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morning bump
Fantastic pics SFB as always 🙂
Where abouts is Cathedral Cavern? I used to think I knew the Elterwater area pretty well 😯
Where abouts is Cathedral Cavern?
under each photo is a grid ref. Hover the mouse over it for a map showing where it was taken. The cavern is near the ford at Little Langdale, and cuts the corner between the Hodge Close and Low Hall Garth bridleways
I thought I knew the area too, but Gavgas showed us several new trails recently, and I've passed the cavern at least 4 dozen times in ignorance 🙂
love the pics Simon, I fancy doing this ride at the end of March when I'm up in the lakes, but is the cave obvious to find - I've been up and down the tracks around Little Langdale a few times and never even noticed it!?
but is the cave obvious to find
the upper entrance is accessed from a gap in the wall on the right about 100m from Little Langdale ford, heading towards Hodge Close - climb to the left to a clearing just above.
The lower entrance is easier to find. Head from the ford towards Low Hall Garth (parallel with the river, north), looking for a gate on the left. Climb over the gate and the entrance is at the the top of the short gravel track - however, going through this way is harder due to the vertical lift between the 2 levels, though either way would be difficult solo
Nice pics. I notice on the weather that ooop north there still seems to be plenty of snow about. Down here we don't seem to be getting any that doesn't melt immediately....
I can't decide if that's a good thing or not.
I've not looked at all the pics (just the ones you've posted), but I hope you don't mind me saying that it looks like the snowy ones could do with a bit of +ve exposure compensation, perhaps 0.7 or so. The snow looks a bir murky.
cheers Simon, should be able to find it now! and there will be a few of us so access should be ok.
The snow looks a bir murky.
I usually adjust the histogram so I just hit 255 on the highlights, though sometimes I have to back it off as it then looks too burnt out 🙂
yer man with the yellowy hat was determined to stay clipped in.
"I can still ride it out"
Yeah, it's a tricky one to get right. I always struggle with scenes like that. Particularly when you don't have a blue sky in the background to provide some contrast.
Have you ever tried moving the midtones slider in the curves window slightly (perhaps take it from 1 to 1.05 or 1.1)? I find that sometimes lifts the image a bit. Just a suggestion.
Was that cavern image above taken with flash or is it natural light in the foreground & the rocks on the right hand side? It almost looks like a movie set; gives it a nice atmosphere...
Have you ever tried moving the midtones slider in the curves window slightly (perhaps take it from 1 to 1.05 or 1.1)? I find that sometimes lifts the image a bit. Just a suggestion.
cheers, I'll try that 🙂
Was that cavern image above taken with flash or is it natural light in the foreground
I almost never, ever use the flash! Natural skylight from a hole in the roof of the cavern.