Welcome to the guest book. We’d love to hear your comments about the project
23rd February 2010
Steve R @ Frodsham
I've admired these lovely shots on the web before - I now see they're on show down the road from me in Runcorn. Itching to see them now!
21st February 2009
Mark Huff @ Colchester
Stunning photos, guided to this site from the outdoorsmagic website. However i feel the website lets the project lets its down as when I click on the back to the map button the site crashes and I get the message "Operation aborted".
I am runninh windows XP and internet explorer.
Hi Mark - theres never been any issues before with XP users running IE. Glad you like the work. Henry
21st September 2008
Roy Hammans @ Weeping Ash
Henry, Delighted to have discovered this project and your work. Pity I missed the exhibition but, thanks to an impending visit to Paul Hill's show this week I discovered your photographs by a devious route - which I've written about in a blog post at www.real-photographs.co.uk for what it's worth. (Well it's worth Googlejuice if nothing else!)
Have also purchased the book from the Wordsworth Museum - awaited eagerly.
Roy
29th July 2008
tony d @ wrexham @ student
i've enjoyed the book and found it inspiring.
The images encapsulate beautifully both the romantic tradition in art while still containing an element of documentary.
Wonderful images!!
19th July 2008
Glenda Clarke @ Alfa Owner
These are real works of art and are very inspiring.
Thanks to roeburndale at Alfaowner for directing me to this site
5th June 2008
Mat Rumbelow @ London
Incredible how much ambient light there is, and how little our eyes can pick up! Great shots Henry - I've always been hugely frustrated by high noise levels on long exposures at night. Maybe I need to upgrade my camera! Has the Nikon got a particularly large CCD, and did you use a huge tripod to keep things steady? I bet it's magical just being up there alone at night...
Reply:
Thanks Mat. The newest Nikon - the D3 has a larger sensor than the D2x I was using. Quality lenses make a huge difference as well. And yes a I carried a big solid tripod up the hills!!!
31st May 2008
Josh Pearce @ Llanrhaeadr-Ym_mochnant, Wales
Just come back from a lake district, was totally blown away by you images, bought your book couldnt put it down in the car on the way back. You've inspired me to do a homage to your work for a college project, but around where I live. Thanks I was really struggling to find somthing to inspire me!!
Just a quick question did you use a low aperture e.g. f3.4?
and also any advice for me as I'm new to night time photography.
Thanks
Josh Pearce
Reply:
All the shots were taken around a full moon which is surprisingly bright so f5 or 5.6 was generally fine. Henry
27th May 2008
Paul @ Sunderland
I'm new to the photography of landscapes and new to walking them but I'm totally shocked how you managed dark shots without noise what camera and is it dark or is it light enough for the camera to produce no noise at night? your work is brill am looking to take some of my own I have the Nikon D70s my email is themuss25@aol.com all tips would be very helpful as an amature finding it hard to get good night shots thanks a lot Paul.
Reply:
All the shots were taken around the full moon usually with a clear sky - which gives out more light than you'd imagine. The camera was a Nikon D2X, with Nikon lenses and exposures were no more than two minutes, using the cameras 'noise reduction' mode. Henry
7th May 2008
Adrian Ward @ Norwich
Spectacular images - is the exhibition going to travel, and is the book available through bookshops/online?
Hi Adrian,
The book is available from the Wordsworth Shop - http://www.wordsworthshop.co.uk/
Email. shop@wordsworth.org.uk
To place an order, call (015394) 35888
For general enquiries, call (015394) 35544
The exhibition will tour if we find a gallery to take it!
24th April 2008
Judith Moore @ Friends of the Lake District
Many thanks for the invitation to the exhibition opening Henry - it was absolutley fantastic - one of the best exhibitions I have ever seen. Great news that it has been extended!
Outstanding work - Friends of the Lake District are really pleased to have been involved with this amazing work.
12th April 2008
Amy Wilson @ Sheffield
Amazing shots Henry - now just trying to work out if we can get up to see the exhibition
28th December 2007
Alison Stockwell @ Buckinghamshire
Stunning photographs Henry. Very inspiring.
10th December 2007
Tony Larkin @ Framework Events
Hi Henry,
After talking about this project with you it's great to have now seen your work. I was always interested with the concept when you were telling me, and wow, it's fantastic mate. Keep up the good work, the results are stunning!
19th October 2007
Kruse
We met at the RSA last saturday. These images are really fascinating. Would love to see the book. A really good project.
16th August 2007
Tony Giles and friends @ Norfolk
Hi Henry,
You may recall we met you early morning 3rd February 2007 on the High Street ridge and shared a bit of breakfast bar! Thought you looked like you needed it! I can now see some fantastic results from your dedicated work that night - the images are stunning and inspirational.
Keep up the great work and who knows we may cross paths again some early morning on the fells!
Thanks Tony, I remember - I was starving at the time! Henry
5th August 2007
Jill Geaney @ Suffolk
Hi Henry, viewing the images is just like being there. Amazing. A real treat for us ex-Northerners living in the low country.
2nd August 2007
H Dooberry @ Swanscombe
I can't see any map, or any images.
- I can only assume you're using an old browser. Henry
29th July 2007
eric wilson @ willaston
very impressed Henry. Recalls many of my spots of time
21st July 2007
Katherine @ Cumbria
I picked my copy of Cumbria Life magazine today and was really pleased to see an updated spread of the latest photographs following on from last month's article. Still impressed! Keep climbing those mountains!
13th July 2007
Peter Hardman @ Woburn USA
Following the links from the UK climbing site. Really like the way the roads get picked out at night by the head and tail lights. Gives the landscape a new dimension.
3rd July 2007
Paula Chuter-Baker @ Midhurst, West Sussex
I spend alot of time looking at websites and reading books etc about the Lake District but these photos give a new dimension. What a wonderful idea and they are truely inspirational. We shall definately go and see the exhibition and maybe change the time of the occasional fell walk to get the real feel of your pictures.
12th June 2007
Big sister's walking buddy in NZ.. @ Royal Berkshire
No longer a Champange Charlie on a Brown Ale wage eh H??
Saw you on NWT whilst visiting my Mum and another of my very good pals (from ex Blackpool days now in St Annes) saw it too! Loved it! Really beautifully pictures..Keep up the good work and good luck with exhibition..Liked the article in The Westmorland Gazette too!!
22nd May 2007
Niall O'Leary @ Millennium
Excellent work-it would make a great book!
30th April 2007
felicity mackenzie @ lincoln
A truly haunting selection of images, beautifully executed and sensitively created they serve as a fine dedication to the beauty of the land. Enlaced with a strong pantheistic element they remind of being from and of returning to the earth. Wonderfully evocative stuff, look forward greatly to seeing more!
4th March 2007
Jane Cushnie @ South Lakeland
Really inspired work and an absolute treat to see. We're really looking forward to the exhibition.
It's a bright night out there as I write. I wonder if you're on a mountain top.
12th February 2007
Phil Frankland, italy
Fantastic to see such unusual shots, makes you want to get your sleeping bag out again !!
Keep up the amazing work Henry, so few real artists around these days.
12th February 2007
Dave Ellams @ nxo | strategic marketing network
Original spin on the landscape, executed brilliantly. Great pics, well done Henry!
12th February 2007
John Wilson @ Bristol
Henry, a busy weekend in early Feb produced some images. Keep walking to find these Spots of Time they are truly striking! I will certainly come up to see the exhibition.
Cheers, John
9th February 2007
John Smith @ Horwich
Wonderful pictures they create a whole new vision of the Lake District, I admire your dedication.
Keep them coming.
28th January 2007
ANDREW FORSYTH @ KENDAL
A wonderful idea and just the sort of 'WOW!!' project which should help to show how the tranquillity of this amazing place can be destroyed by thoughtless and selfish people spilling light everywhere. Some wicked images already...and more to come!
24th January 2007
David Harrison @ Garstang
Great concept and great images, looking forward to other pictures as the project develops.
24th January 2007
Callum aged 8 @ Cumbria
I really like the photos and I like the view at night - I didn't know it looked like that.
24th January 2007
Les @ Whitehaven
Stunning pictures, the lakes as never seen before, brilliant website!!!
21st January 2007
Brian Greenwood
Excellent Henry. The Helvellyn shot takes me back 40 years to Fylde Mountaineering Club bivouacs in the cave on Dove Crag.
20th January 2007
Nigel Collier @ Manchester
Beautiful, beautiful work. Inspirational, other worldly and truly awesome. I'd love to see more work, an exhibition, some framed prints, the book and will probably visit the various areas to experience the scenery first hand... just not at night! Well done....
18th January 2007
Adrian Hope @ Freshfield
Well done Henry, the pics are amazing!
18th January 2007
Kate @ Carlisle
I love these images, are you exhibiting prints of them anywhere local?
The exhibition will be at Grasmere
early in 2008. Henry.
17th January 2007
Maxine @ Mountain Heritage Trust
Just fantastic! Best of luck with the rest of the project too.
17th January 2007
Vicci @ Whitehaven
Beautiful photography, stylish website - very impressed!
17th January 2007
Peter Bowness @ Whitehaven
Fantastic! Never seen the Lakes at night despite living there for 20 years!! The sharp contrast of the lights against the almost surreal lakes backdrop is really impressive.
Good stuff.
16th January 2007
David Malcolm @ London
Henry - truly fantastic shots - well worth the wait to create them and worth the wait to see them on line as well. A different perspective on landscape photography which I havent really seen before - excellent!
16th January 2007
Mike Gillespie @ Earth
Amazing. What a great idea. I love them (Borrowdale and Derwent Water is a particular favourite). Never seen anything like these - beautiful, other-worldly, peaceful. Top stuff. A little reminder to us what we're doing to our planet too - such a remote part of the country still decorated by the fairy lights of our towns and citys. Careful humans......
15th January 2007
Phil Leigh @ Lancaster
Fantastic body of work H - keep pushing the boundaries mate...
15th January 2007
Tracie Storey @ Sui'shi in London
Both magical and surreal....really like the use of google map vibe too. Really easy to view.
15th January 2007
Simon Jenkinson @ Folk Creative
Excellent Henry, I would expect nothing less. Brilliant.
15th January 2007
Jess @ original concept / London
Henry what sort of exposure time where you on? cause im guessing it was long. Lovely shots.
15th January 2007
rors burns @ peak district
awesome pictures there.. and what a top idea to take them at night!
good luck fella :)
15th January 2007
James Bush @ London
Absolutely amazing shots. Love the design of the site too.
15th January 2007
ed coleman @ LONDON
GO ON HENRY !! really inspiring dude !
12th January 2007
Noelle Badertscher @ Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Nice job H. Love the feel of the site.
12th January 2007
nel johnson @ manchester
Really lovely images. Great work.
11th January 2007
David Logan @ Whitehaven
Hey Henry,
I'm loving the shots, they look fantastic!
I've never seen anything quite like it. It's great to see pictures of The Lakes like this taken at night-time, the absence of any daylight makes them look somewhat surreal. Also, loving the effects of light pollution from some of the houses / villages and the motion blur on the stars!
Good work, I've subscribed to the RSS feed and eagerly await more shots. Lets hope you get the weather!
