Risky adventure to find epic photos at Moss Force Waterfall

In this video, I hiked to the top of Moss Force Waterfall in search of the perfect composition for landscape photography.
A few days ago, I headed to a location I had photographed a few times. It's an incredible Lake District National Park area called Moss Force Waterfall.
While the waterfall is incredible to photograph, it's also very accessible. It's easy to locate and park, and it's only a few steps from the road. Because of this, nearly all pictures captured from here tend to be from the same common spots.
During this visit, I intended to hunt for locations that were different from the norm. I wanted to go beyond the path. In fact, I wanted to go as high up the falls as I felt safe doing so.
I don't want to give anything away here, but...
I hope you like the video.
Gary
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[@davidwilliams4839]

Awesome photographs. I am 79 yrs old with slight mobility issues, but while watching you climb, I could sense a feeling of vertigo creeping in. Well done and glad you kept yourself safe.

[@nigelfreestone1770]

Lovely looking set of falls, I might have to visit one day. Will say Hi at the show on Sunday if I get a chance!

[@GaryGough]

It's worth a visit and looking forward to saying hi 👍👍

[@JB-oj5yq]

Great video as always Gary. You are definitely an inspiration to us more "mature" photographers.

[@GaryGough]

Thank you xx

[@peterkennington1043]

I like the way you always go the extra mile Gary, so to speak

[@macimages4215]

Great video as always. Keep on climbing…hills only get steeper and gravity stronger as we age.

[@GaryGough]

lol so true 😁😁

[@912582]

Good one again Gary, honest, straightforward and with results and explanations which work for me anyway. Stay at the top!

[@GaryGough]

Thanks 👍

[@mrtaffspoon]

Definitely epic and I will definitely have to visit that location next time I'm in the Lakes.

[@GaryGough]

It's definitely worth a visit 👍👍

[@laurencedonkin9248]

as always, fabulous photos and brilliant location 🌟

[@GaryGough]

Thank you xx

[@PerBirkhaug]

Thank you for great videos, great shots (they were all great in this video), and great inspiration! We've got some spectacular landscape in Norway, but you've got nothing to be ashamed about in Britain either 👍👍👍!

[@durhamsnapper9426]

In pursuit of originality you are becoming an expert on off piste with a health warning. You are a must watch and a very engaging personality. My favourite images this time are the ones with you in which demonstrates scale . Cheers Gary .

[@GaryGough]

So nice of you to say, thank you xx

[@JohnHPettigrewFujishooter67]

Nice one Gary good to see you keeping safe no image is worth killing yourself. Amazing as always thanks for sharing.

[@andykennerley8159]

Well done mate stunning photos you got down safely

[@GaryGough]

Cheers Andy 👍👍

[@alanbudge]

Great video with some very good tips on composition and use of the polarising filter. I especially liked the pic at 12.20. Thanks Gary.

[@slannne]

Tell you what stunt Gough the effort level from you is inspiring. Excellent vid again mate.

[@GaryGough]

Cheers 👍👍

[@terrymartin4489]

Wow, awesome video and awesome shots. Living life on the ragged edge is fun, but like someone wise once told me, when you play you eventually have to pay.

[@georgehatzipantelis4642]

Beauiful shots, love the BnW

[@GaryGough]

Cheers 👍👍

[@ChrisPattonPhotography]

Some great images Gary, the light down the valley and the clouds looked fantastic..I also enjoy getting in really tight to waterfalls and picking out details with the long long, really liked the compositions you picked out. Glad you didn't venture right to the top as it looked to sketchy, no image is worth getting injured for, apart from the odd blister or two on the feet 👍

[@kevinnichols623]

Fantastic shots and vlog gary,no shot is worth putting yourself in danger, no matter how stunning 👊

[@GaryGough]

Cheers 👍👍

[@martinlacey621]

Great video and photographs Gary, hope to see you on Sunday.😃

[@user-mh7bz2lb7j]

Nice waterfall photos. Congrats on getting almost 100K subs and all your success. Such a great photographer.

[@GaryGough]

Very kind, thank you. Still a long way to go though 👍👍

[@notapplicable6644]

Very risky Gary, everything is wet and slippery. But thumbs up 👍. Star Save.

[@stephenthompson1998]

Think I will keep to the flatlands of East Anglia and watch your adventures and photography, I will feel and be a lot safer😊

[@oscararrieta326]

Very risky, but you got awesome pictures.

[@GaryGough]

Cheers Oscar 👍👍

[@timrosenburgh8597]

Another great video Gary. What a fantastic waterfall. Definitely not worth risking death to get closer to the falls. Don't know about crampons on the rocks though. Absolutely stunning image's and i couldn't really pick a favourite as i liked them all. Look forward to the next one.

[@GaryGough]

They're spikey things. It was more for the muddy climb further up. Cheers 👍👍

[@Ash-qz3yb]

First class as usual Gary 💯🎯

[@GaryGough]

Cheers 👍👍

[@klaus.bernhard]

Bravo !!! Respect to you

[@GaryGough]

Thanks Klaus 👍👍

[@martinagiusstreetphotography]

The abstract ones are amazing

[@RAVOGRAPH]

Greetings from Southern part of India, called Bangalore, Garry. What a wonderful hike and the magnificent pix! Loved it and laughed a lot through this vdo! It really elevated my mood. Thanks for sharing this beautiful vdo. 😍🙏🏻

[@karlw4647]

Cool images, well worth the hike up 📸👍

[@miket1291]

I really enjoy your video's. Thank you for not dying😉

[@stigfloberghagenphotography]

Thats a great location and wise to not take any risks 👍🙂

[@trevorhowell2199]

Another great video. after last weeks adventure I thought things might be a little less dangerous.

[@GaryGough]

😁😁I'm sure it will be a lot tamer next week. 👍👍

[@williamfalls5681]

Good job Gary and great abstracts.

[@StephenBridgett]

Well done Gary, spectacular work

[@joelbarto1103]

Not sure crampons and rocks are a good idea. Be careful out there. Great photos!

[@GaryGough]

All for effect :)

[@davidprior8624]

Fantastic video Gary. Love your content and enthusiasm. Hope to see you at the NEC.

[@mainline464]

Wow nice shots, hope to see you on Saturday at the NEC

[@randyschwager84]

Absolutely awesome photographs! Thanks for making the huge effort to get them…and thanks for taking me along!

[@pentax-paul.]

Another great video , i particularly like the monochrome shots of the top waterfall . Well balanced advice there Gary , you have to get off the well trodden path to get a different view / composition/ angle than the masses who take the same shot from the place in the easy spot , BUT ... discretion is the better part of valour, they say . The need for a unique shot has to be tempered with common sense and self-preservation .

[@GaryGough]

Agree totally. Cheers 👍👍

[@nickyfoulkes8476]

Arh you are a brave man, beyond my capabilities. However WOW your efforts were rewarded, big time. As a Nikon FF shooter I would agree about the 24-120mm F4 lens. I mainly shoot with that or primes on 2 bodies. Thank you for sharring your hair curling, stomach turning journey.

[@GaryGough]

Thanks Nicky xx

[@Waldo58]

As always Greg useful tips, a couple there I need to try using, thanks 👍

[@jamesbarnes3063]

Beautiful

[@happymystic9800]

The close-ups are beautiful. They resemble „white lava“ streaming across black rocks. I really like it. ❤❤❤ …. Cheers😊

[@GaryGough]

Cheers 👍👍

[@SloopJohnBee-vq6dw]

Great video and stunning shots as ever Gary. Maybe you could change the channel name to The Danger Man, or The Fall Guy (hopefully not). 😂👍📸

[@richardlynam2007]

Great start :)

[@julieboyle170]

Your photography takes my breath away and these images are no exception. Once upon a time I would have been right behind you on that climb but now I am 77 (not so steady on my feet) I have to live my adventures through you. Thank you for sharing.

[@barryjdicker3290]

Brilliant As Always Gary, Get Your Boots On And Just Do It , Words I Live By By Buddy , Cheers Gary ..

[@GaryGough]

Cheers Barry 👍👍

[@riedelpedrosa2934]

VERY GOOD...

[@GaryGough]

Cheers 👍

[@judyblionphotography172]

I love your adventures and photography, thanks for taking us along for this amazing journey with you !!!

[@GaryGough]

Thanks Judy 👍👍

[@markrossi5721]

Thank you for taking us a long on your adventures Gary. Always inspiring and I love the waterfall images. Keep on trekking and may God bless you.

[@GaryGough]

Cheers Mark 👍👍

[@iviemclardy50]

Well done, Gary, stunning images, well worth all the huffing & Puffing

[@GaryGough]

Cheers 👍👍

[@martintromp4158]

Great footage Gary, and beautiful pictures too. Cheers

[@GaryGough]

Cheers Martin 👍👍

[@jocoma_photography]

Love the monochrome shots. Wont be at NEC, too far to travel from New South Wales, Australia!

[@musiqueetmontagne]

Fabulous shots Gary. I know that hillside and waterfall very well from my youth. It is steep, exposed and a no slip/fall area up at the top. Great video, stay safe. Cheers, Robert.

[@GaryGough]

Plus, it's a long way down, gulp! 😁😁

[@pierrebernier4949]

Hi Gary, Don't tell me you were alone for this journey to the top ! Youa re definitely not a "lazy photographer" ! Great moment! Thanks !

[@GaryGough]

I have no friends, of course I was alone :) 😁😁

[@joaopedrosantos5942]

Fantastic, how you risk your life to show us these wonderful images. Thanks Gary

[@antonoat]

Some really stunning Images from up there Gary!

[@GaryGough]

Cheers xx

[@bri7530]

stunning images again Gary and good on you for making the effort to go further off trail 📸👌

[@GaryGough]

Cheers 👍👍

[@bernym4047]

Ha Ha. I see you adopted my tip about wearing crampons! Epic video. I love the shot with the rising sunlight kissing the top of the cascade. Kudos to you for knowing when to stop climbing & not needing a helicopter ride back.

[@GaryGough]

Crampons are a real game-changer. Cheers Berny 👍👍

[@jotresidder520]

Fabulous video and images, as always.....thank you. I closed my eyes for your climbing parts!!!!

[@GaryGough]

That's weird, I closed mine too :)

[@jotresidder520]

@@GaryGough 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@alexgimagery]

The close-in abstracts of the cascading water are brilliant. Definitely do not need to risk anything more, and even if your image from the top was not a banger, you got yourself a spectacular viewpoint that probably very few have reached.

[@GaryGough]

Cheers Alex 👍👍

[@svendwithfelt9848]

Wouderfull pic All the from Denmark

[@davidrushworth658]

Stunning images Gary, particularly the BnW! You managed the climb with the agility of a mountain goat.......awesome. My feet tingled watching you. Huge thanks for another fantastic video!

[@GaryGough]

I bet they wasn't tingling as much as my ar*e was 😁😁

[@davidrushworth658]

@@GaryGough 🤣🤣🤣

[@wednesdaythroughthelens830]

Don’t be lazy. Don’t be stupid . Sound advice 👍

[@GaryGough]

My mantra! Cheers 👍👍

[@DaciaandtheDude]

Great video as usual, and I know you like showing us amazing places, would you have considered using the drone with a 1000nd filter on, at least that way you could have got a shot in safety

[@GaryGough]

It would have saved the climb too. 😁😁

[@MaliDaviesPhotography]

I did alot of swearing at you. Great shots mountain goat! Give you a shout tomorrow, see you on Saturday 😁👍

[@GaryGough]

Strange how you didn't use words like graceful, elegant and stylish to describe my climbing skills, strange! 😁😁

[@MaliDaviesPhotography]

@@GaryGough at least there was no arse crack involved!

[@GingerCaptures]

Nice one Gary, I did exactly the same climb last year 😉👍🏻

[@GaryGough]

Nice one. Did you stop where I did or go to the end?

[@GingerCaptures]

@GaryGough I went up the waterfall it's self, but came back over the top the way you went up, if you go higher up you can drop down into it, it does cut into the view of the valley a bit though 👍🏻 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3a0k4yKfZqkj9ksi=fUrqJ87lbEK-7boI

[@vzshadow1]

Gary, That's young man's work.

[@GaryGough]

I am young! sort of 😁😁

[@vzshadow1]

@@GaryGough Younger that me. I hope you're well.

[@scotty4418]

Lovely selection of images Gary and look forward to saying hello to you on Saturday at Birmingham. Also picking up a new NiSi filter system when I'm there as well

[@GaryGough]

Looking forward to saying hi too. Cheers Scotty 👍👍

[@georgemason2472]

Beautiful shots! I wonder if a drone shot is possible on that last spot? Always like the fresh perspective but as the proverb says, better is a live dog than a dead lion. We had a photographer die here a while back trying a shot from the top of a waterfall.

[@GaryGough]

Love the live dog saying. So sad about the tog that died too. Sometimes, you just have to know your limitations. Cheers 👍👍

[@paulwbakerphotography]

Bigger balls than me Garry, not with these legs. Brilliant images mate.

[@GaryGough]

lol not sure how to reply to that statement 😁😁

[@paulwbakerphotography]

@@GaryGoughprobably best not too. I could never have got up that slope.

[@kenrees8726]

All of them

[@GaryGough]

Cheers Ken 👍👍

[@anvilcloud]

You may know your limits, but they are far beyond many, and you're not exactly young, so more power to you.

[@GaryGough]

None taken 😂😂 cheers 👍

[@paulburwood8231]

It'll be a real squeaky bum situation if you plan on hiking up there for sunrise!!!!

[@GaryGough]

You're right and I'm not sure it would be worth it tbh Paul. Cheers as always xx

[@magicworldbyjorg]

.a cool video keep up the great content.. Thank you… Greetings Jörg

[@GaryGough]

Cheers 👍👍

[@magicworldbyjorg]

@@GaryGough Thank you very mutch... have a nice Start of the week.... see you…. Greetings Jörg

[@Wolkenbruch7]

bloody hell mate

[@280bunny]

As we would say - total nutter!😂 That said, a brilliant video, and some stunning images, especially the b&w close ups! A question if I may, do you ever shoot water/falls at a fast shutter speed to freeze motion?😀

[@GaryGough]

Not really no. I would do of course, if I thought the motion would look good frozen. Small waterfalls tend to be boring when frozen. Just my opinion of course 👍👍

[@280bunny]

@@GaryGough thank you, looking forward to the next video.😀

[@Colinpowellphotography]

I'm not sure the cramp on's or hiking poles where of much use. Perhaps you'd have been better off with a grappling hook and a rope. 😂 All said a done nice one mate, there's no shame in trying and you did the right thing if you didn't feel comfortable.

[@GaryGough]

All for effect. My spikey shoes were for the muddy climb rather than the rocks, though. Cheers

[@DaveGregoryParamedic]

Ace spot just wondering why you didn't take the path the goes around the road side and up to the top of the falls. Maybe next time bud!

[@GaryGough]

I could have but you can't get to where I went to from the path. I intended to come back down that way but I couldn't. Plus, walking up a path isn't as much fun. Safer granted 😁😁

[@DaveGregoryParamedic]

@@GaryGough fair enough!

[@henriksorensen1]

Hi Gary, exelent video as always ! I have a question about masks in Adobe Lightroom that I think you might be able to answer: The "white balance selector" is only available in the basis panel for for the entire image, and NOT within a mask - so how do you set the white balance within e.g. a object mask or a mask made with a brush ? E.g. I often do photos of shoes, and in the post I select the shoes with a mask to fine-tune colors, but I would realy love to have a white balance selector here - but theres isn't one ! ;-)

[@GaryGough]

I don’t use Lightroom, sorry. You can change colours and white balance selectively in Photoshop though.