Hope Woodlands
Or plughole as the locals call them, apparently.
Running out of tat to share.
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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.
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.
The natural beauty of the Derbyshire Dales in the vicinity of Kinder Scout National Nature Reserve. Picture taken from Snake Road.
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
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
Or is it Fairbrook? One of a number of small falls around the Kinder Scout area.
Thanks to all Phoide contributors to Hope Woodlands!
Most notably Graham Morris, Pete Rowbottom and Alan Taylor.