Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was there (well, in the southern part of the Lakes) for a week in late October. One glorious day (my daughter's birthday), the rest terrible. But a few nice shots regardless in the soft or stormy light, so it was still fun. Nick --- Simon Ogilvie <simon.ogilvie@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Richard, Colin and B.D., > > Thanks for all the positive comments. Has no-one > anything negative to say? > :-) > > It's a fabulous area of the country, and we were > lucky with the weather. It > has a reputation for being very wet almost any time > of the year, and getting > good landscape vistas under those circumstances is > much more difficult. I'm > glad I had it easy! > > Simon. > > > On 3/16/06, Richard S. Taylor > <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > Visited many of the same places just two years ago > myself. Going > > through your photos, it was fun to see the area > through another's > > eyes. I stayed at the Derwentwater Hotel. We may > have even shot > > some the same subjects. That tree at > Bassenthwalte looks very > > familiar. > > > > Couldn't possibly find anything to criticize. I > particularly like > > the way you've put the stones at Castlerigg up > against the lumpy > > hills in the distance > > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/English-Lakeland/Castlerigg2>, > the > > mood and sense of depth in Misty Valley > > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/English-Lakeland/Mist> > and the subtle > > color in Derwentwater > > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/English-Lakeland/DerwentW2>. > Nice > > stuff. > > > > Looks like you were there at an interesting time > of the year. I had > > to make do with early-Summer (rain, rain, more > rain, drizzle - you > > get the idea). Beautiful place no matter what > the weather though. > > > > Dick > > Boston MA > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for > more information > ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com