Meanwhile, Out On The Moors...
It's been almost a month since my last excursion onto the moors, so my fitness is currently in the toilet and I've missed some of the spring / summer highlights such as the cotton grass doing its thing. Still, it was nice to be back up there on this somewhat warm evening, even if it seemed like hard work as I made my way up the modest few hundred feet of ascent from White Coppice onto the moors.
As I'm somewhat out of condition and it was a bit warmer than I'd have liked, I brought a reduced kit featuring just the Nikon Z7 + 24-70 f/2.8S and my CPL. Having the X-H2 along for the ride with a longer lens would have been nice, but I just couldn't face carrying an extra body, besides, it was hard work just dragging my chunkier than ideal frame up there on its own.
All images taken handheld and processed from single raw files in Capture One Pro 23, except for the sunset shot which is a blended 3 shot bracket.
1. The Goit
The Goit is a canal that connects the Roddlesworth reservoir chain to the Rivington chain at Anglezarke. This was taken from the small bridge that leads from White Coppice cricket ground to White Coppice itself and the mine ruins around Black Brook. It's always a pretty scene and seemed particularly nice on this occasion with the strong side light breaking through the trees. Unfortunately, in my hurry to get out onto the moors I've slipped up slightly and highlights on the trees are slightly clipped. Really, I should have bracketed down from this exposure, although the results are kind of nice as it is, so I think I got away with it, albeit barely.