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Yesterday afternoon I made a different tour up Windermere Western side, across via. Tarn Howes to Coniston, up Langdale then over Wrynose Pass, then down ****ley Beck and the Duddon Valley.
The first three from Tarn Howes, stacked out with visitors but I think I have eradicated them, together with the horrible footpaths the National Trust have constructed, thanks to Photoshop. The Langdale Pikes can clearly be seen in images #2 & 3.
All taken with the D800 and 24-120 f/4.0 initially using ISO 400, the first two locations I bracketed three exposures, the rest five, then HDR'd them in Lightroom. The lighting was difficult, with patches of bright low sunshine on an otherwise dull cloudy day. I felt the HDR gave me a fighting chance of capturing the range of lighting, which in most cases was a challenge to convey to the viewer.
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The next two are on the decent from Tarn Howes looking towards the North of the Coniston Valley.
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This is a small tarn just North of Coniston, the water was the flattest I have ever seen, a perfect mirror with almost no ripples. I just wish I had taken my Tripod... I raised the ISO from 400 to 1000 and opened the aperture to f/4
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The approach to Wrynose pass, although it was almost dark I just had to stop for this tree, pity about the wire fence. I just couldn't raise the energy to remove the fence in PS. I set the lens wide open, 1/40 sec. exposure, camera jammed down on a rock.
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Thanks for looking.
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Robert.