Set the controls for the heart of the sun by Pete Rowbottom Via Flickr: Following on from the last image in exactly the same location, albeit 5 months apart and totally different conditions and commpostion.. A trip up to the Lake to visit the Lakes Distillery with Mike (Muddy Boots) and to collect their first release of their single malt... it would have been rude though not to get up at 3am and take in a sunrise en route ! We started off low down on Rydal Water after me remarking (stupidly) how calm it was whilst driving through Kendal at 0430, not a slight hint of wind... upon arrival at the waterside though it was obvious that the wind, and very heavy cloud would ruin any potential shots at the planned location so without even getting the camera out it was off to this spot instead to hedge our bets and see what we could get from higher up. It was certainly breaking up cloud wise as we arrived up here, and strangely far less wind despite being a lot higher up. In a contrast to the previous image, I've gone a lot wider, and a lot slower as there was some great contrasty cloud to play with and add drama, plus the glow of the sun just beggining to rear it's head over the distant peaks. A great use of a morning, we didn't see another soul either. ================================================= My website =================================================













