk through Strid Wood from the Cavendish Pavilion. This path is suitable for wheelchairs. Alternatively, the Strid can be accessed from Strid Wood car park. This route takes ten minutes, however, the path is uneven in places and terrain easy to moderate.
This ancient woodland is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and one of the largest areas of acidic oak woodland in the Yorkshire Dales. It is renowned for the flora and fauna, particularly the carpets of bluebells in Spring. Follow the colour coded nature trails through the wood and relax and enjoy the view from one of the many carefully positioned seats. There are walks to suit all ages and abilities including the green trail. This popular trail which is suitable for wheelchairs follows the west bank of the River Wharfe from the Cavendish Pavilion to the Strid.
Visitors are asked to keep their dogs on a lead whilst in the woods to avoid disturbing the animals and to prevent damage to the fragile woodland plants.
you all asked for ireland in the snow
so here you go
i couldnt get out with the bad weather so
i could only take photos from the house
oooops i had to put some colour in hahah
snow is not my thing at all
and i swore i would not do any winter shots
but since so many asked me to do ireland in the snow
i tried my best as i could not get out
you do not need to comment these i only put them up as i was asked to
all these photos were taken out through the windows of my house
i didnt even go outside to take them as it was so slippy
There's an old phrase, finding needles in haystacks. I've been using it for years and it basically implies searching for the almost impossible. So when I'm shooting a star trail image, the plane trails visible in the layers are quite literally like trying to find needles in haystacks!
Last night, specifically a Saturday night, I was doing nothing in particular other than resting my weary bones after the previous night's lightpainting in a slippy and treachorous cave. I looked at the weather forecast and saw that it was clear! It's been a very long time since the conditions were right for anything like astrophotography so I dragged my carcass off the couch and drove 40 miles to Magpie Mine. There isn't many chances like this so it's a case of grab it while you can!
A wee shot at dawn. The eagle eyed will have spotted that I took this at f5.6 which is a wee bit wide for a landscape. I was actually set up facing the other way when I realised the view was better behind me. A steep, slippy bank with no space for a tripod meant I had to clamber into position quickly to take this. Its uncropped, untilted and is a single RAW file edited in LR4.
No flashy invites and no graphics please. The new Flickr is nice to look at but takes an age to load even without that sort of thing. Graphics will be deleted.
I felt quite enclosed while walking through the trees so decided to capture the feeling even though I wanted to move along & out of the scene, cold slippy & getting snagged by branches
A certain somebody tried to follow Vivica into the tunnels… It was a bit slippy so he started to reverse, but that was tricky too! He went forward and luckily came out the other side Tunnels are not made for mooses.
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Chocolate Moose by @red_riverroad and tunnel by @crashboxcustoms
A panorama of the Highlands of Scotland taken from the top of the Coire na Tulaich ravine on Buachaille Etive Mòr in Glencoe. In the far distance to the left is Ben Nevis, the UK's highest mountain, surrounded by the lesser mountains of Carn Dearg, Aonach Mor, and the 'Stobs'. In the mid distance left to right are: Stob Ban, Sgurr a' Mhaim, An Gearanach, Binnein Mor and Beag, Sgurr Eilde Mòr, with the Blackwater to the right. In the foreground are the mountains of Glen Coe, Beinn a'Chrulaiste to the right and Stob Mhic Mhartuin to the left. The Devil's Staircase is the trail mid left leading up and over to Kinlochleven. The walls of the Coire na Tulaich ravine are left and right in shot, with the car park of Altnafeadh far below and Lagangarbh cottage.
I began the climb in darkness with my son and daughter and conditions were tricky. The temperature was freezing making the rock climbs slippy as they were covered in verglas. Once up top we climbed to Stob Dearg, the highest point of Buacahille Etive Mor and had breakfast sheltering from the wind. The temperature with wind chill was minus 16, a 'wee bit nippy' as we say in Scotland. Overall, a great day in the mountains.
Now both my arthritic hips have been consigned to the unwanted medical parts bin and replaced by shiny, new ones, it's really very much easier to get to the shoreline at this wonderful cove. The big, slippy rocks just don't seem so daunting as they previously did! Saying that though, the surgeon would probably have a fit if he saw how I'm mistreating his work!
Thanks for looking and thanks folks for the views, comments and favourites on my last few posted images.
Tony
It was a beautiful sunny day in Inverness. The River Ness was really swollen after all the snow that fell yesterday afternoon. It was a good day to be out but the pavements were very slippy.
Mum got her Covid jag today one of the first at her surgery in Inverness, she is none the worse just a little sleepy.
This was a new location for me for shooting and one I have to say I really liked, so much potential here from both sides of the bridge, myself, Brad Eide - www.flickr.com/photos/58071954@N08/ , and Mike Muddy Boots - www.flickr.com/photos/muddybootsuk had spent some time this day up at Stanley Ghyll falls which had been great (images to come) and we had decidced to walk back via here to check it out....
When we got here we all kind of had a look around for potential spots to shoot from as there was a large group of what can only be described as lunatics on the bridge jumping into the water with wetsuits on... as you do!! while they were busy getting wet it gave us time to slow down and pick our spots, and I decided on this one across the river, it looked ideal, but it didn't look ideal for getting to with a fence to climb and a big slippy looking bank to scamble down which ended abrubtly with a nice big drop into the water... amazingly (for me) this was dealt with without incident and resulted in this shot, Brad (wisely) I think thought he had better not go back to his wife with his arms and legs in plaster and decided to shoot from the opposite side with good results also.
This will definitelty be a great spot in Autumn and one I'll be coming back to to have a go at from Brads side, not long after this was taken it started to pour down so moving around for more images wasn't happening on this day.
Of note on top of the bridge on one of the parapets we noticed 2 markers carved into the stone where the river had flooded right over the top of the bridge!! one in 1890, and another one in 1962, that's some serious water level, we decided to press on just incase it happened again.
A vlog by Mike of our trip can be found here- really worth a watch -
Sorry about the title, but it does adequately cover this scene at Birks Bridge in the Duddon Valley, Cumbria. I was hoping for some lovely swirling water beneath the bridge, but I seriously misjudged the scale of the rain we have endured here in July. The place was a raging torrent of water with slippy, boggy ground making approaches the river treacherous. Here you can see the heather in flower and a number of hikers taking a well earned rest on this ancient packhorse bridge.
I think the portrait mode helps show the watercourse better than a shot in landscape mode!
By heck, it was chilly this morning. Plenty of ice around but strangely not slippy underfoot which was good for my early morning walk on which I took this shot.
Simply a frozen puddle with a little stone creating some nice lines and patterns in the ice. A nicely abstract start to the week.
To stand here and experience the freezing winds and temperature was quite something. I did not venture down onto the shoreline because it looked so slippy and I was close enough here. The sky was grey but it was not raining it was just so cold!!!
No #124 on Explore, 10/10/2018
a long exposure from a walk to scale force near crummock water, uk. this waterfall is in two sections, the lower is about 12 feet high but doesnt really offer anything special. The higher falls however are a different matter. Once you have climbed up the very slippy lower section you are greeted with these gorgeous views of the falls with vibrant greens all around you. this was a tricky shot to take as the spray off the falls were substantial, so i blended 2 exposures to get the movement i wanted in the water and one to keep the details.
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He doesn't stop .. this was about his 5th time up and down this rock! Very slippy day too as it was raining. Reminds me of this border collie song by Rich hall .. frenetic! (but wouldn't have it any other way!)
The pathway became very rugged and covered in roots growing right over the narrow path !!
You really have to watch how you walk, it can be slippy too near the River.
Also known as Trwyn Du Lighthouse stands at 29m tall in the eastern extremity of Anglesey North Wales, The Lighthouse has a stepped-base designed to discourage the huge upsurge of waves that had afflicted earlier lighthouses on the site and reduce the force of the water at the bottom of the tower.
When we arrived the tide was out leaving lots of green moss and extremely slippy rocks. I was walking for no more than about 1 minute before i flipped up and landing flat on my back thankfully nothing more than a few bruises and a cut on the arm as i left the camera gear in the car to have a look around first.
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Fortuitously got exactly the angle to fire sparks almost into the camera. The rocks were too slippy to go wandering further out in the dark. Tide was just starting to go out. I reckon mebbe a walking pole and wellies might do the trick to get out on top of a table rock though.