This years Autumnal season has passed me by in a blink of an eye. I was astonished to find that it was over a month since I was last out with the camera, the joys of being a “Weekend Photographer”.
Even though family commitments were again taking preference, I was determined to get out on the Sunday morning, even though the forecast was not the best.
Because of the poor weather forecast, I was not prepared to plan a long journey, so it was off to Borrowdale to see what materialised, and hopefully include some woodland photography.
Has I approached Keswick there appeared to be the possibility of some mist over the Lake, so a short detour was the order of the day.
Upon arriving on the Lake Shore via Crow Park, the light was very nice indeed, Derwent Island was dressed in its Autumnal colours, a photograph waiting to be taken.
From here I quickly shot round to Isthmus bay, where I captured a lovely image of the old jetty looking out towards the Cumbrian Mountains.
Isthmus Jetty, Isthmus Bay, Derwent Water,
From the shore of Derwent Water, I made my way to Grange Fell where I was hoping to secure some woodland photography images, this is genre of photography is well outside my comfort zone, but I really wanted to get some images of the remaining Autumnal season.
Once up on the lower slopes of the Fell there were gorgeous shades of oranges, browns and reds on the trees, but the hard part is always finding compositions form the surrounding chaos.
Disappointingly the whole area was in shade, but the rising sun was beginning to strike the surrounding ridge lines, this was my starting point.
Silver Birch trees on a ridge line on Grange Fell in Borrowdale.
I then found several knurly old trees covered in green moss, (I’m sorry I am not sure what type of tree they are), these really attracted me to them, but by god, it takes some time to pick out a suitable composition, still you have to learn somewhere, haven’t we?
Knurled trees on Grange Fell in Borrowdale,
I then found what appeared to be a tree with three trunks, again a little pottering about to find the best place to shoot it, what do you think of this photo, does it create interest for you ?
A tree with what appears to be three trunks.
As I was walking out of the woods a stumbled across some small toadstool or fungi like plants hidden in the undergrowth, time for some macro photos, these plants looked really nice, so I was careful not to tread on any has I retuned to the path.
Fungi hidden on the floor of the woods on Grange Fell
After a really enjoyable time in the woods, I decided to head to the southern shores of Derwent Water to try my luck in capturing some images of the lovely morning light striking Otter Island and the surrounding areas. As I arrived the light was really nice, shining on Otter Island and the far side of Abbots Bay, as I began to set up sods law struck again, the sun became hidden behind the bloody clouds. Despite waiting for just over an hour, there was no sign of any improvement, so I decided to grab the panoramic image and head home for a well deserved breakfast.
Abbots Bay & Otter Island, Derwent Water looking towards Blencathra and Walla Crag.Â
It Just goes to show, the weather forecast is not always right, and I was well pleased to have made the effort to get out.
I thoroughly enjoyed the six hours that I was out during the morning on my adventures, I makes you relies how much IÂ enjoy what I do.
Thank you for your likes, comments and shares, as always, until the next post, take care.
