Managed a three day trip to the Lake District a couple of weeks ago. It was really hard work walking in the heat, even at altitude. Here's a 3-shot panorama, looking across Derwentwater from Walla Crag, hand-held with K-70 and Sigma 17-70mm and stitched together in Affinity Photo. Still working on the rest, so more to follow in due course!




All comments welcome, as always.

Can't resist skies "with character"! Three of my recent ones:
1. Sunrise off the Yorkshire coast



and two local ones on the same walk
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Thank you, Peter. As a “long arm” shot, it’s very impressive. It looks as if it was taken from quite a distance above the table, nonetheless. I’d guess your dogs thought it was a weird new game!

I’d go along with everything said above, but I’m intrigued by the viewpoint of the first one. It’s obviously what makes the shot so effective, but I can’t work out how you got the shot - is there a Pentax drone I don’t know about?

Wow! Super detail and lighting

Every one a winner! Super set!

Thanks for such interesting comments, particularly about the wider views. I wonder if they would have been received differently if not followed in the same post by such attractive close-ups. (That's not a boast about my photography, merely my feeling about the lovely plants!)

At the same time, I accept the comments about the wider views completely. I do agree with Steve (Lubbyman), though anyone who has never been to Harlow Carr could not share his comment about the wider views; and with John (Lennybloke). It does seem to have become almost compulsory to select favourites. I think sometimes we may shy away from constructive criticism for fear of offending; selecting favourites, I suppose, gets round this quite niftily.

Thanks, all. My wife was both surprised and pleased to get a mention!

Yes, Steve, the flowers and gooseberries are indeed in the same bed, though the gooseberries do tend to take up quite a lot of space

Thanks for your comments - much appreciated!

There was a special royal Jubilee event which meant that the place was pretty busy, but also in tiptop condition. Here's a (rather large) selection of the photos I took.
Wider views first, then close-ups. All with K-1 + FA 28-105. Please feel free to comment if you make it through to the end!
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