For this weeks shoot I took my camera out into the Marsden Moors. I was semi-familiar to the old working class town and I love an excuse to half a wonder through its hills. It doesn't take too long to find somewhere that's picturesque.
There were a few problems that I had getting this shot, that I'll go through as I encountered them. At first I arrived a few hours before dark, normally this can be a great thing, the colours of the sunset would have made a great landscape photo but instead I had a sky full of grey clouds. Not that I was complaining too much, as I love a bleak setting.
I parked by car briefly over the Tops, secretly hoping I'd wonder on some stray sheep (hold that thought...) that I could throw into the photo. Alas, there was none. I walked up the hill and I found the nearest peak I could, walking up a very ill-used car track I stumbled upon large black rocks that looked like a tomb of an abandoned soldier.
Walking a little bit further up the moors expanded in front of me, and all of its wind as well. I felt like I was in a sitcom trying to balance my tripod while the wind was tipping it over, with the wind both blowing away the tripod carry case and then it carrying my rucksack. Eventually I took a few shots, looking for lines in the grass and in the sky. Fucking around with the shutter speed and aperture and eventually I got this.
I didn't realise just how dark it turned out but gave me an excuse to tinker with my macs editing suite (it's a little rusty, but it will do for now).
Anyway, I'm pleased with the end result. Looking forward to the next landscape challenge.
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