A bunch of images for the mountain lovers and hillwalkers out there.
None are particularly good and the conditions were such that my Large
Format gear would have been best used as a kite rather than a camera.
But those of you who roam the hills in Britain will have experienced
these conditions at some point and relish the
prospect of their next visit to the hills.
Sandstone giants of the North in heavy frost
Douglas Griffin, blue fin art, and 42 other people added this photo to their favorites.
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Richard Childs
Richard Childs
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Joe Rainbow 30 months ago | reply
Argh that's good! Love the mist.
Tannachy 30 months ago | reply
'None are particularly good.' Whatever! This is great, love the way the cloud is hugging the mountains
Leen Hoencamp 30 months ago | reply
Wauw, good shot. I like the mist.
Team Jenneson 30 months ago | reply
Fantastico! Seriously good.
The Flying Pig 30 months ago | reply
Looking at this on my phone just now and it looks seriously impressive. Can't wait to see it on the full PC screen.
Pete Hyde 30 months ago | reply
Wonderful, the frosted foreground is terrific and so are those rolling clouds.
The Flying Pig 30 months ago | reply
Just had a look at it on the big screen rather than the phone, very very cool shot, made even more impressive by the 'poor' conditions, may have been a struggle but you got an excellent shot from it.
Kevin J Allan 30 months ago | reply
They're all good shots but this one is terrific. I can understand not taking large format gear up there - is this 35mm ?
Richard Childs 30 months ago | reply
Thanks for the comments everyone. This photo was taken on a Pentax 67 which is even heavier than the 5x4 camera which was also with me but couldn't be used with a long lens in the gusting wind.
DavidO'Brien 30 months ago | reply
Ah....good to see the ol' beast still gets some practice! You must be pretty lean now to be carrying both LF and a Pentax 67. I think the near-far perspective is wonderful on this. Out of interest did you focus on the furtherest part of nearside ridge and that allowed sufficient DOF throughout? I still somewhat struggle with focussing on the 67.
Richard Childs 30 months ago | reply
Hi David,
yes, the really close foreground is soft but I wasn't too worried because the eye skips over that and travels to the peaks which are what the image is about. I was using a 200mm lens and couldn't stop down all the way because the wind was a real problem. I think the exposure was around 1/16th @ F11 on Velvia.
AlexBurke 29 months ago | reply
I think this one came out very well. Wind is such a terrible pain with 4x5. How do you manage to deal with it? I was trying to photograph an amazing sunset this evening but the wind was killing me. I couldn't focus with my dark cloth flying all over the place and once I finally did take the picture I could watch the camera vibrate during the entire exposure. It was driving me nuts for sure. I think there's just some times when you can't use large format.
Richard Childs 29 months ago | reply
Hi Alex
Wind is the LF photographers biggest enemy. Here in Scotland we get a lot of wet and windy weather. Generally once the wind speed exceeds 20mph, especially if its gusting stronger photography becomes a battle. On mountain tops i often go looking for decent foreground in areas of wind-shadow to avoid all that frustration and aim to return for other shots in better conditions.
Håkon Iversen Photog - On and off Flickr 29 months ago | reply
Oh wow, that is so nice! Love how the mist seems to flow over the mountains!
Sean Lewis LFPhoto 29 months ago | reply
Stunning!
JimCochrane 29 months ago | reply
Richard, this a fantastic result in those conditions! The cloud and mist curving over the mountains, and the subtle cold tones really make this for me.
Francis Gagnon 29 months ago | reply
Impressive!
Nickscape 29 months ago | reply
The mist is just perfect, did you take a wider view of this scene?
steveland303 29 months ago | reply
Beautiful winding layers.
Steve Boote.. 28 months ago | reply
Outstanding Richard,epic scale and the clouds are a joy to behold.Superb ;)