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\r\nStanage Edge is a 'Gritstone' escarpment situated on the eastern side of the Peak District National Park close to the city of Sheffield.
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\r\nMillstones or 'Grindstones' were once quarried here and numerous examples of them can still be found abandoned around the hillside.
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\r\nCareful planning played a large part in the making of this image.
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\r\nI had visited Stanage Edge earlier in the year and discovered these fine examples lying together.
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\r\nFeeling that they would make an ideal foreground against a fiery sunrise, I used a compass to ascertain when in the year the sun would be perfect position.
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\r\nAll that was then required was to keep a watchful eye on the weather for the right conditions and revisit during the month in question.
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\r\nHadrian's Wall snakes its way across some of the most beautiful scenery in England from Wallsend in the east to Bowness on Solway in the west.
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\r\nRenowned as a World Heritage Site, the Roman army began construction in around AD122. In its heyday the wall was 73 miles long and 5 metres high.
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\r\nOne of the most photogenic locations along the wall is shown here just north of Haltwhistle.
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\r\nThe dynamic diagonal cut of the wall in the foreground helps provide a strong composition, whilst the walker lends scale to the image.
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\r\nSwaledale is arguably the most beautiful area of the Yorkshire Dales National Park and is famed amongst photographers for its plethora of iconic stone barns set within a landscape of rolling hills and stunning scenery.
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\r\nJune sees a vibrant display of yellow buttercups coating the network of fields and turning the area into a pure 'sea of gold.'
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\r\nHere the first rays of morning light pierce the fractured cloud, illuminating the valley floor and creating pools of light along the flanks of Kisdon Hill.
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\r\nPatience and a keen eye were required here, watching and waiting for all of the hillside barns to be illuminated simultaneously, whilst shadows continue to cover the less interesting upper reaches of Kisdon Hill.
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\r\nDolbadarn Castle stands on its own rocky outcrop some 80 feet above the waters of Llyn Padarn, approximately halfway along Llanberis Pass in the Snowdonia National Park.
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\r\nDating from the 13th century it was built by Llywelyn the Great as a strategic fortress to control movements within the heart of Snowdonia.
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\r\nToday it is a shadow of its former self with a 40 foot high round tower rising starkly above the landscape. Beneath it, a network of low ruined walls provide testament to the original scale of the structure.
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\r\nIn this image, one of the ruined low foundation walls is utilised to lead the viewer into the image.
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\r\nA low tripod position has deliberately been chosen to isolate its tower above the surrounding hillside, ensuring that it is clearly the focal point for this image.
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\r\nThis tranquil early morning scene was taken 30 minutes after sunrise on a glorious Lake District autumnal morning.
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\r\nThe rising sun has been excluded from the right hand side of the image to keep the contrast under control, but this has only just been achieved by the use of several 'stacked' ND Graduated filters.
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\r\nThe winning combination of early morning light, still water and golden autumn leaves, have created an unmistakeable atmosphere of peace and serenity.
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\r\nThe 'contre-jour<\/i> ' backlighting of the leaves is perhaps the most important aspect of the image, allowing this beautiful tree to stand out and be recorded in its full glory.
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\r\n","photographer":"","width":400,"id":5457272,"height":342,"takendate":"","payment_groups_id":"","server_id":1,"link":"photo_5457272.html","src":"LKSMF0041-Ullswater-in-Autumn-Lake-District-Cumbria.jpg","home":0,"purchase_instruction":"","galleries_id":308977,"gallery":0}); photos[5457283] = clik.newPhoto({"item_price":"","section_code":"gallery","caption":"","location":"Alportdale, Peak District, Derbyshire","photo_ref":"","description":"THE GREATEST SLIP OF ALL<\/b>
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\r\nThe so-called 'Alport Castles<\/b>' is one of the most dramatic features within the Peak District National Park.
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\r\nIt is the site of the UK's largest landslip and a popular location for landscape photography - albeit an isolated one!
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\r\nIts unusual name originates from the large mounds that the landslip has created, the tallest of which 'The Tower<\/i>' resembles a full scale motte and bailey castle from a distance.
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\r\nI have tried hard here to come up with an alternative view of this location, using the large boulders that have crumbled from a nearby cliff face as foreground interest.
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\r\nI waited nearly 2 hours for the correct lighting conditions to form. It was imperative that only the large square boulder was brightly illuminated, whilst the potentially distracting foreground debris was hidden within the shadowy area.
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\r\n","photographer":"","width":400,"id":5457283,"height":560,"takendate":"","payment_groups_id":"","server_id":1,"link":"photo_5457283.html","src":"PKS-0089D-Alport-Castles-Alport-Dale-Peak-District-Derbyshire.jpg","home":0,"purchase_instruction":"","galleries_id":308977,"gallery":0}); photos[5457290] = clik.newPhoto({"item_price":"","section_code":"gallery","caption":"","location":"Crummock Water, Lake District","photo_ref":"","description":"REFLECTION PERFECTION<\/b>
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\r\nThis image displays the clarity of light that can be found after air impurities have been removed by the passage of a cold weather front.
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\r\nNo 'Rule of Thirds<\/i>' here. The perfect reflection of Mellbreak Fell in the still waters of Crummock Water demands that the image is divided exacly in two.
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\r\nThe line of a conveniently situated fence and drystone wall have been utilised to provide a clear demarkation line between hillside and reflection whilst the oblique side-lighting has brought out texture in the wall.
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\r\nA polariser was used here, to both saturate the glorious seasonal colours and allow stones upon the lake bed to be subtly displayed.
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\r\nI feel that this is one instance where a clear blue sky has enhanced the image, creating no distracting elements in the calm waters of Crummock Water.
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\r\n","photographer":"","width":400,"id":5457290,"height":560,"takendate":"","payment_groups_id":"","server_id":1,"link":"photo_5457290.html","src":"LKS-0235D-Crummock-Water--Mellbreak-Fell-Lake-District-Cumbria.jpg","home":0,"purchase_instruction":"","galleries_id":308977,"gallery":0}); photos[5457286] = clik.newPhoto({"item_price":"","section_code":"gallery","caption":"","location":"Castlerigg, Near Keswick, Lake District","photo_ref":"","description":"FIRE AND ICE<\/b>
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\r\nCastlerigg Stone Circle on the outskirts of Keswick, is perhaps the most famous and well visited attraction in the whole of the Lake District National Park.
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\r\nHow can one find a truly original image of such a classic and iconic location?
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\r\nThe answer lies in 'perseverance!'
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\r\nI have lost count of the number of times that I have visited this location... but finally on this occasion I finally achieved my 'Holy Grail<\/i>' here.
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\r\nA very hard frost had occurred overnight turning the ground white with rime. Then as the sun rose, the thin layer of Stratocumulus cloud that was sitting over Blencathra exploded into a fiery sea of colour.
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\r\nFire and Ice - a perfect combination.
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\r\nI love this location. Is this perhaps why it features twice in the short confines of this section?
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\r\nThis image and the conditions used to create it are so very different from that of MILLSTONE SUNRISE<\/b> that I feel it deserves its place here in the National Parks gallery.
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\r\nA wide-angle lens has been used to good effect here, seemingly increasing the size of the nearest millstone to fill the foreground.
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\r\nThe generally overcast conditions have acted like a giant 'softbox' allowing every textured detail of the stone to be recorded.
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\r\nIn the distance the landscape stretches away towards the twin tors of 'Mothercap<\/i>' and 'Over Owler Tor<\/i>.'
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\r\nCockley Beck is an isolated little community set high up on the Wynrose Pass.
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\r\nMost people transit this delightful single arched stone bridge en-route to Hardknott Roman Fort without giving it a second glance.
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\r\nThat of course, is the beauty of being a landscape photographer. We rare breed like to explore where others may merely pass by.
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\r\nSo it was on this occasion where the irresistable charm of white stone cottages, neatly arched bridge and rushing beck demanded more than a second glance.
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\r\nBy combining a polariser with ND filter here, I managed to slow the exposure down enough to show movement in the rushing water. The delightful sky was an added bonus.
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