Day Twenty Two - Thursday 24th
This was the second outing of the day, and the attractions of Stevenage are wearing thin. So a quick 10 minutes down to Welwyn Garden City and a walk around Stanborough Lake. I arrived 30 minutes before sunset, but the lakes are screened by the A1(M) and trees so the Sun had actually dropped behind them by the time I had arrived. However the light was good, Blue Hour (the name for the hour after sunset), which you can clearly see in all these images. This time the camera was working and as it was going to be poor light, my tripod was with me. All these images other than the train are HDR. Today that was three pictures taken to capture a normal and an over exposed and an underexposed image, which are then combined later. This allows a wider dynamic range which captures the details in the bright sky, and the details in the shadows.
On arrival at Stanborough, I quickly went to the East side of the Lake with the hope of getting the sunset reflected in the water
At the South end of the Lake the main London KX line north passes close by.
Soon after arriving mist started to appear on the fields and the water
This is on the West side, the River Mimram flows alongside the Lakes
Can you spot what is wrong with this picture?
The lake has a number of fishing jettys at regular intervals around the shoreline
Again the same question . . . .
My favourite from the evening, the mist getting quite thick at this time
The footbridge back across the river to the car park