Bamford Heather

[Dave Semmens]

I have a week off work so planned to try and get some heather photos up in the Peak District.

I tried a couple of sunrises, but the light was poor so decided to give a sunset a try and make the most of my time off.

I arrived on Bamford Edge a couple of hours before sunset and scouted round for a composition away from the normal viewpoint as it was crowded with walkers / day trippers.

It was very hazy and the wind direction / clouds looked like they may snuff out any light at sunset - so I got some shots as the sun dropped lower and the low cloud started to move in.

I waited it out, but as I had expected the sun disappeared 30 minutes before sunset.

Golden Days by Dave Semmens, on Flickr

Dave.

 

[SFTPhotography]

A masterful exposure and the subtle light and distant haze really bring it to life. One of the best peak district shots ever taken - no doubt of that in my mind at all.

 

[Dave Semmens]

A masterful exposure and the subtle light and distant haze really bring it to life. One of the best peak district shots ever taken - no doubt of that in my mind at all.

Thanks Steve - really appreciate the positive comment

 

[LongLensPhotography]

I like this overall but I would most certainly lift the exposure of the bottom half of the image by about a stop. Do a test print to see what I mean

 

[Dave Semmens]

I like this overall but I would most certainly lift the exposure of the bottom half of the image by about a stop. Do a test print to see what I mean

EDIT - I have raised the exposure on the bottom section by around 1/3rd stop. It just does not look right if I push further than that.

Dave.

 

[Steelo]

Beautiful image Dave, fantastically controlled exposure

 

[Son_of_Thor]

EDIT - I have raised the exposure on the bottom section by around 1/3rd stop. It just does not look right if I push further than that.

Dave.

Looks about right to me Dave, any more and it'd scream HDR. A lovely image, well done

 

[LongLensPhotography]

EDIT - I have raised the exposure on the bottom section by around 1/3rd stop. It just does not look right if I push further than that.

Dave.

Looks about right now. Without the grey cloud the heather would have had a fair bit of warm sunshine which would have helped. In all fairness I got even worse conditions there on Tuesday; well dreadful conditions to be precise.

 

[Dave Semmens]

Looks about right now. Without the grey cloud the heather would have had a fair bit of warm sunshine which would have helped. In all fairness I got even worse conditions there on Tuesday; well dreadful conditions to be precise.

I was up on Carl Wark and Higger Tor for sunrise on Tuesday. Unfortunately it was just low cloud drifting through and most light was snuffed out for the first 3 hours.

 

[Bobsyeruncle]

great shot.
Lovely tones.

 

[NPUK]

Nice to see a different viewpoint of that location rather than from the rocks looking towards upper derwent.

 

[Deleted member 34016]

Very nice and well worth the obvious effort put into getting the image

Les

 

[Scirocco_09]

One of the best I've seen from this place, it's not an easy spot to put your own stamp on but you're done that here. Really beautiful.

 

[mstphoto]

Beautifully captured image!!
Great looking location

 

[Dave Semmens]

Thanks all for the great comments