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Reviewing Landscape Photography

Collections of landscape photography and digital images which I have taken or created, or created by other photographers, famous or otherwise, whom I have come to admire and respect.

Dawn at Rydal Water in Cumbria

Rydal Water is a beautiful sight any time of the day, but particularly attractive at dawn in summer when the early morning mist is just rising off the lake. Wordsworth, who lived close by at Rydal Mount from 1813 to his death in 1850, is said to have favoured a spot by the lake now…

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Images from The Isle of Skye

The Isle of Skye is one of my favourite locations for Landscape Photography. It has fantastic light, like many Scottish locations, and rapid changes in weather conditions to provide endless variety. This is a scene which I know many photographers now avoid. This is because the location was beautifully shot by one of today’s best…

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Pavey Ark and Harrison Stickle in the Lakeland Fells

Last December, on an excrutiatingly cold afternoon, I was driving through the Great Langdales in Cumbria. Having climbed out of the valley on my way back for dinner, I happened to glance back over my shoulder to see the light striking the top of Pavey Ark and Harrison Stickle. I jumped out of the car,…

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