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  Seeking Perfection: When Is Enough, Enough? I’m always chasing the perfect shot, sometimes to the point of obsession. I’ll revisit a location time and time again, hoping to catch it in the perfect light, the perfect moment, the perfect mood. Sound familiar? For me, one place embodies this pursuit more than any other - Warnscale Bothy in Buttermere, tucked away in the Lake District. I first discovered this location   when I took up photography seriously during the lockdown in 2020 (remember those days?). I saw a breathtaking photo of the Bothy at sunset, glowing under golden light, and I was hooked. I had to try capturing that magic for myself. But there's a catch, to get that golden light streaming into the Bothy at just the right angle, there's only a narrow window of opportunity: June, when the sun sets in just the right position. So once a year, I return, hoping the weather plays ball and the elements align. In June 2024, I finally got a shot I was incredibly ha...
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  The Allure of Blea Tarn for Landscape Photography   Blea Tarn is situated in a small hanging valley between Great Langdale and Little Langdale in the heart of the Lake District. Glacial ice moving over the col from nearby Great Langdale shaped the tarn back in the Ice Age. Blea Tarn is a popular haunt of many Lake District landscape photographer’s including, over recent years, myself. Since I started photography in 2020, I have visited Blea Tarn many times, and it is has become one of my favourite locations in the Lake District for Landscape Photography. Blea Tarn is a place where I go to for tranquillity and peace, and as such I now only go there very early for sunrise or very late for the incredible dark skies. I have a very strong sense of belonging to Blea Tarn which I think is connected to the iconic view of the rugged Langdale Pikes in the background, which brings back many memories of hiking the Pikes when I was a youngster with my late father, and later, fabulous day...