2014-07-27

Buttermere #2

Little house at the lake, Buttermere, Lake District
1/160 s at F/8, ISO 200, focal length: 200mm, handheld

Little house at the lake #2, Buttermere, Lake District
1/40 s at F/7, ISO 200, focal length: 55mm, handheld

2014-07-25

Buttermere

Buttermere, Lake District, UK
30 s at F/3,5, ISO 6400, focal length: 8mm
Last weekend we were camping in the Lake District in Buttermere. The weather was perfect. Great time for the kids to unwind after the school year. We were taking our time and spent most of it swimming in the lake, playing with pebbles on the beach and making bonfires in the evening.
One night I sneaked out to photograph the stars, the sky was very clear but at this time of year there is no astronomical twilight and you cannot take full advantage of the dark skies here.

2014-07-14

Barefoot

Marcelina, Rievaulx Abbey, North Yorkshire, UK

2014-07-01

Flight

John, Higgar Tor, Peak District NP, UK
1/640 s at F/9, ISO 200, focal length: 17mm, Photographed with Canon EOS 7D, EF-S 17-55 f/2.8, handheld

Our family outings usually start with an 'I don't want to go' from one or more of our children. Over time we have learned to ignore those statements and push on going. Then there's always the joy of being outdoors and outbreaks of pure energy