Incredible morning photographing heather in Peak District
Some mornings are just super special and this Friday morning was one of those. It looked like there would be a chance of fog as it had rained heavily the day before and cleared overnight. The wind has dropped and everything was set. But I have had this all too often in the past and arrived excited only for the fog not to materialise.
So I had my Z8 and 24-120mm lens (my favourite lens for woodland which I knew I would be focusing on if it was foggy) and set off hoping for the best.
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The next 4 hours were incredible. I got the best conditions and the fog stuck around whilst the sun slowly peeked through as the morning progressed. The following images were taken as I wandered around Surprise View and Padley Gorge saying ‘it doesn’t get better than this’ many many many times!
When I got home and started looking through my images I thought to myself how close I was to not going out that morning. I had given myself lots of excuses not to go… my back may hurt too much?, will it be foggy?, will the heather be at peak? But really I was just wanting reasons not to get up at 4:20am again. It never gets easy! But as I always say, “You never remember that extra hour in bed but always remember the extra hour in nature)
This is a composition that I hadn’t found in many visits to this location. It was where I shot ‘Enchanted Oaks’.
New version of Enchanted Oaks - this was taken about 2 hrs after Sunrise compared to the original version that was taken 40mins before sunrise. You can see the difference in colour. Which do you like the most - let me know in the comments below...
It was also a lot foggier in this image. I think I prefer the original as the separation of the elements is better.
I love the green tones in this images and was surprised at how ‘green’ the ferns were at this time of year. I also like how there is just a little bit of Heather to place the season.
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These mill stones have been left where they landed years ago and provide amazing foregrounds around the Peak District.