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Latrigg Fell, looking over Keswick and Derwentwater at the point of sunset on the fells.

I couldn't decide wether or not to leave the bench in or out of the shot but seeing at thisa time of year it's pointing out towards exactly where the sun will set it would seem rude to no to include it as part of the overall story.

I'd previously posted an image up with myself on the bench just after the sun had dipped below the fells, but I don't know which one I prefer. I wanted to get the sunstar as big as possible over the mountains as it the sun dipped between the higher peaks so I'd opted for an an unsually high aperture of f/22, I shot the frame again with f/11 just incase I wasn't happy with the difraction prone f/22 version on the big screen, but to my eye it seems fine and I didn't end up using the the larger aperture version. I know everyone harps on about never shooting over f/16 but although it's something I hardly ever do, I don't see why we should be afraid of using it sparingly now and again if it serves a direct purpose.

This is definitely a location I'll come back to at sunrise if there is a bit of fog and mist about and try and shoot a bit tighter in onto the lake and fells, can see it being very atmospheric at dawn.

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Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Allerdale Borough (show map)

Taken on: February 21, 2018

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