Waking Widecombe

It was a foggy sunrise at the weekend. Southwest photographers hit high ground in their droves and I was one of them. I took my chances with Hameldown in Dartmoor, a location which has frustrated me in the past because it tends to get in other shots and offers little in itself as it's long and a little featureless.

 

My cunning plan, therefore, was to get on top of Hameldown and shoot into the surrounding valleys. That way my shots wouldn't be affected by the down itself.

 

When I arrived I was seduced by a red sky over Honeybag tor and headed towards it to get a good composition. That never materialised and I trudged back to the top of the down only to be seduced again by Widecombe in the Moor in the valley below. Could it provide me with a misty shot from "the other side"? (most shots are taken with the light on the east side of the valley)

 

So I waited for the sun to crest the hilltops on the east side of the valley. The mist in the valley never really developed to an exciting extent but it did offer me this subtle take, against the light, looking south up the valley.

 

This is a multi shot pano taken at 200mm. Thanks for looking.

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