Absolutely perfect and I've got those
360-degree views all the way around
hello and here we are again on another
landscape photography mission. Things
have not been going quite right for me
recently I've got a few good pictures
here in there it's just been a real
challenge. So I'm hoping to hit the reset
button today and make things right this
kind of period can't last, it's gotta come
good eventually and I'm hoping today
will be the day. I'm off to the lake
district again just to reset and I'm
going to a place near Keswick that overlooks
Derwent Water and I'm going to climb up
Walla Crag and try and pick out a
really nice composition from up there
for the sunset
the weather's looking like it might
develop quite nicely it's late in the
day already but these long days really
let you make the most of it landscape
photography wise. So that's the plan I've
got a drive ahead of me so let's go
right I've arrived and as you can see
the weather is absolutely beautiful
it is quite a steep climb though at the start
of this walk so i'm just gonna have to find a little
bit of fitness get up out of these trees
and get to a place where I've got a nice
view of Derwent Water. There's some beautiful
clouds in the sky though a little bit
windy but not too bad it's going to be
windier up on top but so far things are
looking really really good
I just don't want to miss any
opportunities up there at the top so I need
to get a bit of a march on, let's go
right so far so good I think I've just
stopped for my first shot see the camera
just here and it's of this scene behind
me I'm happy with a little competition
that I've got. It's using some of
these yellow flowers, I'm sorry I don't
know what they called if you could let
me know I'd be great to see these
flowers all the time but they are
forming a nice leading line with the
path as well into the Vista behind me
it's not the perfect conditions though
because the Sun is right high in the sky
in the shot still but I'm not willing to
wait around until it goes behind the
trees which are just here because I'll
be wasting too much time and I want to
get to the top for the big shot that I've
got planned for the day so I'm just
gonna have to make the most of it and
bracket. The dynamic range though is massive
so I've gone for a three-stop bracket
either side so I'm really reducing the
exposure at the bottom end there so the
Sun is not blown out. I'm at about 24
millimetres maybe a little bit more just
to get the composition right with these
beautiful flowers leading you in and
then Derwent Water in the background
and the mountains behind that and
there is some really nice interesting
clouds in the sky so I'm happy with a
little composition it's not going to be
it's not gonna be an
award-winning shot or anything like that
I don't think but for a nice little shot
that stopped me from climbing this very
steep hill momentarily I think it's
going to be pretty good
with some of the troubles I've been
having recently it's why I've come back
to the Lake District today because
coming back to somewhere you know and
love like this is a really good way to
reset if you're having creative
difficulties even technical difficulties
getting up a mountain taking some landscape
photography is what I need. Hard work though. I said a long time ago on one of
these vlogs that I need to get fit and I
haven't yet a despite all the number of
mountains I've climbed. Too much time sat
at a computer clicking a mouse in
Lightroom
So I'm at the top of Walla Crag, it's Sunday
evening in the Lake District and I've
got the whole place to myself absolutely
perfect and I've got those 360-degree
views all the way around, being careful to not
fall off the crag. Stunning place, i'm gonna
spin back around this way so you can see
the view over Derwent Water, the clouds
are looking absolutely brilliant the
sun's coming down and probably got about
half an hour left before Sun goes behind
the mountains and I'm excited about what
I'm gonna get. Look at that view, look at that
light, absolutely amazing and I love it
again that feeling of well-being is
there. It's so special absolutely incredible
Right, I think I've got my composition
I'm trying to use a little bit of the
crag that's at the top here to put a
little bit of foreground interest
because you can see that sunlight is
starting to come absolutely beautiful
now and when that strikes the rock that
golden light on those crags will really
put some extra interest into that
foreground I've then got the lake itself
acting as a bit of a leading line into
the image here. So you can see Derwent Water, you've
then got the mountains in the background
and you can see the town of Keswick in
the shot as well. The shot hinging on
having some really beautiful colour in
the sky I think at the moment I'm going
to get that. It's pretty exciting. It's
tentative it it's just all dependent on
the weather like I said and I really
really don't want aeroplane contrails
in this shot and there are some high up
in the frame at the moment they're
dissipating I'm hoping another plane
won't come over but that will really
detract from the image and I don't want
them in there this could be a really
special image if it comes off it's
looking really good the Sun is probably
about ten minutes away from going down
behind the mountain there and it's
exciting you can see the camera just
set up there waiting for that shot
Settings wise and bracketing again I
just to be safe I don't think I'm going
to need to when the Sun just starts to
go below that mountain but I am doing so
just to be safe I've got the 6-stop
filter on there with an f-stop of about
16 so I want to just lengthen that
exposure just a little bit to around 15
to 30 seconds just to introduce a little
bit more movement in the clouds the
clouds are looking really really good at
the moment so that little bit of extra
exposure time will increase them, capture
and maximize the colour in the shot as
well and smooth out the minor movements
you can see in the lakes as well so I
haven't got a polariser on there or
anything like that but I'm excited for
this shot I played around a couple
compositions. I tried one without any
foreground interest and it didn't work
quite as well... but it was clean but it
didn't work as well so I've just put a
little bit of that crag in the forground and I
think that's gonna work really well. So I'm
just gonna sit here enjoy being up here
the wind is starting to die down it's
pretty special, i'm having a very very good
time, there's nowhere I'd rather be right
now.... there's a few people I'd like to
have up here with me but there's nowhere
else in the world right at this second
that I'd rather be and this is why I love
landscape photography.
so this is the moment, the Sun is about to go behind
the mountain there's also a thin layer
of cloud as well I think I'm gonna lose
the sermon behind that any minute I
always get nervous at this point in time
because I don't want to miss my
opportunity so I just keep shooting those
bracketed shots to make sure I capture
that sunset because when you're in this
position and you have light like this
and the Sun working for you like this
you don't want to miss it.... so just keep
shooting there's nothing there's no harm
in it because you've composed and you're
just trying to capture the perfect
moment and I just do that by keeping
shooting because I get nervous and don't
want to miss the opportunity I know I
just said that but I'm nervous and I
don't want to miss the opportunity
okay I've captured the shots there is a
bit of color developing in the sky I'm
going to try and make the most of that
with a nice time lapse towards the end
and I might shoot another image from a
slightly different location if that sky
fills up with colour which it very
possibly might do. I'm then gonna have a little walk
back down in the dark and that should be fun as well
I'm not too far from the car so it's not too bad
I've had such a good evening it's days
like today that make landscape photography
all worth it. I've pushed through the
challenges that I've had a last couple of
shoots and it's come good today and I have
captured a couple of really nice shots
that I am very happy with. A couple of good time
lapses as well and I just love the Lake District
it's such a special place.....a special place
in my heart and I'm going to keep coming
back here again and again. I've got some
other stuff coming up on the channel as
well but I hope you enjoyed the video
I've had a great time I hope you have as
well, please leave a comment down below
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and more and hopefully you can see these
vlogs getting better, that's the
intention anyway. I have no intention to stop
I'm just going to try and keep improving
them and i'll be honoured
if you will come along with me......
Anyway, I'll see you on
another video very soon
I'm Adam, and i'm going to stand up for this bit as
always this is First Man Photography in
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