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Sunrise over Ladybower

Sunrise over Ladybower , a photo by craigand on Flickr. We got up at a ridiculous hour this morning to watch the sunrise over Ladybower. This is what we saw. Definitely worth it.

Festive Fir

Festive Fir , a photo by craigand on Flickr. Abstract photo of a christmas tree taken using cunning and exceedingly clever lighting tricks. No post-processing.

Bridge near Castleford

Bridge near Castleford , a photo by craigand on Flickr. I pass this bridge every time I take the all-stops train at 7:18. Ideally I'd take the 6:48, but if I am delayed then it's a handy second option. The journey to and from Castleford is always quite pleasant, with canals and fisheries and boats and ponds scattered apparently at random along the way. This morning, for the first time, I remembered to take the camera, to sit on a seat by the correct window, and to actually be awake and alert when we went past. While the scene is quite crisp, although muted by the wintry mists, it was difficult to capture that in the image. The dirty train window, the mist outside and the speed of the train itself meant that I had to turn up the ISO to 1600 to get a high enough shutter to freeze the motion and avoid camera shake. I had the camera butted right up against the window, tilted slightly to one side, to avoid reflections and the grain of the dirt splattered up the outside of the glass