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Swans have returned to Meltham Mills Reservoir for the first time in 50 years, one adult and several signets. I hope they enjoyed the sunset?
We’ve had a few nice days recently so I went to Digley Reservoir for sunrise two days in a row, this is from the second day.
I took a few pictures of Yateholme Reservoir just before dawn and it’s a good job I did because the sunrise that morning was a bit disappointing. As I was sitting there minding my own business, the dew started to form around me, which was nice.
I met a fellow tog on this shoot, a very nice chap called Greg. Greg is an Arborist who doesn’t work Fridays so he can pursue his hobby of photgraphy. I thought that was such a good idea that I’d try it until I remembered that I don’t work at all. Foiled again.
This is Snailsden Reservoir near Cook’s Study Moss, south of Holmfirth. It was constructed in the 1890s by the Dewsbury and Heckmandwike Waterworks. As it lies East-to-West I thought it’d be a good place for sunrise or sunset? However, when I was there it was blowing a Hooley, so I used a 10 second exposure with some filters to calm the water a little: I must get a big stopper. As I was leaving, I encountered a gamekeeper who was very pleasant and told me that I could take all the pictures that I wanted, which was lucky, as I’d already done that.
I would normally have walked here but Louis (my dog who is now 14) is not up to such a long walk these days but luckily, I have use of a car for a month so we could drive. There was no sign of fog as I parked the car in the small car park that used to be a quarry, but once we had rounded a corner, I could see that there was mist on the hills and it was rolling down towards the reservoir. I ran down the Brownhill Lane leaving poor Louis to catch up and I was just in time to get this image with the fog and sunrays. On the way back, the mist had gone completely.