21st Century images

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 =================================================

Spring Dawn by Pete Rowbottom Via Flickr: A fantastic morning up on White Moss with Terry Roberts and Brad Eide, this was a cracking place to get to just before the sun had risen over the tops allowing us to set up and watch the scene unfold. The valley below slowly filling with early morning light and glowing sunrays catching the remnants of the mist still hanging around the water, this really didn't last long and had we delayed getting up here we would have missed this light. I've posted one from here before but this is quite different as I've gone in a lot tighter into the scene with the zoom lens to give a more intimate feel to it. We tried our luck in the opposite direction towards Helm Crag after this but the light was very fleeting and I didn't really get anything I liked enough to keep. Worth having a zoom in on this one and having a look aorund. ================================================= Visit my website =================================================

Riverbed by Pete Rowbottom Via Flickr: I recently found this image on the hardrive and uploaded it to Instagram (still can't decide wether or not I like Instagram...) I was looking for some details on it and realised I hadn't uploaded it to Flickr so thought I may as well. One from a few Summers ago with the D750, great evening light this day and the river level had enough in it to use it as a main part of the composition with this one dry lone rock half sticking out begging to be included in the image. Nikon D750 Nikon 16-35 f/4 @ 16mm ISO 100 f/11 5 seconds Nisi cpl NiSi 100mm 3 stop ND NiSi 100mm 3 stop medium GND. ================================================= Visit my website =================================================

Valley of light by Pete Rowbottom Via Flickr: Iceland again, and one I remember thinking I'd come back to (but didn't)... I remember this very vivdly, I hadn't planned to shoot anymore images this evening as I'd got plenty further along this valley at a waterfall, the sun had dropped rapidly and there was quite heavy cloud blocking out the light in parts, at this corner I was just watching the scene unfold and right in the dip where the sunlight was a lone photographer (not with us) was doing the same, and I seeing as he didn't look in a rush I thought it rude not to set up again and try and get him against the light coming down the valley, if it appeared again. It was only a short wait, such is the nature of the ever changing skies over here, thankfully he kept perfectly still, almost lke a cardboard cutout, probably capitavted by the scene, and who can blame him ? Have a zoom in and check him out, tripod still in hand, transfixed by this amazing Country. ==================================================== Visit my website ====================================================

Winter drama by Pete Rowbottom Via Flickr: Going back to some more Iceland shots from December just gone, still quite a few to go at but didn't want to flood my stream with them all at once... The magestic Godafoss Falls in the NW of the Country, shot during an early afternoon sunset, strangely this area was the only bit of the country that had snow in this week in December. And yes it was definitely as cold as it looks ! Nikon D810 16-35 f/4 @ 35mm f/11 ISO 64 1/2 second NiSi 100mm 3 stop ND NiSi 3 stop medium GND Fotopro T-64C tripod ==================================================== Visit my website ====================================================

Exit by Pete Rowbottom Via Flickr: A familiar location but something a bit different, you'll probably have seen this location shot with water flowing over the top, despite all the rain we've had lately the levels are right down at the moment leaving it totally exposed out of the water so I've gone super wide to get the lot in, and against a fairly angry sky makes for a quite unusual take on this place. The set up for this was iffy to say the least with a lot of moneys worth of gear hanging over a wall pointing down with huge 150mm filters on the front, and the rear leg of the tripod rested (a bit precariously) on my camera bag to give extra height need to get right over the wall and looking down. While setting it up I had visions of the lot dropping off over the wall, but thankfully that didn't happen ! Even taking it down really had to be careful, bit of a hold your breath moment for sure! Nikon D850 Nikon 14-24 F/2.8 @ 14mm NiSi S5 System NiSi 150mm 10 stop NiSi 150mm 3 stop medium gnd Fotopro T74-C tripod Fotopro LG-9R ballhead ==================================================== Visit my website - lots of new images now uploaded ====================================================

Passing over by Pete Rowbottom Via Flickr: Just had a great couple of days up in the Peak District scouting new locations and try out the new camera for the first time, I wasn't especially lucky with the light on this trip but certainly came back with a few dramatic images and a good list of new spots with potential for the next visit. I hadn't planned to shoot here today but the contrasty light and dramatic nature of the sky when I was passing by changed my mind. Naturally as soon as I had set up it started raining and with nowhere to shelter it was just a case of covering the camera up and getting wet for 5 minutes until it passed by, I often like the light that follows a rainstorm so it's worth hanging around rather then running for the nearest tree. it soon blew over and I was able to get my shot. Nikon D850 Nikon 24-120 @ 65mm Fotopro T-74C tripod Fotopro LG-9R ballhead Nisi V6 System NiSi 100mm 10 stop filter NiSi 3 stop medium gnd 1S064 f/11 88 seconds ==================================================== Visit my website - lots of new images now uploaded ====================================================

Delicate by Pete Rowbottom Via Flickr: A couple of days away for my birthday in the Yorkshire Dales saw some serious waterfall hunting going on, as much a scouting trip as a shooting trip really with some great new locations discovered and a few old favourites revisited too for good measure. This one was one of my favourites tucked well away from sight and going about its business quitely and without fuss, sometimes it's great to have large punding waterfalls in full spate and sometimes it's also nice to capture them in more delicate moments like this. It poured down later this day (as I was walking back from some 'pub research') and the falls the next day were truly spectacular in a few locations, so it was good to get shots before and after the weather changes. A really producting trip both from a photographic point of view and a scouting one for later in the year. Nikon D810 Nikon 16-35mm f/4 Fotopro T-74C tripod Fotopro LG-9R ballhead NiSi V6 System NiSi Landscape Cpl NiSi 100mm 3 stop filter ================================================== I'm now dipping my toes into the murky world of instagram and could do with some followers :-) - if you could please give me a follow at @peterowbottom It would be much appreciated, thanks ! ================================================== Visit my website - new images from this trip and others now uploaded ==================================================

Glory by Pete Rowbottom Via Flickr: I've just had a great trip down onto the South Coast of Dorset, one of my favourite places in the UK and not somewhere I'd been to for ages, the trip was a mixture of photography and also a recce for locations as later in the year I hope to come back in Autumn and Winter. Summer long days and weather aren't always ideal for photography but there's no better place to be than on the coast, life down here ios really slow and very chilled out and it's not hard to fall into the I can't be bothered moving from this spot mentality ! This evening, although really pleasant had looked quite poor from a photography point of view with the sky being bereft of any cloud to catch possible sunset colours but I decided to have a go anyway as I'd picked up some new kit namely a new tripod/head and filter kit the day before so I wanted to test them out. As it happened as sunset progressed clouds just magically appeared drifting through the scene allowing for the colours to display themselves right across the sky, the exposure time on this of eight and a half minutes has given the scene a truly surreal feel and allowed the colour in the sky to drag right the way across the frame. It wouldn't be me though if there wasn't some form of blunder or mishap whilst shooting, and this day was absolutely no different... I was actually sat on the groyne here while I was shooting, I watched the Weymouth to Guernsey ferry go past about a mile in the distance, I remember thinking yeh that won't show up during these long exposures... what I didn't think about was that about 5 minutes later the wash off it would come pounding into the beach without warning, and yes, I got absolutely saoked and covered in seaweed, much to the amusement of some kids walking past on the promenade.... you'd think I'd learn having been done with this before but nooooo. Nikon D810 Nikon 16-35mm f/4 Fotopro T-74C tripod Fotopro LG-9R ballhead Nisi V6 System NiSi Landscape Cpl Nisi 100mm 10 stop filter Nisi 4 stop hard gnd ================================================== I'm now dipping my toes into the murky world of instagram and could do with some followers :-) - if you could please give me a follow at @peterowbottom Much appreciated, thanks ! ================================================== Visit my website - lots of new images now uploaded ==================================================

Sunset & Storm by Pete Rowbottom Via Flickr: Another image from the Poppy fields that have appeared in Worcestershire this year, contrary to the last one a totally different view and take on the scene. Shooting in Summer is basically a massive pain in the backside, ridiculous early starts for a sunrise followed by an enourmously long wait for sunset which is inconevient for loads of reasons, one being not getting much sleep... with only one evening here though a chance to shoot sunset was a must, although it wasn't the kind of sunset I was hoping for due to low cloud cover it did provide some dramatic light in the sky and coming together with the thunder storm on the right that had decided to materialise made for quite a moody scene. This had been the hottest day of the year so far and was a real scorcher, as a result I was now standing under an incoming thunder storm in just a t shirt and shorts, shortly after this the sun dropped away and the light faded giving way to the incoming storm, I packed up and legged it back towards the car, thankfully getting there just before it started.

Sunlit Cavern by Pete Rowbottom Via Flickr: Another image from the Iceland trip in December and one I'd completely forgotten about, I'd got a portrait version from this location but didn't think I'd got one in landscape format until I was looking through some images and noticed I'd got a TIFF file of this that hadn't been converted to Jpeg for whatever reason.... This is Kavernufoss in Southern Iceland, the much less visited (and I'd argue better) hidden away nextdoor neighbour to the immensely popular Skogafoss. You need to really put the time and patience in here though to come away with a good image as the spray from the falls is very unforgiving towards camera equipment, just when you think you've found a spot out of the spray the wind changes slightly and you're back to square one again... completely drowned lens in seconds. We hung around for sunset after arriving a lot earlier and thankfully, after literally loads of failed attempts with water spray came away with just a few images, just a few, but just enough. ======================================== My website - updated with new images and blog section ========================================

Sunrays over Rydal by Pete Rowbottom Via Flickr: A great morning out with Brad Eide and Terry Roberts for sunrise in the Lakes, this wasn't a planned location this morning but after the sun had risen and we had exhausted the previous spot we decided to give this a go as it would take the sun a while longer to rise over the Mountains so we should have still have some mist that hadn't been yet been burnt off. When we got to the top here there was still mist but the light wasn't the best and what we had hoped for. However as usual if you just wait around sometimes things change up a gear and breifly we got light cascading down on Rydal Water through the mist that was now been burnt away. I'd already shot this scene with some nice light on it a short while before and though that was that so I had moved, but luckily I kept looking back and saw this happening so I up again quickly, reframed, and managed to capture it before it vanished. A good mornings shoot, and all before breakfast, which vanished almost as quickly as this light did! ======================================== More images from this mornings shoot can be found on my website - updated with new images and blog section ========================================

Lakeland dawn by Pete Rowbottom Via Flickr: A fantastic morning on the River Brathay towards Elterwater, the forecast looked good for misty conditions the previous evening so Myself, Mike Muddyboots, and Terry Roberts decided to meet here for sunrise. The misty conditions were great and the water really still apart from a couple of ducks swimming about feeding, the light really didn't last long at all, as soon as it had got good it chnaged and dissapeared very quickly, just a case of working quickly while you had it there and also checking both directions to see what was happening behind you too. Definitely worth getting up early, really pleased with some of the results from this morning. ======================================== More images from this mornings shoot can be found on my website - updated with new images and blog section ========================================

Victoriana by Pete Rowbottom Via Flickr: I've not uploaded anything for a while as I've been really busy so apologies for missing commenting on your shots as I just haven't had the time to come on much.... Had several trips recently which I've found myself with a rather large backlog of images to edit, not that I'm complaining! A few days in Wales saw some really good results as well as catching up with some photography friends, namely Brad Eide and Mike (Muddyboots). It had been a good while since I shot this location so I decided to have a night in Llandudno before heading into Snowdonia and try to get some different images as well as scouting out a few new locations, this one was shot in the evening not long before a sunset that really didn't materialise.. The old Victorian structure for me is one of the best piers in the UK with the grreat dome design at the end. The dropping light allowed for a 6 minute exposure, effectively isolating the pier in the scene. ======================================== Visit my website - updated with new images and blog ========================================

The Boathouse by Pete Rowbottom Via Flickr: Winter has been great in providing some excellent shooting conditions this year but it's good to be leaving the cold behind now, Spring is in full swing now with the colours changing and the temperatures a lot milder. A 3 day trip to Wales saw me get out with the camera for frustratingly only the second time this year but the trip has been excellent with a good haul of images from some old and some new locations. This is Lyn Dinas in Snowdonia, I'd never shot this place before and was rewarded with some great conditions for about 15 minutes before the rain came and ruined all the reflections in the lake, the sky was non existatnt on this day pretty much all day but it didn't stop me from getting images here and there, just so good to get out into the remote parts again with the camera and discover new places. ======================================== My website - new images and sections now updated ========================================

Apocalyptic dawn by Pete Rowbottom Via Flickr: Sunrise at Vestrahorn in Southern Iceland, the tide was out on this visit and while that didn't produce the complete reflections of the mountain range I was more than happy with what the tide had left behind. Walking around here you feel that you should be sinking deep into the sand with its shallow covering of water but you don't, quite a curious feeling.. you do however have to be very careful where you walk with leaving footprints if you intend to come back and take images where you have already walked.. most of the shots I took this morning where a lot further away toward the sea than this one but I don't like leaving an area before I'm happy I haven't missed anything. This was one of the last I shot here on this morning with the sand here rising out of the water just enough to give an S like pattern leading into the frame, surrounded by this eerie purple light and heavy drifting cloud, Like many other places we visited on this trip it certainly does have a quite magical feel to it. ======================================== My website - new images and section now updated ========================================

Frozen Cuillin by Pete Rowbottom Via Flickr: The epic Cuillin mountain range on the Isle of Skye, formidable distinctive rocky peaks which for me typify Skye, wild, barren, intimidating, yet incredibly beauiftul. This was taken just after sunrise, some great light picking out the mountain peaks, amazingly visible with just a bit of cloud obstruction drifting by, the mountains would vanish shortly after this into cloud and I don't think we saw them again all day as the murk truly set in. The small track still visible despite being beneath a dusting of fresh snow made for a different shot looking towards the brooding Cuillin. The snow was certainly a bonus, and allowed for some shots around here that I'd never got before, but It was certainly as cold as it looks ! Mike has done a great vlog of this trip to Skye in several parts, they can be found here www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN25teBiXYA My website - new images now uploaded