To help work off our festive lunches we decided to camp out on the Lion and the Lamb near Grasmere. With a late start and poor visibility (there was some light snow) we weren't going to get much of a view for the night. I decided to try get some portraits, using our touches as modelling lights.
Shooting at ƒ2.8 1/80 and ISO 3200 I was pleasantly surprised at the quality of the images, the focus is pin sharp on the eye giving super detail.
Steves hood provided too much shadow to with butterfly lighting blocking the eyes off, by using a split lighting Iv been able to catch the detail in the eye. it dose give the image a much harsher feeling.
Later on the clouds started to part so I created some double exposures mixing the stars and portraits
While I could have done a better job at blending the exposure, they did well to keep my mind off the cold.
We woke up fairly late, the sun was already up. The visibiliy had cleared giving a night view of the valley and what remained of the sunrise.
Inorder to prepare for our Christmas dinners Jamie and I went on a hike up Striding edge and down Swirrle edge on Christmas eve. The weather wasn't ideal with plenty of hail and wind it gave some nice atmospheric clouds and added to the look of the 'hostile' environment.