thank you all
Yes it's all about light in the end.
I've got The Photographer's Ephemeris and some other sun apps the only think is they will not work with out internet or phone signal so it's map and the sun location drawn on a map with compass.

I am right in thinking waterfalls are best recorded and high sun so there is less reflections on the water (cp lee filter is on it's way) should be here at the weekend amazon prime don't you just love it.

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Gary i'm going to send you hugs
so many people forget about the family when cancer is in the mix
I hope you and family are supporting each other and my fingers are crossed for your wife. I out drinking with a friend left behind after cancer took his wife and left him with one amazing kids to bring up on his own. I meet him while on holiday in Rome and as he is full of life it's all a front but hats of to him he is amazing dad.



wishing you all the luck and support

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ps Pink is for cancer fund raising but that's another story

Here is my hero Joe Cornish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5dTSN0dvN0

two minuets into the video he give advice about metering

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opps no link here it is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hadVFtCbysM

watched just for locations

I've been planning this trip since August watching vidio's like this and looking at images of landscapes just to deconstruct images

like time of day
where is the sun shining
what do I like about the image & why do I like the image
lines into the image
foreground

why do we use grads and ND but more important how to use them

Like I thought a grad was just to bring out the detail in the clouds/sky but no
you use a grad to balance the bright areas out by seeing the exposure difference between sky and foreground then compensate the difference in exposure. so if the sky is four stops brighter the a four stop grad is required ( meter for the foreground and then meter for the sky.

I've been just guessing before now but not any more


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If it anything like this week in the midlands cold clear mornings and wonderful soft orange side lighting. today is clear and blue sky's but we are talking the lake's forecast for next week is rain snow with some bright sky's Sunday I will concentrate around Derwentwater with Monday morning around the stones me thinks.



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Landscape photography is a new beast to me.

I'm planning a weekend in the Lake's next weekend.
I have my camera bag packed and warm/waterproof cloths packed and wellies bought ., apps loaded on to my phone also map and compass bought but I'm a bit confused as where to stand(or should I say what direction to point my camera in) to make the most of a sunrise.

I'm staying in Keswick and should arrive around 3.00 pm on Friday and leaving on Monday about midday.

I'm thinking of driving to the north-west side of Keswick or even Bleaberry feil and point camera towards thirlmere in a south eastly direction

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This Tiger was shot at animal kingdom, I'm sure these animals know when a camera is pointing at them, as they walk off, turn there backs on you or run for a area where they can't be seen.




this one was a sleep when I set up my tripod but by the time I had attached my camera he was getting up to hide be hind a tree.

I've updated this image and Capture one over the weekend
I had the wrong white balance selected. I've cropped the image to lose the fence, also I've added some exposure grads to improve the detail in the clouds
I've cloned out the rain spots so now I'm ready to print this image out but I would like your input first.




It did help to calibrate screen and printer (colourmonki photo) silly me for not doing it sooner

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thank you Gareth but no shipping lanes near clear water lol what you see is what you get quite a plain beach if I revisit in the spring may be I could add some drift wood and retake the shot nearer the water front or if it's not raining add the life guard tower in the shot.

advice on how to improve this shot would be useful and greatly received

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