Day 2 of my trip out was around Malham. Another lovely sunny day and far too much to post in one go, so first up concentrates on water. K3 + DA 16-85. Please feel free to comment, as always.
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7 The approach to Malham Cove ... lighting difficulties solved (I hope) by B&W conversion ...


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9 A slightly different angle and smaller aperture help too...


10 -- and Malham Cove.

Thanks for the comments - and suggestions! It's always good to have alternative thoughts that may or may not have occurred already (and usually haven't!)

Thanks to all for your comments! It was certainly a good day out.

I like these, David - you have a knack for finding unexpected, interesting angles. I was there a couple of weeks ago, but didn't get very much of real interest on a dull day.

Thank you, Paul

Thanks, Kevin. I take your point about the brightness. They look fine on my computer screen, but too dark on my phone.
And yes - the 28-105 is a real “do anything” lens. Tailor made for a day’s walkabout.

From a recent trip out into the Yorkshire Dales with cold, but lovely weather, a walk taking in the well-known Ribblehead viaduct and a climb up Whernside, one of the Yorkshire Three Peaks. A great day out with K-3 and DA 16-85mm. All comments welcome.
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The "castle" being the Jubilee Tower built to celebrate the jubilee of Queen Victoria and visible for miles around. Lots of interesting light and shadows on the day I went for a walk in the area. K-1 + DFA 28-105. Feel free to comment.
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Hi David, good to hear from you - I think!

Food for thought in your comments, which is no bad thing, so here’s my response.

Not painting or cropping out the fence/wires in 1 and 3 is easily solved. The distraction is more obvious to me in 3, less so in 1. A slight crop of 1 also brings the rule of thirds bang into play and losing some grass at the bottom makes little difference. I did actually experiment with using the power lines as lead-in lines, below, but decided they were too intrusive.



In my head at the time, the principal aim in all of the photos was to try and capture the lovely soft light. The composition/content of the image was, I think, second to that aim, but if it didn’t work (and my wife would agree with you, not me, here, David!), I obviously didn’t achieve my aim! So in no.4, I saw the contrast between the bright light of the foreground fields and the light/shadows across the valley as points of contrast, complementing each other. Perhaps the far side of the valley needed more brightness and contrast (as in no.7) to take the eye across.

I take your point completely that no.8 is lacking a real point of focus, no.9 is possibly all leading line and not much else, cropping out the wall in no.10 takes nothing away except a potential distraction; and I let the house in the woods in no.12 fool me into thinking there was something sufficiently interesting in the middle ground, but that’s not really the case, so I should have binned that one!

I like no.11, but then I know what I’m looking at there!

Finally, for no.13, I think I got carried away by the lovely light/colour in the two bushes on either side. I did take another which I didn’t post, but which may well be the one I should have posted as it was taken from a slightly higher vantage point. Here it is:



Anyway, thanks for taking the time for such a comprehensive comment - it's really appreciated. And I must find time to explore Padley Gorge - I tend to end up in the Dale area when I go walking with a pal down there.

Best wishes,