Peak District Landscape Photography

Peak District Online – Landscape Photography
 
Welcome to the Landscape Photography section of Peak District Online, here you’ll find useful and informative information about locations, equipment, techniques and much much more. Within this section we have picked the very best photographers to show their most treasured images of the peak district national park. Over the coming weeks we will update the section with all the very best landscape shots of local landmarks and beautiful locations within the peaks.

Peak District Photography - Wirksworth Star Disc I’m always interested in finding new and interesting locations that have impact and haven’t really been “discovered” yet photographically. As much as it’s hard to resist some of the cliché locations where I still try and put my own twist on them there is a certain satisfaction of going to a not well visited location and making your mark, maybe even putting it on the map and on everyone’s radar. This is where my little Star Disc project comes in, open since 2011 it is still relatively unknown to the... Peak District Blog Posted on Wednesday, 18 April 2012 11:58AM

Peak District Photography - Brassington Barn. Early spring means nothing is hidden by vegetation and this old barn near Rainster Rocks shows all it's textures on a sunny day at the beginning of March. I love to see the textures of ruins in black & white and here, whilst the bushes that screen the site in summer are bare, the capacity of limestone to show every possible shade of grey is on display. I took a while to realise why I preferred this shot to similar ones of the same subject - it is because there are a number of diagonals that join elements  - for example, one arm of the... Peak District Blog Posted on Wednesday, 21 March 2012 09:45AM

Peak District Photography - Longshaw Panorama The high pressure systems that have brought us this mild, dry, spring often mean a soft, diffused skies and murky vistas often without much interest for photography. However, driving past Longshaw last week in late afternoon, I saw that the sun was just a disk through clouds and, standing near the Wooden Pole, the trees below receded progressively away.  I took two shots (Nikon D700 & 24-70 @70mm) and later stitched them together in Photoshop. The result captures the end of a soft, quiet day in near monochorome.  A good rule of... Peak District Blog Posted on Wednesday, 21 March 2012 09:28AM

Peak District Photography - Step into a stormy spring Now we are well and truly into March winter has started to lose its grip and we are moving into a proper spring. Day by day the weather is being more predictable and getting hotter.   I have to say that the winter just gone has disappointed me somewhat, there has been barely any snow and those crisp clear days we dream of were few and far between. I am one for loving a stormy sky and changeable weather and endeavour to go out when it doesn’t look promising, but this winter took the Michael. I spent hours upon hours on hillsides... Peak District Blog Posted on Wednesday, 21 March 2012 09:01AM

Peak District Photography - Carhead Rocks The Peak District is reputedly the worlds second busiest national park after Mount Fuji in Japan. Whether this is true is another matter and the Park’s authority has even stated it is hard to monitor numbers. What is known though, the national park is in very close proximity to two of the UK’s largest cities, Sheffield and Manchester and accumulates a lot of it’s numbers from these two cities. It is no surprise then, on a hot day perfect for a walk the Peak District quickly becomes filled with people from the local... Peak District Blog Posted on Monday, 19 March 2012 10:15AM

Peak District Photography - Kinder Trespass, 80 Years On - Andy Hemingway Over looking the trespass site at William Clough towards Sandy Heys (in cloud). For by Kinder, and by Bleaklow, and all through the Goyt we’ll go We’ll ramble over mountain, moor and fen And we’ll fight against the trespass laws for every rambler’s rights And trespass over Kinder Scout again… Trespass song based on a parody of 'The Road to the Isles'. The Right to Roam Sunday 24th April 1932 is a date that resonates in the history of the Peak District. As this was the day when more... Peak District Blog Posted on Wednesday, 07 March 2012 11:16AM

Peak District Photography - Thom Walker - Dove Dale Since first discovering this part of Dove Dale I have returned twice to try and take this photo. Finally the light was good enough and the sky had enough drama to accompany the ruggedness of Thorpe Cloud. The photo was taken from Bunter Hill. If you are planning a visit to Dove Dale then Bunter Hill is well worth the hike, it stands directly opposite Thorpe Cloud and offers panoramic views from the top. This blog was brought to you by Thom Walker Peak District Blog Posted on Friday, 24 February 2012 12:04PM

Peak District Photography - Tom Anthony Photography: Winters here!! Tom Anthony Photography: Winters here!! Winter finally arrives. At last winter finally came and for me it was about time.  One of the problems is when you wait and wait for the snow is driving about in to the location in which you are going to photograph.  This come to light when I wanted to photograph on Higger Tor but my car was unable to get up the hill, even though it wasn’t very steep.  I then went back the way I came and manage to park near Burbage edge and made the short walk to photograph this sun... Peak District Blog Posted on Monday, 20 February 2012 10:00AM

Peak District Photography - Winter in the Peaks   The snow capped, twin peaks of Crooke Hill near Ladybower Reservoir. Here we are, seemingly in the depths of winter and with Christmas now long forgotten, it can be hard at this time of year to appreciate what pleasures winter can bring. Although this winter has so far has mostly been wet and mild compared to the last few years, when we have seen some quite monumental snow falls, occasional cold snaps have brought frosts and the odd flurry of snow. I often think that the Peak District is seen at its best in winter.... Peak District Blog Posted on Monday, 13 February 2012 10:14AM

Peak District Photography - Winter sunrises – Stephen Elliott Winter is probably my favourite season for landscape photography; yes it can be and is often freezing cold, dark, wet and miserable but we can also get some amazing light, crisp frosty mornings and flurries of snow. This year the snow has been late coming but we have had some lovely sunrises, so I’m going to share a few taken over the last few weeks. One of the nice things about winter sunrises is that you don’t have to get up in the middle of the night like you do when shooting in the summer, you can quite happily stay in bed... Peak District Blog Posted on Wednesday, 08 February 2012 11:21AM

Peak District Photography - Past Seven Days I have been very lucky this past seven days, being able to go out and shoot in the peak district 4 times. Thursday. I got up very early thursday morning with the plan to visit mam tore, Things didn't look to promising on the drive as it was relentlessly raining but one of the lessons I have learnt from landscape photography is that some of the best sky occur after rain fall, thats if it stops raining. when I arrived at mam tor the weather was perfect and i know that the trip was going to be a success. the first photo I took... Peak District Blog Posted on Thursday, 02 February 2012 02:58PM

Peak District Photography - Higger Tor fisheye photo One of my least used and most favourite lens is my nikon 10.5 fisheye. For a lens which is reasonably expensive it can be very limiting but can be a very fun lens to use, on a very windy trip to Higger tor i popped the fisheye on and started scouting around but ended up taking a photo of this oddly shaped rock which must be the most photographed rock in the area, but I have never seen it  taken with a fisheye, so i set my tripod up and push down on it with all my weight to stop my camera blowing away. Now one of the issues with this... Peak District Blog Posted on Thursday, 19 January 2012 12:14PM

Peak District Photography - Thom Walker Photographer I have always lived in Derbyshire but only recently discovered the peak district and now visit the area once or twice a week, I have lived and worked in the french and austria alps and never truly exploring my local landscapes, I always felt a bit under underwhelmed by england but when i started to take my photography more serious and visit more and more places It became very clear to me that i was very lucky to live within driving distracts to a special part of the country. I have tried out many different trypes of photography but I have... Peak District Blog Posted on Monday, 16 January 2012 01:57PM

Peak District Photography - Tom Anthony Photography: Majestic Morning It was early winter but to me honest it felt like autumn with the unseasonal warm weather we had.  Anyway I planned a trip to Stanage Edge to capture the mist in the valley but when I arrived at this location I felt that I would get better results at this other location.  I have photographed here before but it was way back when I was at college in mid-2006, during the summer months.  I found it then a great location as it required no walking to a great viewpoint.  I just knew that this location had to be visited again but I... Peak District Blog Posted on Thursday, 12 January 2012 11:18AM

Peak District Photography - Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow? Well, aren't we having a mild winter? As much as I hate driving in the snow as I'm sure you do, I bet like me I bet when the snow comes I bet you can't help act like a little child. Like I say though, unfortunately so far for the 2011-2012 winter season it has been quite a mild affair with very little snow what so ever. However, I did manage to catch quite a bit of snow 2 weeks in a row around the Buxton area and had a thoroughly enjoyable time around the Chrome and Parkhouse Hill area as well as on Ramshaw Rocks. One thing I have... Peak District Blog Posted on Monday, 09 January 2012 10:23AM

Peak District Photography - James Grant - An infatuation with the true Peaks of the Peak District The Peak District, despite it's name is mainly moorland or rolling dales from gritstone escarpments of the Dark Peak to the high sided limestone craggy dales of the White Peak. So despite it's name there's not many true "Peaks" to speak of in the Peak District. There's many theories as to why it's called the Peak District with the main one being that a British tribe called the "Picts" used to live here. You might be thinking at this point I'm totally underselling the area because we don't have these huge jagged hills but ... Peak District Blog Posted on Tuesday, 20 December 2011 05:36PM

Peak District Photography - Andy Hemingway – Loxley Common   Sunrise on Loxley Common. The village of Loxley sits on the very edge of the Peak District National Park, to the west of Sheffield and now almost swallowed by urban sprawl. Loxley Common lies between the villages of Wadsley, Worrall and Loxley, near Hillsborough. Today a popular spot for dog walkers, there are few clues now left to it’s somewhat dark and grisley past. Robin Hood’s supposed birthplace on a hillock at Little Haggas Croft, lies close to Loxley Common. It is near here where outlaws... Peak District Blog Posted on Tuesday, 20 December 2011 02:30PM

Peak District Photography - Tom Anthony Photography: Winter It took a while but winter is finally here.  I am looking forward to winter this year as I missed ALL of last year’s snow.  I was coming back from a clients wedding and I got out the car with my camera equipment and fell over onto my right wrist.  Thankfully my camera equipment was fine but my wrist wasn’t.  I couldn’t drive or take photos for about 3 months and I had complications.  Hopefully this year we won’t have as much snow but just enough where the roads are clear and the landscape is... Peak District Blog Posted on Tuesday, 20 December 2011 02:00PM

Peak District Photography - Deer At Chatsworth A Magical Moment In Time  - The Deer At Chatsworth Make A Wildlife Photographer's Day   An incredibly rare sight and something I'll never forget." A humbled photographer shares a very special snapshot in time with us - another gem to be cherished, in Villager Jim's Collection of photographic treasures. It wasn't a particularly a nice day on the first Saturday in December and James Dobson, Peak District Online's dedicate wildlife photographer, wasn't expecting to come home with any of his usual stunning wildlife... Peak District Blog Posted on Monday, 05 December 2011 08:16AM

Peak District Photography - James Grant - Are You Looking At Me? I'm no wildlife photographer by a long stretch, I couldn't name more types of bird by sight than I have fingers on one hand. However there is just something that I have always found fascinating about the highland cattle on Baslow Edge. Whether it's because they're traditionally something seen in Scotland or that they're just so tame (in one way) they are just so striking. I had been up to Baslow Edge a couple of times and without fail they had all been munching on the grass just after Wellington's Monument.  I had a couple of... Peak District Blog Posted on Wednesday, 23 November 2011 11:25AM

Peak District Photography - Tez Marsden - Trees in Mist This photograph was taken on Stanton Moor, a wonderful and magic place especially when it is covered in low cloud with the sun shining through as it was on this day. It can be quite spooky up there in the early hours sometimes, with the cloud swirling round and shapes appearing through the trees. It has a fascinating history with the stone circles, the Earl Grey tower and recently the protesters fighting to stop quarrying on the moor, and thankfully they won the battle and saved this lovely area. This photograph is part of an... Peak District Blog Posted on Monday, 31 October 2011 11:42AM

Peak District Photography - Tom Anthony Photography: Autumn For me autumn is the best time of the year for a landscape photographer.  The colours in the landscape are my favourite aspect to this season.   Although in some places autumn is just starting to form (finally).  The low light conditions give photographers the chance to photograph longer in the landscape.  Autumn is full of vibrant colours and as a photographer its out duty to photograph them at their best.  The colours can be amazing in places which give that extra something to the image. Ideal conditions ... Peak District Blog Posted on Friday, 28 October 2011 09:57AM

Peak District Photography - Stephen Elliott – Higger Tor and the reverse ND grad The start of October was fantastic but then rapidly deteriorated to dank wet and miserable weather, I was finding myself going stir crazy waiting for conditions to change to be able to go out and shoot some landscapes. Friday evening (14th) looked promising with a nice sunset followed by a rapid drop in temperature so a morning mist would be highly probable the next day, one of the nice things about shooting at this time of year is that sunrises are at a more civilised time so getting up at 6am Saturday was relatively easy. Higger... Peak District Blog Posted on Monday, 17 October 2011 10:08AM

Peak District Photography - Derbyshire On Your Doorstep Living in Derbyshire I feel myself lucky to be so close to lots of great landscapes and definitely don't take it for granted. However, sometimes I do forget what's closer to home and usually end up heading off into the heart of the Peak District. However, I have become a little stale with photographing the same Peak District scenes as everyone else and wanted to get some different, fresh pictures I could put my name to. So after recently purchasing a new camera I set myself on the task. I decided to shoot some scenes more local to me,... Peak District Blog Posted on Wednesday, 12 October 2011 01:48PM

Peak District Photography - Tez Marsden - An Early Morning Shot This is yet another early morning shot, near Wolfscote Dale in the Peak District. The light was incredible especially with this stormy looking sky heading my way, had enough time to take some shots before the rain got to me. I feel it is so rewarding getting up early to experience light like this, and often think what people are missing still tucked up in bed!! The light and feeling of being out so early is so special and i'm sure I will never tire of it. The good thing about this time of year in early October is that you... Peak District Blog Posted on Thursday, 06 October 2011 09:22AM

Peak District Photography - Stephen Elliott – 1st October in the Hope Valley This last weekend has been unseasonably warm with temperatures in the day hovering around 26 degrees then cooling off steadily through the night, ideal conditions for producing low lying mist in the bottom of the valleys and a perfect photographic opportunity. Saturdays plan therefore was to shoot the sunrise looking down over the Hope Valley. Anyone passing through the valley during the last 100 years will have been hard pressed not to notice Hope Cement works sitting on the hillside between the villages of Castleton and Bradwell.... Peak District Blog Posted on Wednesday, 05 October 2011 09:29AM

Peak District Photography - Andy Hemingway – A Brief Guide to Curbar and Froggatt Edge   The 18th Century Guide Stoop at Curbar Gap Curbar Edge and Froggatt Edge are in fact a single stretch of gritstone escarpment. It is difficult to know where one ends and the other starts. Starting from the southern end of Curbar Edge, ticketed parking is available at Curbar Gap Car Park. If you don't mind a bit of a climb, there are also a few lay by parking spaces next to the road below the edge. Before heading for the edge itself, a small detour through the gate at the eastern end of the car park will bring... Peak District Blog Posted on Monday, 26 September 2011 11:26AM

Peak District Photography - James Grant - High On Heather For roughly three weeks of the year, every summer starting around mid-August the Peak District comes to life with raging purple heather transforming otherwise dark, brown moors into something that looks like it could be from a child's painting. Heather can be found mainly in the Dark Peak although there's the random bits scattered in area's like Stanton Moor. It's a frantic 3 weeks for any photographer, running about trying to capture it in all it's glory mainly around sunset and even sunrise if your an early bird. The golden hours are... Peak District Blog Posted on Monday, 26 September 2011 10:58AM

Peak District Photography - Stephen Elliott – Close encounters A strange thing happened to me earlier this week, after I’d dropped my son off at school I decided to have a walk up onto Higger Tor with my camera, it was a nice sunny morning, a blue sky with patches of fog in the valley below, not a bad day for shooting some landscapes. Walking over the top moor towards the shelter stone a grouse flew out of the heather onto the path in front of me, now normally grouse are very timid birds and scoot off rapidly in the opposite direction but this particular bird had a serious attitude problem and... Peak District Blog Posted on Monday, 19 September 2011 10:42AM

Peak District Photography - Andy Hemingway – A Brief Guide to Stanage Edge A winter sunrise at Stanage Edge southern trig point. A summer evening on Stanage Edge. At approximately four miles long, Stanage Edge is one of the Peak District's best known and impressive locations. A walk along Stanage Edge is a journey through not only through the geology and natural history of the area but 4000 years of human history and influence. The southern section of the edge is by far the most popular, with a several nearby car parks and easy access. It is used for a multitude of recreational activities and during a... Peak District Blog Posted on Friday, 09 September 2011 10:53AM