I do hope you aren’t getting tired of these Peak District and heather images. The season for shooting heather is past us now but I still wanted to share another photo. I captured this in the Peak District, just above the Surprise View car park. I couldn’t resist the clump of heather, trees and bracken all blowing in the wind.
It was quite tricky to find all the elements in a composition that worked where I could place a rock in the foreground. The reason I needed the rock is to emphasise the movement in the other elements and show that the camera is steady. The still rock makes a nice contrast to the foreground heather blowing in the wind.
When I shot this, I had in my mind that I would convert it to black and white. I’m not sure why but I had a black and white image in my head. Now that I’ve seen it I’ve completely changed my mind; it’s a colour image. I did briefly toy with the black and white conversion, but it looked dreadful.
To boost the image colour and exaggerate the movement I used a polarising filter and 3 stop Kase Wolverine filter. I’ve been using Kase filters for almost a year now and I must admit they have exceeded all my expectations. I do still have my Lee 100mm and Lee Seven 5 filters, but I only use the Seven 5 filters. The Seven 5 system is so convenient for the smaller format cameras.
I’m off now to continue working on the Lenscraft Newsletter for tomorrow.
I hope you have a great weekend.
The Lightweight Photographer 
I really like this photo which is quite “vegetal”, with heather, trees, ferns (?). Except for the rock. That changes everything. And that brings strength in the landscape swept by the wind.
Have a nice week end
A.
Thank you. Much appreciated.
Superb image, I loved the composition and colors. As usual, you have made good use of filters. I learn a lot from your posts.
Next weekend I’ll spend hiking with my girlfriend in the mountains in the south of Minas Gerais state, I hope to take some good images with my little RX10. Greetings from Brazil.
Thank you very much. Be sure to enjoy your trip and spend too much time taking photos (but I hope you get some good ones).