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I've lost count of the number of times I've missed a photographic opportunity due to a lack of information about a location. Often it's a simple as arriving late due to a misunderstanding about train schedules, or it may be that I'm snapping away in blissful ignorance of the beautiful castle that is just a few miles down the road. So, frustrated by a seeming lack of dedicated UK location guides, I took the decision to collect together my notes from past trips, edit out the profanity and bad spelling, and publish them on the Internet. I’m just getting around to it now, which is about par for the course really.
I’ve often heard the advice “f/8 and be there” passed on by fellow photographers. It’s the basic intent of these guides to help out with the “be there” part of this equation. I've tried to be as exhaustive as possible in the information provided, and will of course try to keep the guides as accurate as possible.
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ALSO NEW: The Location Database is a detailed database containing hundreds of UK photographic locations. For obvious reasons, there is less detail on the individual sites, but there are many, many more locations included. Each entry contains links to sites where you can gather more information.
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Blea Tarn is one of the most accessible Lakeland tarns, with access from a reasonably well kept road mere metres away, and a pay and display car park metres from that. Surrounded as it is by fells and forest, it still seems to retain an air of the remote however, and signs of roads and houses are largely hidden from view. For these reasons and more, Blea Tarn has become a popular site for photographers, and if you don't get up early you'll likely not be the only photographer there.
An early start on a still day will not only spare you the possibility of a crowd, but will also reward you with mirror-like reflections from the waters of the tarn. The nearby fells will be reflected well in the still waters, and the stoney shore will provide you with foreground interest for more interesting compositions. Blea Tarn is a location that shows a very different side in different seasons and conditions, so don't just assume that the summer months are the best time to visit.
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