Yes, echoed by me, these are lovely. I was hoping for mist like this, but the sunrise was a good second best.

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David

Well done Neil, very impressive.

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David

That makes sense John, thanks for the explanation. Funny thing is, I had a chat with the guy who was clearly leading the group and mentioned to him there were some good lead-ins on the other side and as I walked away he set of to have a look! BTW, the image you've linked to, how did you get to that particular shot?

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David

Thanks for the responses so far everyone, as you can probably guess, I was just playing devil's advocate and hoping to prompt some interesting debate. I have no idea why they were positioned where they were, or what they were trying to achieve, they may indeed have had a specific shot in mind.

However, it struck me as I was there that everyone was on the gravelly (boring?) bit of the shoreline, except me. I suspect this was more to do with the terrain being more difficult where I was, in that getting to the right place involved a bit of scrambling over rocks, nothing strenuous, but not flat gravelly terrain.

Also, I was surprised no-one else was using a low perspective, there were 5 or 6 guys with tripods, all of them set to full height, plus a few others without tripods who were all stood up at full height. Any views on this anyone?

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David

Both good suggestions, either would be good with me.

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David

Possibly Stu, but even so why wouldn't they want better foreground details? They could still have used big stoppers from a better vantage point? Also, you could still use the fence if you were the other side of it.

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David

Fabulous shots, professional and polished. The model is very attractive too. I'm no expert on portraiture, but I know I like these.

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David

This morning I was down on the shore of Derwentwater, hoping for mist or a great sunrise. In the event we got the sunrise with no mist. I was at Friar's Crag, a small outcrop of rock just outside Keswick. There were numerous photographers there (me plus another ten or so), of which there was a group of about five or six, plus a few single guys scattered about. Of all the people there, I was the only one in amongst the rocks on the shoreline at Friar's Crag, all of the others were on the flat gravel part of the shore, the other side of the fence. In the first photo you will see where the group was, although when I took the image the five or six had dwindled to two. The second photo is one that I took from my vantage point in the rocks. The group was I think some learners, plus a guy giving tuition. I respectfully mentioned to them that where I had been provided some great lead-in shots, with rocks, a fallen branch, the fence and other interesting foreground details. Where they were stood there was just gravel and the fence. I think they were in the wrong place, but I would be interested to know what everyone on here thinks?

BTW, where I was is in the extreme right of the first image, to the right of the fence.

Togs in wrong place?



My vantage point, with fortunate duck on stone



Just a bit of fun.

Oh yes, another thing that made me think they missed some opportunities, they all had tripods but none were set low. So their reflections would not be as good as they could be, neither the foreground detail. I had no tripod, but used live view to get the camera as low as possible. Again, what do you think?

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David

I don't think kitkat1 will be suggesting it, so maybe someone else needs to pitch in. If we set up a meet, maybe it should be somewhere in the North Yorkshire area, to bridge the gap between the two points where most Northern members appear to reside, i.e. there are a good few of us in South & West Yorkshire / North Derbyshire, also in the North East of England. Maybe somewhere around Malham would be a suggestion?

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David

Hi to Karen too