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 Posted: Sat Feb 11th, 2017 11:11
Robert



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 On Monday I am hoping to capture a special photograph at the southern end of Wastwater. Cam Crag is a prominence which is said to resemble a roman soldiers head, high above the Wasdale screes, at certain times of the year at sunset, it projects a striking shadow across the screes just before the Sun sets.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/29/long-wait-elusive-rock-wastwater-screes-lake-district

The protruding rocks form a massive overhang which is not apparent from the opposite shore. Climbing the Cam Crag overhang is one of the holy grails of the rock climbing world, being one of the most difficult in the UK as I understand it.

According to the Photographers Ephemeris, the shadow should be about right in mid February but if not I will get a good idea from Mondays images when I might get a better shot at it. Not only the timing but of course the weather has to be kind, with clear skies for an unobstructed sunset.

http://app.photoephemeris.com/?ll=54.427597,-3.307310¢er=54.4303,-3.3012&dt=20170213071900%2B0000&z=14&spn=0.03,0.10

I plan to make the exposures from directly across the southern end of Wastwater, where the road makes a sharp turn away from the shore as can be seen in this close up photo of Cam Crag shows.

http://www.alpinist.com/doc/ALP20/newswire-birkett-camcrag-e9



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