Nick Atkin

The Milkyway.

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:29 +0000

The Milkyway taken above Rutland Water.

This shot consists of the following:

10 Light Frames @ f/2.8, 15 seconds, ISO 3200.

2 Dark Frames @ f/2.8, 15 seconds, ISO 3200.

All the frames were then stacked together using DeepSkyStacker and a final curves adjustment in Adobe Photoshop CS5

Posforth Gill, Valley Of Desolation.

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 17:16 +0000

This tranquil valley owes its name to the desolation caused by the great storm in 1826. Nature has long since repaired the devastation. In 1999 eight thousand trees were planted and interpretation introduced to illustrate the natural succession of plants and trees thought likely to have developed along the valley and on the immediate fells since the end of the last Ice Age.

Scalber Force.

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:11 +0000

Scaleber Force is convenienly situated by the road side (Settle to Airton) so nobody needs walk more than a few yards to view the waterfall. As with many waterfalls in the Yorkshire Dales its a surrounded by a small copse. The drop on the waterfall is around 20 feet.

West End Ruins, Thruscross Reservoir.

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:44 +0000

Low water level at Thruscross Reservoir.

When the reservoir was first filled it took away a village. This sunken village, West End was a small community that had thrived during the nineteenth century when the textile industry was in it's heyday. It had a Post Office, a Methodist Chapel, Textile Mills and a warehouse. The village was happy before the new reservoir took its soul once and for all. When the reservoir is low you can still make out the layout of the village.

Posforth Gill, Valley Of Desolation.

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:02 +0000

Scalber Force.

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:27 +0000

Goredale Scar.

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 08:22 +0000

The 2 waterfalls and stream were completely dry when i arrived.

Gordale Scar is a dramatic limestone ravine 1 mile or 1.5 km NE of Malham, North Yorkshire, England. It contains two waterfalls and has overhanging limestone cliffs over 100 metres high. The gorge was formed by water from melting glaciers. The stream flowing through the scar is Gordale Beck, which on leaving the gorge flows over Janet's Foss before joining with Malham Beck two miles downstream to form the River Aire. A right of way leads up the gorge, but requires some mild scrambling over tufa at the lower waterfall.

Janets Foss.

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:41 +0000

Janet's Foss is a small waterfall in the vicinity of the village of Malham, North Yorkshire, England. It carries Gordale Beck over a limestone outcrop topped by tufa into a deep pool below. The pool was traditionally used for sheep dipping, an event which took on a carnival air and drew the village inhabitants for the social occasion.

The name Janet (sometimes Jennet) is thought to be a folk tale reference to a fairy queen held to inhabit a cave at the rear of the fall. Foss is a Nordic word for waterfall, still used in Scandinavia, and is presented in a number of cases in England as 'force'.

Janet's Foss was the location of the fictional Molkham Falls as featured in the 2006 independent British film, WATERFALL. Filming took place there in May 2006.

West End Ruins, Thruscross Reservoir.

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:03 +0000

The Strid, Bolton Abbey.

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:13 +0000

This was the only shot i managed to get as it p***ed it down with rain just as i was setting up my camera, so i fired off one shot before having to walk all the way back to the car park without a coat.

From Bolton Abbey a pleasant riverside walk leads upstream through woods to the Strid, a notorious stretch of water where the River Wharfe is forced into a deep and narrow channel.

At its narrowest point the Strid is only about two metres wide, and foolhardy visitors have in the past tried to jump across the roaring chasm. Failure is invariably fatal, however, as there is no recorded incidence of anyone having survived a fall into the thundering waters of the Strid - which mercilessly sucks its victims into the underwater caves and eroded tunnels which lie hidden underneath each side of the rocky channel.

Needless to say, the Strid is an extremely dangerous place, and visitors should take care to keep a safe distance from the edge, with children and animals being kept firmly under control.