Silence in the Dales
We may be in midsummer, yes we are don't argue, but for the Yorkshire Dales the migration has begun and summer is over.
The courting bubbling of the Curlews over the hay meadows in May has been replaced by the occasional piping of the oystercatchers and soon they will be gone too. Both will have had a stressful season, maybe not even raising chicks to maturity due to predation but it would be good to think some escaped the foxes.
Both species will now be battling the coastal elements on the mudflats, feeding up to get back into condition for another years migration.
The mellifluous skylark and parachuting pipits now give way to the austere raucous kronk of the Raven, sending an odd thought into my head that I must investigate the Corpse road around Keld.
I noticed the hills are beginning to change colour and will soon have that autumnal gold as the bracken dies down.
The last few good weather days has sent farmers into a frenzy of hay cutting, rolling and collecting to avoid the oncoming rain. In many areas I saw 2 tractors pre field, one giving the last turnover and other collecting and in 10 minutes or so the field was done.
Combine harvesters kick up clouds of wheat dust which reminds me.
If anyone is stuck photographically go out in a baled field in the evening when the light makes them golden and have a play. Long fields are really good. Try to use all your lenses, wide angle for great furrow lines leading off into the distance, zoom lens for patterns in the bales, take ND graduated filters to hold back the sky and bring out the foreground.
Get back into practise for the now sensible sunrise times!
Malham Day Photography Workshops
This is very much a beginners course and gives you a start in landscape photography.
Dates:
Saturday, August 1st, 2009 - 1 place left
Saturday, September 5th, 2009 - 1 place left
Thursday, October 1st, 2009
Saturday, November 7th, 2009
Thursday, December 17th, 2009
Features: Waterfalls, Stone Walls, a Gorge, Limestone Pavement and a Tree!
Start/Finish: The workshop starts at 10.00am and finishes at 4.00pm
Cost: £70 per person Deposit: £50 with balance to be paid before the course.
Cost does not include: insurance, transport or lunch.
Fitness level: Nothing too strenuous. You may be paddling in a stream or walking on moors. Come prepared for English weather.
Equipment needed: Digital DSLR camera, tripod, walking boots or wellies & waterproof clothing are advisable, packed lunch.
About Me
Dorcas EatchI run Fotodayz Photography Holidays to show you how easy it is to learn the major techniques which you can carry forward in your photography with confidence.
Information is broken down during the day, repeated often and by the end of the day you can be quite surprised by how much you have expanded your technical skills as well feeling at ease with your camera.
No fuss, no techie speak, just simple clear explanations as many times as you need.
100% in the field, why waste that lovely countryside. It's also the total experience of being in and looking at the landscape in beautiful areas of Britain. At the end of the day you will have the skills to produce professional looking photographs to put on your wall but more importantly you will have had space to stand and stare.
The majority of the workshops concentrate on Yorkshire - Swaledale, Malham, Flamborough and the Wolds with a few dips outside the border to Anglesey, and Kinlochewe in Glencoe.
Groups consist of only 5 people so everyone gets lots of personal attention.
I love doing it and will keep you updated
take care
Dorcas
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