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.
