MAM TOR-- LORD'S SEAT HILL

A late Spring Walk to collect new Images along the great ridge which

divides the white and Dark Peaks.

With my assistant Kato ∞ we started our trek from the Mam Nick car park

upto Mam Tor a late Bronze age Hill Fort, height
above sea level 1700ft Mam Tor which translates to "Mother Mountain"

THE GREAT RIDGE MAM TOR

 We headed out above the Hope Valley and over looking Castleton the route is made easier
by the paved pathway, centurion style. Destination Brockett Booth. Many Photographers have
travelled this image rich area, it has potential for some fine images. On reaching Brockett Booth from where we could see Loose Hill. We made a decision to return another day, so........
 

AS OLD AS EARTH

..... Kato ∞ insisted on a Tea break before we headed back along the Great Ridge

 to the photogenic LORD'S SEAT  to take images of the late Spring Sunset.

Above the Hope Valley the weather began to close in as

 we approached the Hill Fort,

a solitary Hang glider using the Lord's Seat Hill for his

thermal lifts made an hasty

decent to Mother Earth, but not before I managed to get him within my image!

The wind had picked up driving the hale and sleet over the

 valley, we had two golfing umbrellas made of glass fiber, 

hopefully not lightening rods!! 

but not for us! but the camera and gear......over Edale we had all Four seasons,

 but made an image

before beating an hasty retreat back to the car.    

 

LORD'S SEAT--EDALE

     At the bottom of Mam Tor snakes a Road that travels by Lord's seat, within the Vale of Edale.
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THE SEVEN YEAR COMPILATION SLIDE SHOW

Time......for a compilation of the last Seven Years, of just a few special Images.

I thought I would slide together in a video that includes

a short instrumental music score.

You can click the YouTube link here;https://youtu.be/5HfDoFBKut8 

or the on page video below.

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All the Images can be see here;http://www.amethystlandphoto.com/ 

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GEMINIDS AND LIGHT POLLUTION

This is just an update to say I managed to capture, a solitary Meteor

on this Years Geminid Meteor shower night. It was taken on the 14th

of December 2013, I have updated my blog post, "LOOK OUT FOR THE GEMINIDS".

 single Geminid enters the Earths atmosphere

      They say it takes on average, 1200 photographic images to capture

just one with a fast moving Meteor, within your frame.

Over the Years I have made many attempts, to acquire these illusive

Meteor images, the British weather usually gets in the way, even this 

4:30 am capture was flooded by low, advancing cloud. not to 

mention the light pollution of nearby villages. 
Although the cloud did give the Trees, a scenic backdrop.
I normally don't over expose my images, but the above image was very
over exposed, the low resolution, the internet presents on a home 
monitor is to say the least, lacking, especially if the
 image is on the small size. This image is great, viewed at full resolution
and a VERY normal exposure. But we don't live in an ideal internet World.    -------------------------------------------------------------
If you click on the above image, and press hold your key board Ctrl key
while repeat press the + key   you should be able to view the image
larger, but it will be very low resolution.
To return your image to it's normal size, repeat the above but press
the 0 key that's  zero to you.

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