How many people do you know who go on holiday and forget to take their camera? Nobody? Well, you do now! Silly Mike forgot to take his when Jude and I went to the Yorkshire Dales last week! We stayed in a rented cottage in a small hamlet called High Fremington, which is less than a mile from Reeth in Swaledale.

The weather was relatively kind and I managed to get out for two longish walks. Just behind the cottage there was a feature on the map called Fremington Edge (at around 1,500ft or 450m). It’s not particularly high, but it had to be done, as did the ‘reccy’ (or checking out) of a small village called Booze. (I kid you not!) Perhaps surprisingly, there is no pub in Booze (well, it is only a group of about 6 or 7 houses), but there were two along the route and two more in Reeth. Not that I visited them all on this walk of course!

My apologies for the quality of the images below, they were all taken on my (not so expensive) mobile phone, but I hope you still get a feel for the walk.  

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  1. picpholio Avatar

    Unless “silly Mike” forgot his camera, I find the results of the mobile phone are quite satisfying ! Even when I click on the images to see them in full resolution (probably saved for “web”) the results stay good. So I assume that original shots are even better.

    All depends on what you realy want, souvenirs of your trip or high quality images that will probably never be printed. Lots of backpackers use nowadays mobile phone to gain on weight. My advise is: don’t worry and just your forgetting the camera.

    Again, it was a nice blog that I enjoyed very much Mike.

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    1. Alittlebitoutoffocus Avatar

      Thanks for your comments Rudi. I guess they are ‘adequate’ but I still find the phone a difficult thing to use, especially to frame a shot, as the zoom in and out is hopeless to control. I also don’t have the other functions, like black and white or one point colour, which I like, nor the ability to change the aperture etc. for those waterfall shots… (See next post for example). 😊

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      1. picpholio Avatar

        Indeed, these are the things you can do also with a real camera, it’s always a compromise. From what you write, I learn that you go for the “real art” of photography. Same goes for macro photography what I often do.

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        1. Alittlebitoutoffocus Avatar

          I think I just like to reflect the views and things that I see as best I can. The phone is OK for close stuff but hopeless at landscapes (by comparison). I was pleased with the panorama photos though. The phone can certainly do a much wider angle.

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  2. blhphotoblog Avatar

    They are pretty good shots to my eyes, looks a lovely place as well.

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    1. Alittlebitoutoffocus Avatar

      Thanks Brian. It is certainly a beautiful place (especially when the sun shines obviously!) The hills are not so high, but the moorland seems to go on forever! In case I don’t mention it on my second walk, I had grouse taking off every 30 yards or so and grouse butts dotted around the moor. There must have been a lot as I overheard some guys in the pub talking about 4 per gun… I’m sure you wouldn’t agree with that ‘sport’ either!

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  3. Bay Photos By Donna Avatar

    Great shots and lovely scenery, Mike! I know that feeling of forgetting your main camera, ugh, it happens to all of us.

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    1. Alittlebitoutoffocus Avatar

      My camera is usually welded to my wrist! But I tidied up the top of my chest of drawers and put it in the drawer… Out of sight, out of mind! I have to get back into the habit of taking it with me, everywhere!

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