Along the Way

 Between Christmas and New Year I enjoyed a walk around Malham in the Yorkshire dales. I walked along Gordale Beck to Janet's Foss a delightful waterfall in a woodland setting and then on to Gordale Scar where the waterfall carves its way through the rock in spectacular fashion. This was also the location for a scene in the Netflix series The Witcher where Ciri comes face to face with a vicious monster.

Then I followed the trail towards the top of Malham Cove and the images above were captured along the way.

Oooh That's Nice!

 Oooh That's Nice! is the reaction I got for the first of today's images, which for me is closely tied with the second image as my favourite. 

I really like Foxgloves, they are such dramatic flowers and especially when you get a nice straight specimen like the first image it is really special. The colours are so vibrant and the pattern inside each flower is so striking, it is no wonder they are so effective at attracting bees.

I like the second image with the contrast between the bright flowers and the stone wall, there is something quintessentially English about this.

When I took the third shot I thought it would work a little better, the fern in the foreground is in focus as are the flowers with a nice shallow depth of field so overall it is a nice image.  However, I think the foreground is swallowed up by the green background and perhaps needs more contrast, I wonder whether it might look better for someone with better colour vision than me.

Solitary Tree

This shot of a solitary tree was taken in June 2016 on a walk with my daughter around the Roaches and Lud's Church in the Peak District. It was a great day out and the scenery was spectacular.