Volcano

Volcano, Burbage Moor, Peak District National Park, UK

Bridges

Bridges, Burbage Moor, Peak District, UK

Little Miss Trouble

To get a reasonable look off a child that actively poses you need some kind of trick. Like getting her to make faces and snap the normal look in between, when she's rushing to see the results.

Engineered Landscape

Callow Bank and Carr Head at sunrise, Peak District National Park, UK

Mist in Padley Gorge

Oaks, Padley Gorge, Peak District National Park, UK

When I checked the weather for that morning it showed sunny day for Ranmoor, where we live, and fog for the neighbouring villages. Aha, I thought, we must be above clouds. After the kids were at school I took my second Mom, and we drove to Higgar Tor, where I took, among others, the photo from the last post. You try and find the spot on the wide frame below. Then we moved to Padley Gorge, as we had seen from above it was still within the mist layer. The mist had turned a magical place like Padley Gorge with its twisted trees into a truly extraordinary experience.

View from Higgar Tor towards Hope Valley

Floating Garden

Mist over Hathersage, Peak District National Park, UK

Sunrise at Burbage moor

Let's start with a postcard. Sheep waking up to a beautiful sunrise on a frosty morning. They appear to have chosen the spot to be in line with the rising sun, but they were already there, before the rays graced them. Sixth sense?

Dense-ish cloud cover that lends to such picturesque sunrises also means that the conditions change very quickly. In such conditions I use the 'shoot first - ask later' technique ;) and trust my instincts mostly. When seeing a potentially good subject I shoot several frames with slightly different framing and orientation. Really, there is no time to set up tripod and carefully study the composition. The other thing is that when I'm drawn visually to something I may not notice all the important details at the time of capture. Like the beautiful turbulent clouds below