This week, the weather has turned decidedly wintery, and I headed up onto the moors for some sunset photography. There was some truly spectacular colour, but I didn’t capture anything more than what I consider to be snapshots.
I’ve therefore continued to spend time editing some of the many images I captured on a trip to the heart of the Peak District.
For a long time, I ignored the Peak District and often chose to drive a couple of hours to the Lake District instead. This is odd behaviour because the Peak District has some wonderful locations for landscape photography. What’s even odder is that I can walk from my house to the Peak District Park boundary.
Despite this, I still prefer to travel to other locations in the Peaks. Perhaps the need to travel to a location is part of the photographic process that allows us to see an area’s potential.
Now, let me share some more Peak District photos.
At this point in the day, the sun was on the horizon, and I was frantically searching for a composition. I decided this pile of stones and Silver Birch tree was interesting enough. It also allowed me to capture the sunlight that was spreading across the landscape. I couldn’t see what I was doing properly, so I crossed my fingers and released the shutter.
I used my Fuji XT5 with a Fuji 10-24 lens at 10mm for the photo and had the camera mounted on a tripod. The exposure was 1/8 second at f/8.0 and ISO125 with a 3-stop Reverse Graduated ND filter on the sky.
This next image was taken almost immediately before the one above.
This was the same camera and lens but at 13mm. Again, I had the camera mounted on a tripod for a 1/10 second exposure at f/7.1 and ISO125.
When I took this photo, I didn’t expect to be able to use it. The 3-stop Reverse Graduated ND filter turned the rocks on the left of the frame black, and I didn’t think I could save it. As it turned out, the problem was quite easy to fix, so I shared it in a YouTube video (https://youtu.be/yuPSR4DXQ9E).
I hope you like the images, and have a great weekend.
The Lightweight Photographer 