Lots of Sunsets - canal boating

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Lots of Sunsets - canal boating

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We have had a wonderful week away on our first canal boating holiday. We have also never taken a holiday in Cheshire before (where we live) and it was surprisingly lovely, I recommend Cheshire for a holiday. It was very stressful the first couple of days trying to learn to drive a 50ft long, 18 tonne boat, avoiding other boats, threading it through the needle (through bridges and locks) and doing 3 point turns (180 degree spin). By the end of the holiday I managed it, also mastered reversing.

However, we had no internet, I have no idea how Mark manages. Most places we only got 3G, but at the Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker we managed to get 4G. It also made a difference by putting the phone on the roof. Even so, it was a struggle to get Solarchat images to all open on the tethered computer to the iPhone.

Anyway, here are some sunsets I captured of our beautiful sunlit world. Hopefully some starry skies to follow when I get round to it.

ImageCanal boating in Cheshire 2022 by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr

ImageCanal boating in Cheshire 2022 by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr

ImageCanal boating in Cheshire 2022 by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr

ImageCanal boating in Cheshire 2022 by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr

ImageCanal boating in Cheshire 2022 by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr

ImageCanal boating in Cheshire 2022 by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr

ImageCanal boating in Cheshire 2022 by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr

ImageCanal boating in Cheshire 2022 by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr

ImageCanal boating in Cheshire 2022 by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr

ImageCanal boating in Cheshire 2022 by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr

ImageCanal boating in Cheshire 2022 by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr

ImageCanal boating in Cheshire 2022 by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr

ImageCanal boating in Cheshire 2022 by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr

ImageCanal boating in Cheshire 2022 by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr

ImageCanal boating in Cheshire 2022 by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr

ImageCanal boating in Cheshire 2022 by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr

ImageCanal boating in Cheshire 2022 by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr

I certainly see the appeal of the basic and simple life on board a boat, however it is nice to get back to a proper toilet and long hot shower :) but I am already missing our little boat Roheryn.

Alexandra

and the video produced by the hubby :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKZ0Z_WHOls


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and my star trails

ImageStartrails by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr

ImageNorthwards by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr

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Lovely! I missed this post.

I always have phone out of the boat for signal, it rarely works inside - Fereday cage and all that... Reception can be intermittment, with the 'middle of knowhere spots' often having the best coverage, you can forget it if you are in a cutting!


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These are great Alexandra! That is one big boat!


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Those are beautiful pictures! I guess I missed the original post too. The idea of a self-"driven" canal tour sounds like a lot of fun.

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Very nice photos Alexandra.

Looks like you have quite a dark sky there ! Wow, you are very lucky in Cheshire !

Did you try a high dynamic range image of your landscapes/sunsets ? Or you can do luminosity masking and adjust levels and curves for the sky and background independently.

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Thanks Magnus,

I have no idea about the sunset photography questions, I point my camera at the sunset and it takes the picture, that is about the extent of my knowledge ;)

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Beautiful pics, Alexandra. The sunset skies are really quite dramatic.

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Wonderful color and such beautiful scenes, thank you for sharing! And sorry for getting to them so late, better late than never:)


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