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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.
One considerable consolation of the wet and windy weather we had over the weekend was the regular appearance of rainbows. I had just parked my car on the Grindleford road and was heading into Padley Gorge in the rain when the sun came out and produced this fleeting show. I just managed to get a couple of shots before the rainbow disappeared.
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.
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.
A rainbow briefly formed this afternoon whilst I was taking photographs at a wintry Over Owler Tor in Derbyshire.
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.
An image from a perfect evening at Longshaw Estate last week, with a great cloudscape and golden light across the landscape. The Beech trees to the right of the scene seemed an even more intense colour they appear here. I liked the way the path, the fence and the Ha-Ha lead the eye to the trees.
More from late summer sunrise morning in the Peak District
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Another image from a visit to Hathersage Moor one morning in late August. The weather didn't seem at all promising, with drizzle and thick cloud. Just before I had to leave the gaps started to appear in the clouds and the sun came out to light up the moorland and bring out the colour in the heather.
Another slightly grainy image. I was wondering why it was so grainy when I realised it was taken at ISO 11,400! So with hindsight I could easily have selected a slower shutter speed and produced a higher quality image. It's amazing how low the light can actually be just before sunset, even when the sun is shining. Anyway, this image was taken at a place equally popular with photographers and people who just like to go to a high place and watch the sun sink below the horizon. In late August it's a particularly great location when the heather is in full bloom and the air filled with honey.
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.
An image taken last Sunday. When I first arrived at Over Owler Tor, the weather was bright and, in the light winds, not as cold as it looks. I stopped around for a couple of hours and enjoyed the changing scene as clouds gathered in the east and rolled over, becoming increasingly thick and eventually turning into a downpour. Two or three Carrion Crows were ever-present, their caws adding to the atmosphere. One can be seen atop a tor to the right of this scene.
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.
An image from an evening visit to some local moorland a few weeks ago when the heather was at its best. This panoramic is a stitch of several images taken close to Millstone Edge. The small plateau-like outcrop to the left is Higger Tor and the outcrop to the right is Over Owler Tor. And in between its unbroken heather.
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.
Some old Beech trees on the National Trust's Longshaw Estate in Derbyshire, lit up by the setting sun. This was taken in mid-November, not long before all the trees were bare. The distinctive outlines of Higger Tor and Carl Wark can be seen in the background.
Some warm, late light flooding into the Derwent Valley yesterday evening, viewed from Higger Tor, following the passing of some torrential rain.
I took this image from Upper Burbage Bridge whilst heading towards Stanage Edge last Sunday. I'd intended to get to the edge before the sun came up but arrived too late so I pulled over as soon as I saw the light catching the top of Higger Tor and took a few images from the roadside with the lens I had to hand before the moment passed.
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 south east, from where this shot was taken.
Some golden light from the low sun breaking through the mist yesterday morning. This image was taken at Higger Tor, looking south, with the outlines of Carl Wark (left) and Over Owler Tor in the middle distance.
Another posting from an evening on Higger Tor last week, with the distinctive outline of Over Owler Tor and the surrounding high ground silhouetted against a clearing bank of mist in the Derwent Valley beyond. I was particularly struck by the sight of the remnants of the mist swirling around the stands of trees in Longshaw Estate, which can be seen to the left of this scene.