Higger Tor - Peak District
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Due to various reasons still not been able to get out with the camera, so here's one from the archives again.
Patience paid off, waiting for the sun to produce this strip of light over the village of Hathersage. Taken from Higger Tor
Higger Tor is a dominant landmark of the Dark Peak, in the north of England's Peak District National Park. It's a gritstone tor overlooking the Burbage Valley and the iron age hill fort of Carl Wark to the southeast.
The purple heather seen here in the foreground thrives all over the moors of the Peak District and is in full bloom every August.
Although it appears as if the sun is in shot, this scene was captured facing east with the setting sun behind me to the north west. The bright area in the sky is an unusual reflection of the sunlight through the clouds.
Cloud inversion in the Hope Valley , Looking towards Over Owler, from Higger Tor, August 2016, Peak District Derbyshire, UK
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View from Higger Tor looking towards Over Owler, on a late December afternoon, 2016 Peak District , Derbyshire. UK
Higger Tor is a dominant landmark of the Dark Peak, in the north of England's Peak District National Park. It's a gritstone tor overlooking the Burbage Valley and the iron age hill fort of Carl Wark to the southeast.
This view looks west towards Hathersage and the Hope Valley, with Castleton, Mam Tor and the Great Ridge in the far distance.
The purple heather seen here in the foreground thrives all over the moors of the Peak District and is in full bloom every August.
Evening shot from Higger Tor looking towards Stanage And the Hope Valley, August 2016, Peak District , Derbyshire , UK
Looking across the purple moors, towrds Higger Tor, from Fox House,..August 2016, Peak Ditrict , Derbyshire , UK
An image taken at Over Owler Tor on Saturday, looking northwards towards the distinctive mini-plateaux of Higger Tor and Carl Wark, with the snow dusted Hathersage Moor in between.
I had a chance to pop out for an hour before sunset earlier this week and headed to Millstone Edge, which is always a great location at this time of year, with the expanse of heather in full bloom. I was lucky that a heavy rain shower cleared and the sun came out just as I arrived. After a quick dash up the hill I realised I wasn't going to get to where I wanted to get to before the sun went back behind the clouds so I grabbed a few images from the path, looking towards Higger Tor, with the outcrop of Over Owler Tor to the right of the frame.
Evening view from Higger Tor.. August 2017 Peak District , Derbyshire. UK... Gonna be my last post for a few days, due to a house move.. i'll do my best to keep up with your photos via my phone.... will be back when i get the internet sorted at our new house.... John
Higger Tor is a dominant landmark of the Dark Peak, in the north of the Peak District National Park. It is a gritstone tor overlooking the Burbage Valley and the iron age hill fort of Carl Wark to the southeast.
Autumn mists over Hathersage Moor seen from Over Owler Tor looking towards Higger Tor, Carl Wark and Stanage Edge.
One from Saturday afternoon, taken under slowly clearing skies from fields between Higger Tor and Stanage Edge, Derbyshire
I made my first visit of the year so far to Hathersage Moor and was rewarded with a dramatic cloudscape above a sea of heather. This view takes in Stanage Edge to the left, the flat top of Higger Tor in the middle and the rocky outcrop of Over Owler Tor to the right.
I took a 'detour' on my way into the office this morning, having seen some great recent images of the spectacular autumnal colours at Longshaw. I had to get wet feet to approach close enough to the duck pond to achieve something close to the composition I wanted. The images comprising this panoramic stitch were taken with me perched precariously on the second bar of a fence that runs towards the pond (the end of which I've cloned out of this image). The early sun on the turning leaves created a stunning show of colour and in post-processing I've actually reduced the contrast and saturation of the 'as-taken' RAW file. Other than the wet feet, the only other disappointment was that the stand of trees to the right of the image perfectly obscured Higger Tor.
Another shot from an amazing morning on Higger Tor,.. Late August 2016....Peak District ,Derbyshire ,UK
Some dappled light over the Derwent Valley and the slopes leading up to Hathersage Moor. This image was taken one evening last week from the top of Higger Tor. It's a stitch of a couple of images taken with a 105mm lens.
I shot this straight towards the sun, which was breaking through the clearing mist over Higger Tor. on Saturday morning. The rocks to the left of the frame form the so-called Shelter Stone.