The Lake District Trilogy ...

The challenge was set by Rob, our photographic "guide" for the weekend to come up with 3 images based on the animal, mineral, vegetable theme to be submitted at the end of the course, linked together somehow by shape, colours or some other appropriate connection.

From the outset I knew I would find this quite a challenge, being more of a "big picture" person, at least when it comes to photography, so I feel that there is a bit of a story behind these images!

My neandothol photographic (female) side (if such a thing can exist) often thinks "Ooooh, mountain, photo!" Or "Oooooh, waterfall, photo!" I guess this is quite primeval, and so I was on the lookout this weekend for something beyond the bigger picture.

That was at least for the first 10 minutes of shooting, as everything after that seems to have reverted to "big picture" so I guess a lesson can be learned here somewhere! So, although I have found 3 images on the theme, I didn't actually initially set out to put these 3 images together. It has been more of a collage created in the editing process as it were!

Light on snow, Derwent Water

Abstract water, Aira Beck

Tree Bark, Hawes End

As for the animal, mineral, vegetable theme I feel that the links are somewhat tenuous. I can assure you that if you look hard enough in the landscape scene there is a beached whale or a sleeping man, or a large jurassic serpent-type creature lying by a pool!

Chasing the light ...

A rainy Saturday evening gave way to a fairly dull Sunday morning, but the light came out to play for just a few minutes as we drove down the road from the centre. It was difficult to capture in the camera what the eye saw because of the contrasty scene, but it was well worth trying to! The rest of the day was spent down at Aira Force capturing the waterfall and stream. I would like to return here when there is some foliage to add a bit more colour and depth to the photos.

A wild Saturday night out in Keswick ...

The rain finally ebated and we ventured into Keswick to do some evening street photography. It wasn't that busy due to the weather, but we had one or two rather "interesting" conversations with the locals who must have thought we were all completely insane

Hawes End ...

Back down at lake-level the weather was a little dreary, so time for some close-ups rather than the panoramics!

Snowy Honister ...

A few kilometres down the road, and a few hundred metres up over Honister Pass, it was a cold and snowy scene ...

Light and snow, Derwentwater

Last weekend I enrolled on a photography course in the Lake District. As we drove towards Honister the light changed and lit up the snowy ridge ...