Sunday 26 July 2009

The Roaches


Last Thursday evening saw a trip out the The Roaches in the Peak Disrict. Having made the trip the previous week in the pooring rain, and visited the site prior to this whilst fell running, I had a pretty good idea of what kind of images i wanted to capture.

The colourful heather and the gorgeous setting sunlight made for some amazing results. Take a look at the main website for more images from this trip.

Friday 10 July 2009

Prees Heath

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Wow! What a lovely little area to visit!

This place had loads of beauty to offer my 'black box'. I arrived at about 6.45pm last night. The temperature was cooling as the sun was slowly dropping out of the sky and the Silver Studded Blue butterflies were just roosting atop the Bell Heather.


As the angle of the sunlight was getting lower and lower, I had to position my body accordingly, and ended up lying down on the ground with my ear in the heather and my legs sprawled across the rabbit holes (something you need to look out for at this spot if you don't want to break your ankles). This position was surprisingly comfortable actually!

There were quite a few different species on the site; Ringlets, Small Heaths, Meadow Browns (where aren't these guys!), Common Blues, and 5 Spot Burnet Moths. The different wild flowers made the place look especially beautiful. I think I will return here again soon.