At least not recently! A half-term visit to the North-East came with some lovely weather. The locations are not new (to me or the Forum), but I for one never tire of images of the Northumberland coast. Hope you agree! First is a walk along the coast from Craster to Low Newton-by-the-sea and back - and who could resist trying for the "perfect" picture of Dunstanburgh Castle? Our last visit saw crashing waves in the foreground; none of that this time but bright sunlight and some lovely skies. All K-1 + FA 28-105. Please feel free to comment.
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Thanks for your comments, all - "fascinating" is just the word I would use, too - makes one wonder how they all form!

Thanks for your comments, all - remiss of me not to respond sooner.

As per title - things that caught my eye along the canal towpath.
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Late January and very cold! The narrow canal and River Colne run very close to each other down the Colne Valley. A mixture of the two here. Sunlight getting through here and there, but no sign of a thaw in the shade. K1 + FA 28-105. Hope you like these! All comments welcome.
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Thanks, Steve. Snow is all gone for the time being! Still a few more to process from mid to late January!

Thanks. Your comments are appreciated.

Thanks for the clarification, Gareth. Personally I don't mind the dark bits - it's just the way things are.

Richard, my metering is very basic! ie. manually adjusting aperture, shutter speed and ISO so that the brightest parts of the image are not overexposed in the viewfinder; then bringing back any dark areas in processing. I've been using Affinity Photo for a good while now (just getting used to Version 2) and find it very good.

Lovely images. I am completely in awe of your skills!

To finish off, in some areas the wind had blown the snow into crazy shapes, while some close-ups need only a little imagination to see similarities with sand dunes - or was it just my wishful thinking?
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