Nice shot ;-) I've lived in Stalybridge all my life and never actually been up there. Have you any more on Flickr?
Does this look better? Hope so, I spent ages trying to fix it. Incidentally, I'm sure it loses saturation after uploading to Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sloper59/6345016045/
Better, but still slightly noticeable, how did it get there in the first place, was it when you were trying to bring out the shadow detail in the building?
I cant see the original but the edited one looks good to me! Great light and tones!
Stunning image. Very familiar with the area and have taken a few from up there lookin over to Oldham and Manchester.
This is by far one of the best I have seen of the Pike.
Gaz