A Peek at the Peaks

I took my first ever visit to the Derbyshire Peak District a couple of weeks ago.

It was a freezing cold day but the light in the late afternoon was nice and warm.

I have posted a few in the gallery but none of these (although one or two similar ones)All were hand held on the K5 with the Sigma 10-20 + Kenko Pro CPL + Hitech ND Grad 0.9. The colours are straight out of camera with a small amount of LR4 work mainly on exposure adjustment and clarity

As always C+C very welcome

Carl

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Stunning shots. I am so impressed by some of the shots on this site. Very pleased to see these, as today I picked up a Sigma 10-20 (F4 version). so now I have to try for work like this. Love them.

No. 6 is the one for me Carl, it has a superb lead-in and great depth.

Regards
David

Great set Carl really have impact hard to choose but 1 and 6 for me but really impressed with this great set of shots

I agree with David, both of them

Nice set Carl, all only 5 mins from my house so I know them very well!

I like these

Great set, but #6 and #7 are standouts for me (although IMHO the sky on #7 is just a little over-gradded given the light on the moor).

Your doing me no favours in my 'resist LBA for a sigma 10-20 and grad kit' war at the moment, Carl .

Very nice set Carl. Looks like you had some lovely light

Thank you everybody - I did have a good day out - although was only there about 3 hours.
Tim your comment on 7 made me smile - the reason being that this was the only shot I actually lightened the sky on - most of the others have some selected shadow enhancement. this one was so dark especially on the left I had to really beef up the exposure in LR4

Carl

Just shows you. Get a great exposure catching such a dramatic range of light, and some joker comes along and says.... (see above)

carl i have to say i do like your photos and i think that this set is lovely work but Iam still looking at some here that seem to be a bit over done in colour and brightness or it could be my monitor sorry if it is i really dont mean to offend at all its just OMO

Hi Richard

You have never offended me and I thank you for your honest comments

I am the first to admit that my monitor is not calibrated and I have said previously that I have a suspicion some of my shots can look over cooked on others. Plus I think I tend to like bold colours. You are not the only person to mention it - strangely I have also noted that I do not get as rich colours when I use the Kr

BUT here's the strange thing - as stated at the top - these colours were virtually straight out of camera and by that I mean - the only colour changes I have made is that I have actually desaturated the sky in a couple of the shots - I have not knowingly done anything that would have strengthened the colours

I think that the colours I am achieving are a combination of light and the filters I am using - perhaps I am over doing it with the 0.9 grad and cpl combination but I like the results. Next time I am out in similar light I will try the 0.3 and 0.6 + CPl to see if there is much difference

I will have to experiment

Thanks

Carl

Tim - I think you are missing my point - my point was that you were right - I should have used a lighter nd grad on this one - the sky was naturally so dark in parts that the filter way over darkened it on the left - leading to me trying to correct it in LR4 - clearly not corrected enough and well spotted

Carl

PS - everybody - just for the record as nobody mentioned it - my favourite was the last one - just goes to show what I know

Hello Carl good to see you went up there its a great place to see and photograph.
for me its got to be No. 5 the depth of field is spot on and the shadows that's on the rocks works for me well taken.

PS i use the lee 9nd and 6,and 3 all hard, but some times that does happen to me so i will keep on experimenting as well