Thinking about what to write to accompany this piece, I'm struck by my familiar thought processes. Yep the story here was like many others, and one of frustration. We had spent the day in Kesick, as rain was forecast and we needed places to shelter. (For those of you that don’t know, it a medium size picturesque town, full of outdoors shops). But as is often with forecasts, they were wrong and the damp weather mixed with the humid air, meant that a wonderful patchy hill fog developed. Now it was early evening when we ventured back and the wonderful drive back through some of the most dramatic areas in the Lake District, gave me that familiar twitch… I have a recognisable twitch, (not literary by the way, it just feels involuntary) that keeps me on the edge of my seat with my eyes not focused on the road obsessing about details. Now this is normally set off by evening light or storms, but this time the fogy atmosphere gave me a bad case.
Now some of you may not have the same feeling, but to sum up, it’s the frustration that you have perfect conditions but not the optunity to jump out and selfishly take the hour or so, (whilst the kids and Cathy are in the car cursing me). So in order to save my marriage some ‘perfect’ situations have to be let go. Now normally I have some teeth gritted patience, and I did go for ten miles before I just had to take the risk and stick my neck out and suggest that I come back to this place.
Anyway it was totally worth the abuse I got, when I did come back to the pub I left Cathy and kids in, as the atmosphere there was just totally fantastic. It was very quiet and still when I arrived, and to be honest rather spooky. I kind of expected the Lochness monster to pop up and take me under. I heard some strange noises, some kind of birds of pray and I'm sure I saw a dear through the mist, but it could have been a black bear tiger or yeti. Anyway it really felt out there in the wild.
Unfortunately it was drizzling and I had the bright idea of taking the massive umbrella to keep the lens clean and free from steaming up, but I found it irritating holding the thing between my legs whilst trying to compose the shot. (I’d have found it funny for some one to take my photograph in this contorted state, but only for a few minutes!) Anyway if I could ignore the biting midges and humid heat it was perfect.
God I love this place! If you haven’t been on your own in an isolated hostile place like this, I truly recommend it, these places give you an incite to nature unspoiled by humans. How perfect they are. It reminds me of a sign I saw in the Himalayas whilst trekking “Take only photographs and leave nothing but footsteps”
Wonderful shot, and I'm so glad that Myles is giving up his, ur, uh, other hobby. That should preserve his eyesight for photography and spotting the slow moving animals
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Mist & fog are always tricky to shoot i feel yet i agree there is something spookily special about being in the thick of it. It seems to quieten everything around & all noise is surpressed . I had the same experience down at knotford nook at 5am in the morning, eerie yet it was though i wanted to be there. Its a great feeling especially around still waters & this image really makes you feel you are there, alone yet surrounded.
Nice work Jason .......fancy chasing some poppies ?
Another of your meditative shots that I can happily lose myself in. It's all the better for knowing this place well.
I fully support the idea that more people should exposure themselves to the awe of nature in the raw, alone, it's a beautiful feeling.
Great work - always a pleasure to read your thoughts on screen and admire your stunning work. Really gives me something to aim towards.
I sometimes think that our interests teach us the value of what else we have, as we are forced to appreciate someone or something else other than ourselves - be it friends, family, pets. The older (if only wiser!) I get, the more life seems to be about finding right balance. Let's hope that in the end, that makes us a better person. I was wondering recently, however, whether too much balance is a bad thing: maybe we need to balance our balance and sometimes reach for the extremes?! I think I might leave that thought buried for a while and dig it up later.
Technical: 7
I think that picture is well exposed the higher exposure might blow away the center of the picture. Higher contrast will help you here in bringng out the rocks,
Composition: 6
I liked the composition here. The picture makes you look to the horizon. Your eye roll around the picture to see and experience the calmness. I agree that it will look much better in BW.
Impact: 7
Very mysterious looking effect. The picture does not stand out in all the images. It needs to be seen on larger picture to see the effect.
Commercial Viability: 5
I am not sure ... it may be used by chiripractors or yoga classes.
Grade 6.25/10 as seen in
Technical: 7
Image is very small but looks to be in sharp focus. It looks a little underexposed. A little more exposure would have brought out the rocks a little better.
Composition: 6.5
Nice composition with the hills/fog leading the viewers eye to never never land. I like the rocks in the water in the foreground and the stillness of the water. I think the image may be better if it was all monotone.
Impact: 7 Overall scene is very ethereal. I like images like this that make the viewer wonder what is on the other side. They tend to take the viewer someplace else. This image just does not have a killer impact that way. Perhaps it's because of the overall darkness of the image.
Commercial Viability: 5 I am not certain how this image could be used in a commercial setting.
Grade 6.75de)/10 as seen in
Technical: (6.5/10)
(The exposure is done well, the polarizer adds a nice texture with the stones in the foreground. The horizon is straight, and the reflection is not too dark. No discernible noise. Focus is crisp, and the depth of field is nice and wide. Overall, well done.)
Composition: (7/10)
(The placement of the mountains really anchors this photo, allow my eye to explore the rest of the photo and not get lost. Like I said, I really like the stones in the foreground, and the mist really adds a sense of mystery.)
Impact: (7/10)
(Moody, mysterious, and a little foreboding.)
Commercial Viability: (5.5/10)
(I could see this being used in advertisement, but I cannot really think of a ton of uses.)
Grade (6)/10 as seen in
I don't know what I like best: the story or the photo! I so much relate to your description of driving through a wonderful landscape with my eyes searching the perfect composition while the family is on a different planet than me.
The photo is very good. The stones in the water, the reflection, the mist, the hills in the background. It is all very mystic and interesting.
(Seen in my contacts photos).
Wow guys cheers for the positive comments....
And @jtravism I need to slow down too! (o:
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