Borrowdale Mill

After 23 years of living in the Lakes, you'd think I'd have photographed much of what was picturesque in my "back yard". Today I explored a corner of Borrowdale I'd never been to, walking along a "new" (for me) footpath to find this old mill. The footpath goes the other side of the stream, so I had to wade across the stream to get this viewpoint (good job I was wearing wellies).

I used a little stopper to give a long shutter speed, and a reverse grad to keep tone in the sky. Because I was shooting it from such a low angle, I shot a focus stack, and bracketed the exposure, so I could achieve front to back sharpness and keep full shadow and highlight details. 

Looking forward to shooting this in different seasons and with more water.