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Ullswater is a bit of a nemesis for me, I’ve visited it many times, but rarely have I come away with many portfolio images.

This weekend was a fine example, the forecast for Saturday was ideal, but my glass back ensured that I was unable to make the trip, so the second best option was to visit on the Sunday even thought he forecast was nothing special.

I arrived well before sunrise so that I could find a good viewpoint, but was hindered by the shear number of wild campers along the shore of the lake, not that I have any problem with them, its just that I like to keep my distance from the tents, especially being about so early.

A mooch about didn’t find anything worth photographing, just one blue hour panoramic image along the lake looking towards Pooley Bridge from Glencoyne Bay, I decided to convert this to black & white during post processing.

Ullswater Panoramic

I then re-retraced my tracks back along the lake shore towards Mossdale Bay to find the boathouse.

I captured an O.K image from here where I tried to use the brickwork and character of the building to tell a story about the image. do you think I have achieved this, please let me know by way of a comment?

Ullswater Boathouse

From here I didn’t find anything worth photographing, so I drove up to Brothers Water to see if there was anything interesting there.

When I arrived at Brothers Water, the lakes surface was flat calm, but by the time I picked out a composition the wind had picked up causing ripples along the waters surface. So the waiting began, I was sure the wind would drop and allow me to get a nice reflection shot, waiting is the name of the game after all.

Hartsop Dodd reflection in Brothers Water

I got chatting to a fellow photographer who was present, he being from Cockermouth and me from Maryport. We had a interesting chat about all this photography, then said our farewells.

As I was about to leave, I decided to get a shot of the lone copse of trees on the edge of the lake, this image was probably the best of the morning, see below.

Copse of Trees

On reflection, another visit to Ullswater with no decent photos, flat light, and lack of compositions seen to this. This is why I see Ullswater as my nemesis, its a place where I rarely come away with anything special.

Still it was nice to get out again, as I need to make more of an effort and start getting out into the landscape more often.

Many thanks for reading, stay safe until the next news article from me.

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, in Isthmus bay, Derwent Water, Keswick in the English Lake District dressed in Autumnal colours. tony-tomlinson-photography. — 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, dressed in golden brown Autumnal coloured leaves.tony-tomlinson -photography — 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, dressed in golden brown Autumnal coloured leaves.tony-tomlinson -photography — 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.tony-tomlinson -photography — 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 in Borrowdale. tony-tomlinson-photography — 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 and Otter Island on Derwent Water looking towards Skiddaw and Walla Crag. tony-tomlinson-photography — Abbots Bay & Otter Island, Derwent Water looking towards Blencathra and Walla Crag.

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 I enjoy what I do.

Thank you for your likes, comments and shares, as always, until the next post, take care.

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Ullswater: My Nemisis

My one and only Autumnal photography of this Year