Bradgate Sunsets

Prepare yourself for a post full of extremely similar images, however I just couldn't pick my favourite of the bunch and it's getting late so I can't be bothered either!

Sunsets are great images to capture, and during the winter, if you are a student like me, they come mid afternoon and so it's a great time after you have just got out of bed to go for a walk and shoot some of these! 

Here are some images of the sunset, taken whilst at Bradgate park, which most of you will have seen bits of from my previous posts. You can find them here:

Bradgate Park

Dear oh deer!

The moon

Enjoy!

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Her Red Coat

Lotherton Hall near Leeds is where today's photos come from. It's an old house with surrounding gardens that are really pretty. So in the new year, myself and my girlfriend decided to go and have a look around and go and take some pictures! To be honest I will probably get 3 or 4 posts out of the photos I have taken at Lotherton Hall, which is really lucky as I won't be going out much this week with exams and hand ins!

In this post, it is all about one thing. Her Red Coat. Luckily for me, this was the first time she had worn the coat! I have never really taken photos of her from far away, and until now. I was lagging behind (trying to snap some leaves) when I looked up and saw her from afar in the red coat. Now in winter so many colours just disappear leaving a brown dull mess, and the red coat stood out so well that I had to take pictures of her!

So here is the first batch of photos from Lotherton Hall (which I will talk about properly in one of the other posts) featuring the red coat.

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Sunset

 I have just been so lucky and caught one of the best sunsets I have seen all year. I looked out of the window to see if the sun had fully set yet and saw this. It was amazing. Even though I'm still rough from two nights ago when I went out, I quickly put on my shoes and ran outside, knowing how quickly these things change and disappear.
I quickly marched to the end of the street to get the best view, snapping as I went. When I got there, there was even someone else there with their DSLR taking photos too! Both of us saying how amazing it was.
Winter really is the time that the sunsets come out (obviously they happen every day, but it's not the same) and make their mark but as the sun sets so early and so quickly it's really difficult to captrue a truly beautiful shot. As you can see from the photos the colours were changing even through the short time I was out there and ten minutes later it has gone.
 It was truly stunning and I hope that through the rest of this winter I get to capture other ones just as good as this!

The first photo I have also entered into Saida Cane's Sweet Snaps competition, go have a look!

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Up to the edge!

Alderley Edge is a little place in Cheshire just outside of Manchester and it is RIDICULOUSLY expensive. A lot of footballers and stars live there as it's not too far from Manchester. It does however have a national trust place and so myself and my girlfriend went there for a little walk and to take some photos! We had been before, but it was extremely busy as it was a bank holiday weekend and we couldn't find anywhere to park so we went back home to the pub, just as good! But this time it was a normal monday and so it was empty, success!
So we started our walk up to the edge, and spotting things to shoot on the way. When we got to the top, it really is an edge, as you will see from the photos! Pretty impressive view though! Just as we reached the top, the battery on my camera died, nightmare! so I resorted to using my iPhone for a few snaps, but it's just not the same!

Now here is a little side story for those of you interested in my antics:

When we were leaving the top an old lady asked us if we could shout 'Izzy' at the top of our voices as she had lost her dog! So we spent a few minutes shouting it and listening out, but she was nowhere to be seen! However just as we were turning to go back, I spotted something white running around right at the bottom below the edge, and it was the dog! No amount of shouting could stop her from having the time of her life down there, so I offered to go down and get her. After making my way down the hill, slipping numerous times on the way, I finally got to the bottom where I hearded her up the hill back to her owner, however I was still stuck at the bottom of the hill! It took me a good ten minutes and all my energy to get back up, when the dog did it as quick as a flash! Finally, as I made it to the top, they had the dog and all was well, except for me who was completely knackered, but it was a little adventure all the least! Moral of the story is, keep hold of your dog if it runs off so nice people like me don't have to go chasing after it! Thanks!


anyway, here are the snaps from the day:

Wrapped up warm, poser!

 someone planning on staying the night?

 Woodland shots...

The edge! Awful shot as the light was terrible, but I had no time to set it up as the battery was dying!

 In one of the crevasses...

A panorama shot from my iPhone

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