Oct 27, 2010 · Comments Off on Black and white experiments with Gradient Map in Adobe Photoshop

One evening last week I decided to play around with some landscapes I shot from Haystacks of Buttermere Valley.  I have always enjoyed playing around with black and white images, sepia toning and cyanotype. It has probably stemmed from being one of the last of the privileged few that was taught photography with film. Since shooting […]

Aug 11, 2010 · Comments Off on Haystacks Between Ennerdale And Buttermere Valleys, Cumbria, UK

We have been fortunate with the weather this spring after the disastrous flooding November 2009 which saw Cockermouth severely flooded and a lot of the English Lakeland in disarray. It was a good day to take my Canon 5d for a walk up behind YHA Black Sail onto Haystacks.  The route we took was west […]