Pennine sunrise Photo

Photographer’s Note

It was a very cold morning today and we had our first snow of the year but only a couple of centimetres.
This is a view of Digley reservoir just before the sun rose from behind the hills in the distance.
Digley was once a small village with a large woollen mill at its centre.The reservoir was built in the 1950's and the village flooded.In long hot summers when the water gets low,the remains of the mill can sometimes be seen.The last it was visible was in 1976,we dont have many long hot summers!

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cobbydale (1924) 2007-01-25 17:26

Hi Andy,

nice capture of the first snows of the year. Good POV and it has a real early morning feel to it. Interesting about the reservoir, there's one near me like that, at Thruscross, with a long abandoned village at the bottom that appears during droughts - last seen in the drought of '95 (which I remember particularly well as I was working for Yorkshire Water at the time!)
TFS. Leon.

four (490) 2007-01-26 8:32

Nice view and subtle colours.
I tried to get a bit more detail in the foreground by lightening it with levels.

Easy to go too far with this and lose ambience - what do you think?
http://i1.tinypic.com/4h3cq6e.jpg

djnik2004 (1696) 2007-01-26 17:49

Hi Andy, youve caught the morning light really well, is this on the way up to Bradshaw Moor ? i took quite a few shots up there at christmas, just without the snow! Like the dark wall running down the frame into Digley, Have you considered using Grad Filters to balance the exposure a little? ive recent got a set and have found they really benifit my landscapes!