Dawn over the Lake District

On a recent Lake District trip I was treated to some great lights and sights as I got up just as the sun was emerging from it's slumber. I wasn't fully wide awake but I managed to grab my camera and take some pictures of the sun as it came up.

still dark over Swinside

It was still very dark as I walked around the ouside of the camping barn but slowly the surrounding hills and peaks took shape and I was able to make them out as the North Western Fells slowly woke up.

and it starts getting lighter

Daylight was creeping over the horizon andshafts of light gave some great colours in the sky

sun pushing through the cloud at Skelgill farm

The sun was doing a good job of burning off cloud and it created spectacular reflections on the fells facing the camping barn, in particular the heather giving some great colour to the slopes of Causey Pike and Barrow

Barrow

Causey Pike

Stoneycroft Gill separating Causey Pike (left) and Barrow (right)

My brother's prizewinning picture

My brother recently entered a photo competition and did rather well. Its a great picture so I asked him if I could share it on here. Here is his picture along with a description. Thanks and well done Ol!

"I was walking home one evening in the autumn and the park opposite my house (Highbury Fields) was shrouded in a really thick fog that I hadn’t ever seen in central London before. It seemed to cling to the trees and the light from the street lamps was made a particularly interesting hazy orange colour because of the mist. I decided to grab my camera and take a few shots. I placed my camera on the ground as I wanted the picture to be as still as possible and also wanted to include a few fallen autumnal leaves to capture the time of year. There was a suspicious fox that nearly came into shot but disappeared at the last minute. "