Monday, and the weather was fair. After a walk on Sunday we decided on a more leisurely day and photographs at Aira Force waterfall near Ullswater.
Aira Force
The National Trust car park at Aira Force just off the Ullswater lake-side road between the A66 and Glenridding is usually busy through the summer season, but not too bad at this time of the year. We paid the fairly expensive car park fee (about £5 from memory I think for 4 hours).
It's a short walk to the lower bridge at the bottom of the falls, about a mile I guess, though quite a bit uphill.
It was good with it not being busy, giving me a chance to set up my SLR camera (Canon 6d) on a tripod, and using a 10 stop neutral density filter and slow shutter speeds: gives the pleasant blurry/milky water effect. The sun shining through the canopy helped too.
Also a chance to get off the path and carefully down to almost stream level, to get shots looking up towards the lower bridge.
Pooley Bridge (Ullswater)
The plan was to take a motor boat out onto the lake, but this plan soon failed when we found the boat place closed. Ah well, there was always photos and ice cream on such a pleasant day!
The view across Ullswater from Pooley Bridge marina to the Earl of Portland boathouse. You can stay there for mini-breaks (for a price!!)
Reflections on Ullswater
Kirkstone Pass- "The Struggle"
After ice-cream in Pooley Bridge, we headed to Ambleside and I bought a new ruc-sack which doubles as a SLR camera back - a Jack Wolfskin that does both jobs, nice! Then back via "The Struggle" over Kirkstone Pass and to Portinscale.
Portinscale Marina
An evening photo session, to try out my new camera ruc-sack and some more long exposure shots of the sunset over Portinscale Marina. (Similar to some shots I made earlier in the year but using my new SLR)
Fairly pleased with the top two, not sure about the last one...
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