This image was taken from a moving train on a recent visit to North Yorkshire. It was a rare occasion; I didn’t have my wife or children with me.
It was also a gloriously sunny day and I was travelling between Leeds and Skipton. The landscape was stunning and this was the best of numerous shots I took.
I lived in various parts of Yorkshire for a while in my twenties. I hadn’t visited for years and years and I’d forgotten just how beautiful it can be. Travelling by train across the various moors and dales provided a fantastic opportunity to check out the stunning countryside.
I experimented with various camera settings but this was taken in smart mode. Anything else turned out ridiculously blurry because of the movement of the train. I also ran it through a cinema filter.
I always find landscape photography to be incredibly difficult to take well. I knew I was never going to produce a prize-winning photograph because this image was taken while on the move, but I do like the rolling countryside and mix of sky and land. It also brings back memories of my time in Yorkshire.
What’s your favourite landscape? What landscpaes remind you of the various stages of your life?
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13 thoughts on “North Yorkshire landscape #MySundayPhoto”
That’s a very good photo, especially as it was taken from a moving train! I always find landscapes hard to photograph. The main one I take pics of is the estuary at Padstow – we go every year, but I never tire of it!
When I am on the move I always tend to use the preset mode just to be sure that I get a nice photo as I am still learning how to take decent shots.
Love this shot as well! Its so vast and the filter gave it more drama.
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The Yorkshire Dales are gorgeous – I haven’t really explored them enough. My favourite landscape of all, though, has to be looking out over Sydney Harbour in the late afternoon, with the falling sun glistening across the water and casting the Opera House and Harbour Bridge into silhouette. Instantly recognisable and a view that always makes my heart skip a beat.
I think this is brilliant especially considering that it was taken on a moving train
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I love the Yorkshire moors. Such a beautiful place.
What a great picture you would never be able to tell that you were on a moving train, Clio lending a helping hand for Coombe Mill
My sister lives near there and I love visiting her, it’s such a beautiful area. Great capture from a moving train.
I am impressed this was taken from a train!
One of my favourite landscapes is the one I am looking at right now. The beach and the sea in the South of France…
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I agree with you, taking landscape photos don’t often do the landscape justice. But this looks amazing, and even more so as it was taken from a moving train!
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That’s a pretty good photograph considering you took it whilst on the move AND through glass! Love a landscape shot.
You get to see so many great things from a train window – this is a really lovely view 🙂
that’s rather stunning. it looks surprisingly dry countryside.
Very impressed you got this from a train. I love watching the countryside roll past when I’m on the train, especially taking the East Coast line into Scotland x