This Weeks Roundup
I haven't been getting out too much of late due to a combination of poor weather, poor fitness and quite likely apathy, but I managed a bit of a wander on the moors above Belmont last weekend. The light was overcast and quite flat while I was out on the walk, but picked up as I was heading back home (which is kinda typical).
All images taken handheld with the Nikon Z8 and either 24-70 f/2.8S or 70-180 f/2.8. A CPL may have been used on some of them.
Belmont
There's not many interesting subjects to choose from on the moors above Belmont, but the impressive church at the heart of the village always catches the eye. Here it is presented from a variety of vantage points along my relatively short walk. I really must endeavour to get up here in time for sunrise one day. Catching the valley filled with mist and backlit by the rising sun would be quite a treat, although knowing my luck it would overcast and possibly raining, so I'll probably just stay in bed instead.
The winding road running across the moors is a favourite for motorcycle riders and hence something of an accident blackspot. As a result, it is littered with very visible, bright warning signs that are just doing their job I guess, but something that completely ruins the timeless vibe of the image, so they've mostly been eliminated here and in the next image.
Some quite heavy colour and tone processing involved in this one to get the colours to look palatable(ish).
A more natural colour palette in this and the next one, although the roadsigns have been nuked again.
The following image also had some aesthetically unpleasing goalposts the field and a cell tower on the hill, so they had to go too.
The View From Alance Bridge
On the way back from Belmont, I decided to drive through Anglezarke, crossing Alance Bridge which is just downstream of the point where Limestone Brook and the River Yarrow merge before flowing into Upper Yarrow Reservoir. Well, normally there's some flowing going on, but not right at this moment. Under normal circumstances, this view would be flooded up to the treeline. Note how the light is so much nicer than it was earlier.
The following pair of images are looking over the other side of the bridge towards the reservoir. Again, it would normally be flooded up to the treeline.
Peeking through the trees at Alance Bridge itself.
The Tail End of Sunset
And a final image, taken the next day. I was driving home and noticed some fantastically stormy clouds in the sky, so when I got home, I grabbed my camera and headed out again, hoping to catch a nice shot of the clouds. I didn't manage to find a good vantage point for that, but did manage to get this nice shot of the sky over the Mormon temple as the colour was about to completely fade out. Seconds later it was just a blue/grey sheet.
