Crummock Water from the lower slopes of Rannerdale Knotts. Early July and it was blowing a gale. Buttermere Fells in the distance including a prominent Fleetwith Pike and Hat Stacks.Image size: W 51cm x H 18.5cm..
A lovely morning with lots of mist and a bit of colour in the sky. The photograph was taken from the north western shoreline between the sailing club and Banks Point so you are shooting into the rising sun from this point. Luckily the mist has helped hold back the brightness of the sky helped further by a 3 stop ND Grad and a 3 stop ND filter to prolong the exposure to 25 seconds. One essential ac..
The boat landings by The Inn on the Lake at Glenridding are probably the most photographed in all The Lakes. Quarter to six on a freezing but calm April morning. The sun is just about to rise and a light layer of frost covers the landing. The scene was actually darker than the photograph might suggest. Exposure was a full thirty seconds, a three stop hard ND Grad held back the sky and the jetty wa..
Rockcliffe church spire stands dark against the strong morning sunlight. This iconic village lays adjacent to the Rockcliffe salt marsh at Sandsfield where the mighty River Eden joins the solway firth a little further downstream. This is one of my favourite places to paint, I love the wild desolate landscape which can be so bleak and intimidating, yet it experiences some amazing light shows and be..
A limited edition print from an original acrylic painting of a view outside Crosby in West Cumbria. Image size: 81.5cm x 61cmThe majority of Nicholas’s paintings are reproduced as giclees on acid free paper using a professional ink jet printer with 12 inks. The word 'giclee' is a fine art term for a print using fade- resistant archival quality inks.Prints are signed and numbered on the front ..
There's no point popping into Castlerigg on a lovely Saturday evening in the middle of the kids summer holiday because it will be busier than Blackpool, seafront - how wrong can you be! For about ten minutes I had the place to myself. ..