I took this on a visit to Higger Tor on the morning of Christmas Eve. It was a bitterly cold morning but the light was still good when I arrived.

Higger Tor afternoon

A landscape version of an image posted a while back. Looking to Higger Tor and Carl Wark.

The Burbage Valley with the old 17thC Packhorse Bridge straddling Burbage Brook. In the background on the left hand skyline is Higger Tor.

Two images of Over Owler Tor taken a in different conditions. The warm-toned image was taken just after sunset on a fine day and the cool-toned image was taken at sunset on a cloudy day. Both images were taken from Higger Tor but, as can be seen from the different position of elements on the horizon, from slightly different places.

Peak Heather

Higger Tor seen from the Iron Age hillfort of Carl Wark.

Early light on the frosted 'Kitkat' rocks at Higger Tor.

Icicles hanging off the ice-glazed gritstone of Higger Tor.

An eight shot panorama image taken from the Eastern trig point of Stanage Edge.

A view of Over Owler Tor and in the background the mist can be seen clearing Higger Tor.

The majestic rock-strewn plateau of Higger Tor in the distance taken from the top of Surprise View

Higger Tor, Peak District, UK

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A photo from Saturday morning. I always struggle for foreground on the Western side of Higger Tor. I'd initially tried Curbar Edge which was in the fog so, with a short time left before sunrise, I headed here.

There wasn't much above the fog. Mam Tor on the right horizon was in an out of hill fog.

There's some compositional issues with this shot but I thought it was worth sharing.

Jaggers Lane in Hathersage with Higger Tor looming large over the village.

Shelter Stone at Higger Tor.

The much photographed but unnamed gritstone tor at Over Owler Tor near Surprise View.

Final shot of the day...

Autumn colours starting to appear in this view of Higger Tor from the Iron Age hillfort of Carl Wark.

Rolling clouds over Higger Tor and Carl Wark at Fox House, Derbyshire Peak District.

Higger Tor, Peak District, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK

Callow Bank (on the left) and Higger Tor seen from Mitchell Field near Hathersage.

Carlwark looking towards Higger Tor

Looking towards Carl Wark hill fort.

Higger Tor.

he heather bloom is only a month away (or thereabouts) but I fancied a little splash of colour on the grid.

This was the final morning of my camping trip last year and was the first shot I took as light started to break. It's not the best composition I've ever framed up but it's a great memory for me.

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Sunrise behind the gritstone tors of Shelter Stone on Higger Tor.

Higger Tor and the Iron Age Hillfort of Carl Wark.

I love the colour in the Peak District during the summer months, I always try and get some photos when the heather is in bloom.

The KitKat stones at Higher Tor.

Yet more heather.

Another view of the pre-sunrise colours seen from Higger Tor.

The view across the heather of Hathersage Moor towards Higger Tor.

A 19 image stitch panorama.

This morning was very windy so I used an ND filter to blur the movement of the clouds. Exposure was 10 seconds.

clouds and heather on higger tor

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The view across Callow Bank towards Over Owler Tor.

Higger Tor, Peak District, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK