Bakewell at Twilight

Bakewell at Twilight, originally uploaded by KingKobra.

Had a run out to Bakewell in the heart of the Peak District this evening. I think we got there about 30 mins too late, as the sun was lower than I expected it to be, and wasn't giving the nice evening sunshine I was hoping for.

Nevertheless, Mart S., and I rattled off a few shots of the river, and the 13th century bridge. I also too the opportunity of the low light, and the fast moving river to get a few long exposure shots of the river, but the vegetation around the banks was also moving so those shots were unusable.

We had a wander over to the church, hoping it would be illuminated. It was, but only one side of the clock tower which reduced its potential.

The light was dropping fast, so we headed back to the bridge and got some long exposure shots from the bridge, with car light trails.

Having done in Bakewell, we headed out to Edensor, again hoping the church would be lit. Unfortunately not though. We did have a small stroke of luck though. The Chatsworth estate were testing out different lighting effects on the house for Christmas. The whole west front of the house was illumitated a deep blue. I took some pictures, but none of them had long enough exposure times, and we didn't stay long enough to get better shots.

Finally we headed into Matlock, as Mart S., wanted some pictures of St Giles Church, as we knew that this one was lit at night. The only downside was a somewhat over zealous Neighbourhood Watch scheme, where some lady seemed to take offence at our presence.