In the Peak District

Last December Chris invited me up to spend a few days with his family in the Peak District. It was that nothing time between Christmas and New Years where you don’t have work and there’s a lull after the buildup for the holidays.

A photo taken from close to the ground of snow covered grasses.

2017/12/27
1/3000s at f/4, 48mm, ISO 100, Nikon D800

We wandered around Higger Tor and Stanage Edge, and generally chatted about life. The photos don’t show just how bitterly cold it was, especially when the wind picked up.

A pair of walkers decend a snow covered hill.

2017/12/27
1/1500s at f/4, 70mm, ISO 100, Nikon D800

A golden sunset with snow covered rocks and grasses in the foreground.

2017/12/27
1/1500s at f/4, 52mm, ISO 100, Nikon D800

The hills aren’t too high in the Peaks, but you do get some lovely views, particularly at sunset.

A golden sunset with snow covered rocks and grasses in the foreground.

2017/12/27
1/250s at f/4, 70mm, ISO 100, Nikon D800

A golden sunset with grasses silhouetted in the foreground.

2017/12/27
1/750s at f/4, 70mm, ISO 100, Nikon D800

Sunrise over lightly snow covered hills.

2017/12/28
1/180s at f/5.6, 70mm, ISO 125, Nikon D800

With a good forecast the night before, we got up to shoot sunrise.

A hiker with hiking pole descends a snow covered hill at sunset.

Chris descends a snow covered path.

Chris Natt ― 2017/12/28
1/250s at f/4.8, 70mm, ISO 100, Nikon D800

Ed Horsford mid leap whilst crossing a small stream.

Photo by Chris Natt.

Ed Horsford ― 2017/12/28
1/1250s at f/4, 20mm, ISO 400, Nikon D800

A highland cow close-up, looking directly at the camera.

I made a new friend.

2017/12/28
1/750s at f/2.8, 29mm, ISO 100, Nikon D800

A photo of a snowy road.

2017/12/28
1/1500s at f/4, 24mm, ISO 100, Nikon D800

Shot in the Peak District.