{"id":25716,"date":"2020-08-13T22:08:39","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T10:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nzcjs.com\/wp\/?p=25716"},"modified":"2020-08-13T23:18:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T11:18:00","slug":"sunrise-at-doffcocker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nzcjs.com\/wp\/sunrise-at-doffcocker\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunrise at Doffcocker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Another walk around Doffcocker Lodge this morning. Instead of my usual 28mm f2.8 ais lens today I brought my 50mm f1.8D. The lead photo in today\u2019s post is a crop from a 6 image stitch. The 50mm lens was not wide enough to get the landscape shot I was looking for, so another stitch job!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sunrise over Doffcocker Lodge<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The shot alongside is a single shot image with the 50mm lens. Such a different feel between a landscape and a portrait orientation. I suppose the thing that grabbed my attention today was the circular sun and it\u2019s reflection on the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a hot and humid day yesterday, and today is supposed to be cooler. All the same, the sky looked hazy and I really wasn\u2019t expecting to see the sun as a crisp ball as is visible in these photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next photo, taken quite a bit later, is looking across the smaller lodge toward Winter Hill. Here you can see the sky isn\u2019t crisp and clear, but hazy. You can also see in the close foreground the Himalayan Balsam. I\u2019ve been quite amazed with the amount of balsam in the parks and waterways. It was introduced in the mid 1800s and I understand beekeepers are quite fond of it for the amount of nectar it produces for bees … but it is quite invasive and swamps the native plants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Looking towards Winter Hill across Doffcocker Lodge. Notice all the Himalayan Balsam in the foreground.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Heading home I couldn\u2019t help but notice the nettles and grasses – probably because the grass is quite long and I got rather wet from the morning dew. Nevertheless, these grasses are very pretty. Maybe I\u2019ll go looking for grasses tomorrow … there\u2019s certainly a large variety and their seed heads are most attractive. Nettles never seem to be popular either … probably because they can be painful, but they are a popular plant for butterflies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Early morning dew on grass at Doffcocker, Bolton.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Stinging Nettle<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Another walk around Doffcocker Lodge this morning. Instead of my usual 28mm f2.8 ais lens today I brought my 50mm f1.8D. The lead photo in today\u2019s post is a crop from a 6 image stitch. The 50mm lens was not wide enough to get the landscape shot I was looking for, so another stitch job! … <\/p>\n

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