A few months ago we spent a week in the mountains of Cumbria in the north of England. I posted some of the images that I took of the mountains and the various lakes including Windemere for #mountainmonday initiated by @keithboone and #monochromemonday initiated by @old-guy-photos
The series was cut short due to time issues but will now resume. So if you like mountains, lakes and stories about bunny rabbits? Stick around.
The interesting thing for me after this length of time. Is that I am seeing details in the photos that I was not aware of before.
Like this image below with a church spire, the gate and the hand built stone walls trailing across the mountains which are a distinct feature of this landscape.
There is a whole world down there
Cumbrian Mountains
This photograph above was taken from Wray Castle high up in the mountains which was the holiday home of Beatrix Potter. You can imagine her standing on the battlements and looking down the valley and thinking about the lives of the wildlife and people of the area.
What did Beatrix Potter see down there that fired her up so much that she just went and changed the world? All theories in the comments please. I do have the official version which will be posted soon.
Wray Castle, Cumbria
I will do a post about Beatrix Potter and the time that she spent at Wray castle. I have many photos of the interior of the castle.
Below is a time lapse that I did to show how fast the weather can change in the mountains. It can literally change in minutes.
Mountain time lapse. 15 minutes reduced to 8 seconds
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More in this series
A cruise around Windemere
Rowing boat on the shoreline
Canadian Goose
Tame Swans
We've arrived at our 16th century Air B&B
The beautiful Lake District
Coniston Water in Cumbria
A Steamer on Coniston Water
Sailboat on Coniston Water
Lovely photos in B&W. Now you have wetted our appetite for more on Beatrix Potter. 😊
Thanks Jo, I'm working on the Beatrix Potter post.
Those are great mountains and they look good in monochrome! Love the timelapse! Thanks for sharing with Mountain Monday. Voted & resteemed :-)
Thanks Keith, they do look pretty dramatic in monochrome. The timelapse was quite a mission with the Canon 70D DSLR with something like 200 seperate shots captured using an intervalometer that I had to stitch together using photoshop to get it into a video format.
I could have done the whole thing with my 15 year old Sony Hi 8 camcorder in one simple operation? We live and learn. Newer tech isn't always better?
Thanks for the upvote and resteem :-)
It's more satisfying when you do it this way. It's been a while since I experimented with the intervalometer and stitching in photoshop, but I've done exactly that. Maybe instead of a camcorder it would make sense to shoot video from the DSLR? My problem when I tried timelapse was I always stopped to double check the exposure or focus or something, so then I would have to start all over again! :-) Maybe doing it on a mirrorless where you see the exposure in the viewfinder would eliminate my issue?
There is always the option to shoot a 15 minute video using the DSLR and then just speed it up x 16 in post and save the output as a new video. It looks just as good as a timelapse and I suppose it's more or less the same pricipal?
Mirrorless seems like a good idea too. :-)
Beautiful photos and you know I have been waiting for more about Beatrix Potter.
Beatrix Potter was a very interesting and inspirational person and her achievements are super impressive apart from the books. Full write up coming soon.
I am looking forward to it and will love seeing more of your photos!
beautiful photography, thanks to share your previous travel story.
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Howdy sir molometer! wow I love castles! And that first shot is amazing compared to the second one when you can see all the details that you mentioned.
That castle is open for tours or do you have special connections? lol.
Thanks @janton, yep the castle is open to the public. I'll cover the interior in a future post. It is quite impressive.
Howdy today sir molometer! oh that sounds wonderful, can't wait to see it!