Sweet! I have family in Hawes and Cotterdale. I'm drawn like a magnet to anything remotely limestone, which is why I always head north from here. I'm in Haworth, a good hour or so south of you. We can expect some bloody nice photos from you soon then!
I love the area around you, actually. Everytime I get near to Reading, something deep inside me says "hooooooome!!!" I can't explain it at all.
I do know what you mean about not being able to stop. Even though everything around me here is pretty well a backroad, stopping is very hazardous. These single-track roads have a speed limit of 60mph and are really windy, and gates into fields aren't even slightly in-set - your best chance at getting out of the line of traffic. I saw a good 20 or more "superb opportunities" yesterday, and missed every one of them
@mickyc30: I have all of them in full Resolution on my HD. Pick you favourite here and i'll send it to you. I've attached my current self made Wallpaper to this post.
@jibber Thats the Oberstockensee near the Stockhorn. Really nice Scenery there.
My thoughts too. No need for the sarky comments (admittedly toungue in cheek, but they're his images, and he can do what he wants with them), especially when this picture...
...appears to suffer from either an excessive soft focus filter, or camera shake.
What a beautiful view. I know I keep saying it but you're really lucky to have such vistas on your doorstep. (Although according to some people, you must be a virgin with a pre-ordered Canon 5D Mk II ) You've got to go back and re-shoot it when the bridge is in the sun!
I really like the last one - nice composition and nice colours. It gives you a 'road trip' feel to it, makes you wonder where the car's going, what's at the end of the road, etc.
The other two aren't really of anything imo. Something in a car park, and a bit of wheat. Not enough there to hold my attention, but that's more than compensated for by the quality of the last shot.
Jack the Mac pointed me to one (but I've upgraded to Vista and I have no idea where it is, now :shy but frankly it's far easier to get a good response to my crappy photos by posting them here. You guys are so much kinder than they are on photography forums. I feel a tad dwarfed when I go look at the stuff those guys are putting out.. I'm happy enough to stay here and be in awe of Strobe, spank, Don and many others on this forum - among friends!
Too big to attach.. I did a 23-image panoramic photomerge with Photoshop earlier. It's a view of Upper Wharfedale (including Burnsall), taken from the road known colloquially as the "rollercoaster".. popular road for driving quickly and dying suddenly!
Ha! I think I've posted maybe 8 shots on actual photography forums and that was when I had just gotten my camera. Everything I post is here as well.
I have some to sort though, develop, resize, and post. But the season home opener is tonight (hockey), so after I get done working on the house, I'll be doing something that is very rare for me, watching TV . I could use the laptop while I watch the game, but the screen is horrible for doing photography on. I haven't gotten it all figured out yet as far as calibration because I normally just run it through a 19 inch CRT at work.
Bah, just quickly went through them and none of them came out. I'm having trouble with focusing and blurryness when shooting the airplanes and Lifeflight helicpoters that are passing over. Today's would have been great shots but they are all blurry.