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from the ubiquitous gate on Great Ridge.
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A 5-shot HDR with a 3-stop ND filter for good measure. Taken on a jaunt up to Three Shire Heads with Liz and Kev Palmer.
Three Shire Heads is situated at grid reference 010686 on the border of Cheshire, Staffordshire and Derbyshire and is a point where four packhorse routes meet. There is a fabulous high-arched stone packhorse bridge beside which is Panniers Pool where the little ponies with their heavy panniers or saddlebags would have been allowed to drink.
Back in the 19th century, Three Shire Heads was a place where lawbreakers or coiners evaded capture by crossing into a neighbouring county as years ago it was only possible for police to act within their own county limits. The local settlement of Flash takes its name from the trading in counterfeit money by these coiners, the word flash being associated as dishonest or not of genuine quality i.e. flash men (thieves), flash money (counterfeit currency) or flashy (not as good as it looks.)
This was also said to be the setting for illegal prize fights and cock fighting as the perpetrators of such crimes could escape and soon disappear in this wild and rocky scenery. It is reputed that a court was held on this spot in the 14th century by order of the Black Prince, Lord of the nearby Forest of Macclesfield, relating to tenants of the counties of Derby and Stafford who were accused of trespass into the forest.
Following on from the last image of Bamford Edge... I don't usually post several images from a location in succession but it seemed right to do so on this occasion as this directly follows the last image in terms of the reason for being there.
A fabulous sunset and and sky on Bamford Edge which, if we had left it much longer we would have missed, "on the last minute" would probably be the best way to describe our arrival here.. I do like to get to places early and set up and wait but a visit to a friend of mine nearby did delay us a while, as did the climb up to here after a Steak and Ale Pie in the Pub.... luckily it all worked out nicely, apart from being very out of breath for quite a while!
I was hoping to get the drone up here for a timelapse of the sunset but the wind had other ideas, it took most of my concentration to watch where I was standing here as about a foot behind me was an enormous drop which I really didn't fancy ending up at the bottom of...
Edale Valley, Peak District National Park
A familiar location but something a bit different, you'll probably have seen this location shot with water flowing over the top, despite all the rain we've had lately the levels are right down at the moment leaving it totally exposed out of the water so I've gone super wide to get the lot in, and against a fairly angry sky makes for a quite unusual take on this place.
The set up for this was iffy to say the least with a lot of moneys worth of gear hanging over a wall pointing down with huge 150mm filters on the front, and the rear leg of the tripod rested (a bit precariously) on my camera bag to give extra height need to get right over the wall and looking down. While setting it up I had visions of the lot dropping off over the wall, but thankfully that didn't happen !
Even taking it down really had to be careful, bit of a hold your breath moment for sure!
Nikon D850 Nikon 14-24 F/2.8 @ 14mm NiSi S5 System NiSi 150mm 10 stop NiSi 150mm 3 stop medium gnd Fotopro T74-C tripod Fotopro LG-9R ballhead
leaves just kind of fell on the rocks.......honest.......
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The path to Black Clough Falls is arduous and can be quite tricky in places, but is worth the effort to see this hidden gem of the Dark Peak. Many thanks to Graham Fox for showing us how to get here, even though that particular expedition was abandoned due to bad weather :o(
I will be working on the south coast for the next few months but should (hopefully) be able to keep up with Flickr this time. If anyone has any tips for photographic locations around Weymouth/Portland, please let me know!
Or is it Fairbrook? One of a number of small falls around the Kinder Scout area.
Ladybower Reservoir is a large Y-shaped reservoir, the lowest of three in the Upper Derwent Valley in Derbyshire, England. The River Ashop flows into the reservoir from the west; the River Derwent flows south, initially through Howden Reservoir, then Derwent Reservoir, and finally through Ladybower Reservoir.
The area is now a tourist attraction, with the Fairholmes visitors' centre located at the northern tip of Ladybower. The east arm of the reservoir, fed by the Ladybower Brook, is overlooked by Hordron Edge stone circle.
Kinder Scout
A shot from the none traditional side of the rock feature known as 'The Salt Cellar' on Derwent Edge. Perched high above Ladybower Reservoir this is...
One of those moments when you have planned your shot as much as you can. You have driven 70 miles and walked for 60 minutes to get into place, just...
Another longexposure shot of Near Black Clough to add to me collection. I used an ND16 filter for this shot.
Or plughole as the locals call them, apparently.
nice bit of cloud inversion
with a nice leaf just for good measure, it kindly hopped onto the rock :-)
The meeting place of Cheshire, Staffordshire and Derbyshire
Peak District
Mam Tor, Peak District National Park
Running out of tat to share.
Pegboy youtu.be/7frMA6BuUEI
The downside to car sharing...... apart from listening to awful music.....after leaving my tripod in the car the other week (I did realise before we went too far!) I managed to surpass myself this week by leaving my walking boots, hat and gloves in the boot.....the upside being I now own a pair of wellies!
Blimey, triple waterfall posts....I can only apologise. I love the walk to get to this series of waterfalls. I normally don't have the old headphones in when walking but I did this day and this popped up on shuffle as this came into view, perfect timing, if you like The Appleseed Cast of course
Another shot from a couple of weeks back.
After spending the morning finding the elusive (for me anyway) Far Black Clough I met up with the WRS master to have a crack at some of the falls at Fairbrook.
Castleton, Peak District National Park
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On the path up to Black Clough Falls, another track branches off, crosses the stream and winds its way up into the hills.
I was processing this one for a B&W conversion, but as it reached this stage in the process I decided that I liked it like this.
Something recycled. I posted this image a couple of months ago as a black and white image. For some reason I decided against the colour version at...
Another oldie reprocessed for possible inclusion in my 2016 Peak District Calendar. The landscape version of this shot received a Highly Commended...
A beautiful little glade that I've only just discovered, about ten minutes from home! First shot with my ND16 filter.
Ladybower Reservoir is a large Y-shaped reservoir, the lowest of three in the Upper Derwent Valley in Derbyshire, England. The River Ashop flows into...
With a splendid view over Ladybower reservoir. Well I think it is
Mam Tor, Peak District National Park
Peak District National Park
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I used a three-stop ND filter to slow down the water but I wasn't too pleased with the results so I added a second three-stop filter to produce this result.
Taken on a jaunt up to Three Shire Heads with Liz and Kev Palmer.
Three Shire Heads (also known as Three Shires Head) is the point on Axe Edge Moor where Cheshire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire meet, at UK grid reference SK009685, or 53.213°N 1.987°W. It is on the River Dane, which marks the Cheshire border in this area. On the east of the river, the border between Staffordshire and Derbyshire runs north-east for about a mile to Cheeks Hill, on the higher regions of Axe Edge Moor. From Cheeks Hill the border runs south then east to the head of the River Dove. The main landmark is a packhorse bridge. The bridge is Grade II-listed, and was probably constructed in the late 18th century. Wikipedia
Just had a great couple of days up in the Peak District scouting new locations and trying out the new camera for the first time, I wasn't especially lucky with the light on this trip at each end of the days but certainly came back with a few dramatic images from the afternoons, and a good list of new spots with potential for the next visit.
I hadn't planned to shoot here today but the contrasty light and dramatic nature of the sky when I was passing by changed my mind.
Naturally as soon as I had set up it started raining and with nowhere to shelter it was just a case of covering the camera up and getting wet for 5 minutes until it passed by, I often like the light that follows a rainstorm so it's worth hanging around rather then running for the nearest tree. it soon blew over and I was able to get my shot.
Nikon D850 Nikon 24-120 f/4 @ 65mm Fotopro T-74C tripod Fotopro LG-9R ballhead Nisi V6 System NiSi 100mm 10 stop filter NiSi 3 stop medium gnd
1S064 f/11 88 seconds
One from a stroll for 10 meters then stop for 30 mins with El Dentico....
Rick Astley number... youtu.be/IdkCEioCp24?t=73
Another one from The Peak District
Fairbrook, Peak District
The building of the reservoir resulted in the 'drowning' of the villages of Ashopton and Derwent (including Derwent Woodlands church and Derwent Hall). Ashopton stood roughly where the road to the Snake Pass met the Snake valley. The buildings in Ashopton were demolished before the reservoir was filled, but much of the structure of Derwent village was still visible during a dry summer some 14 years later. The narrow stone Packhorse Bridge over the Derwent was removed and rebuilt at the head of the Howden reservoir. The clock tower of the church had been left standing and the upper part of it was visible above the water level until 1947, when it was seen as a hazard and demolished with explosives on 15 December. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladybower_Reservoir
Small falls near the Snake Pass Inn
Another from my recent trip to Three shires head. Thought it suited Black and White perfectly.
As the heather season draws to an end, I was pleased to grab an opportunity to walk up to the Salt Cellar for a sunset that didn't quite happen. The...
Thanks to all Phoide contributors to High Peak!
Most notably Graham Morris, Richard Down and Alan Taylor.