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It was a cold, damp and misty morning on Higger Tor as I was waiting for the sunrise.
Higger Tor, Peak District, Derbyshire, UK.
Shot with a Nikon D300 and 18-105mm lens
It's the 63rd anniversary of the Peak National park today, even Google got in on the act with their doodle..... last minute as usual so I trotted up to Higger, bloody cold despite how it looks, breezy with clouds packing in from the west. Lets hope the holiday weather plays ball!!
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I took this shot just before a snow storm on Higger Tor, Peak District, Derbyshire, UK.
Shot with a Nikon D90.
One of the best sunrises I've seen - made better by the snow making it difficult for a lot of people to get here, as would usually be the case on a Saturday morning.
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Padley & Burbage Hike Conclusion:
I panicked when I arrived at the top of Higger Tor. I had given myself plenty of time, an hour to in fact! to find my spot but Higger Tor has so many different shapes, forms and possibilities in its gritstone that my mind started to race and so did my heart rate.
I found several spots I liked and it felt like being a small kid again in a toy store being told you can only choose one. I came to this spot, left, returned, left again, came back, went somewhere else but ultimately, like that kid in the toy store eventually does; I formed my bond with this spot and knew in my hearts of hearts this was the one I wanted.
After all the rushing about (which felt like hours in my mind) I sat down to realise I hadn't cut it quite as fine as I thought (*cough* as usual) leaving me the luxury of forty minutes to relax and enjoy watching the light go from yellow to orange and eventually that afterglow explosion of red and magenta.
I used the last of the afterglow light to take the lazy persons route off the tor and scrambled directly down, enjoying a night hike back along the way I came, through a very spooky Padley Gorge at night.
I opted for a different composition on a recent visit to Higger Tor. There was a virtually cloudless sky which meant that including the sky in the composition was not really an option. Luckily, I arrived at Higger Tor fairly early when there were no people to get in the shot.
Vibrant purples and greens of the heather and bracken in this view of Higger Tor from Carl Wark, an Iron Age Hill Fort on Hathersage Moor. Derbyshire, Peak District, England, UK. Summer.
I took this shot shortly after sunrise on Higger Tor, Derbyshire, UK.
You can make out the path leading to the ancient hill fort of Carl Wark.
Shot with a Nikon D700 and Sigma 15-35mm lens
A stormy sunset on Higger Tor, Peak District, Derbyshire, UK.
Shot with a Nikon D700 and Sigma 15-30mm.
Warm morning light from Carl Wark looking over to Higger Tor.(1/60 f7.1 @ 12mm 0.6 Hard ND grad filter)
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Dark clouds at first light over Shelter Rock on Higger Tor. This is a re-working of a similar image from a few weeks back. I wanted to capture more texture and depth in the skies and see how far I could push the menacing atmosphere of the image.
From Higger Tor. The sloping rocky outcrop in the distance is Carl Wark a natural feature fortified between 2000 and 2500 years ago with walls of boulders.
Sunset/Moonrise on Higger Tor, Peak District, Derbyshire, UK.
Shot with a Nikon D90 and Tokina 20-35mm, f2.8 lens.
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Not quite sure about the balance of processing yet - as it's a difficult one to merge with the distinctive shape of Higger Tor protruding into the sky. I ended up using Photomatix for the first time in months/years - both exposure fusion and tonemapping, all combined together with a manual blend as well. Sure it still needs some playing with but it'll do for now.