Another Sizergh Castle to Staveley (Lancs)

[MX5]

The first part was a re-walk of Decembers walk, but thereafter all new. I was leading and had 8 followers and what turned into a 12.5mile ramble. It was very misty/foggy for most of the day, extremely mild (we all needed to remove at least one layer) and mostly dry ... although at one point the air temperature and dew point crossed and water precipitates out of the air. Very muddy as usual.

Note - for a change I attached the 24-105L to my 40D

1. St John's Church, Helsington

f/4 1/200 ISO-200

2. Did I say ... it was misty (the 'Mushroom' on Scout Scar)

f/4 1/400 ISO-200

3. Experiment using the 24-105L in vertical mode to stitch 7 images (Cowan Head 'luxury' flats in ex Paper Factory)

f/4 1/60 ISO-400

4. These flats have their own private golf course

f/4 1/100 ISO-400

5. Another from Cowan Head ('Paper mill cottages')

f/4 1/80 ISO-400

6.The Route


So 40D + 24-105L (some tactical cropping, although levels generally left as-is to convey the glooooooooom)

Feel free to report any narrative or technical errors.

Thanks for stopping by.

[Muscat]

Re: Another Sizergh Castle to Staveley (Lancs)

Thanks for the Monday morning fix MX, it does look as if you had a very misty walk. The 40D and 24-105 seem to have worked well for you, my favourite is the last shot of the Paper Mill Cottages

[Nathaniel]

Re: Another Sizergh Castle to Staveley (Lancs)

Nice ones and shows the "class" of the 40D + 24-105mm combo! I like the first two ones showing the mist around you and more so the second one which has a Hitchcock eerieness!!

[tesarver]

Re: Another Sizergh Castle to Staveley (Lancs)



Tom

[MX5]

Re: Another Sizergh Castle to Staveley (Lancs)

Thanks everyone. I think I'll take the 24-105L again. I found the extra reach over the 17-40L useful and didn't really miss the wide as stitching was straightforward enough.

The main things in bad visibility are to ensure you don't loose the path and keep everyone close-by (which can be like herding cats at times). You can then enjoy the eeriness. Whilst I generally navigate from a real map, I do keep a GPS not just for logging the track!

[DeeGee]

Re: Another Sizergh Castle to Staveley (Lancs)

You do realise I'm starting to consider the monday fix as part of my weekly exercise.