Month: November 2017

26 Nov
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Great Mis Tor on a snowy morningThe North Hessary Tor transmitter mast in the snowLeeden Tor on a snowy morningDartmoor ponies at Leeden Tor outcrop

Leeden Snow, Leeden Snow, Leeden Snow

Bruce Little / diary, landscape / / 0 Comments

They say the weather outside is frightful
But I think it’s quite delightful
There’s simply one place to go
Leeden snow, Leeden snow, Leeden snow.

With apologies to, well, anyone really. I couldn’t resist it.

Leeden Tor is somewhere I’ve been to a few times but I’ve yet to get a decent photo there. And it wasn’t really on my radar for Saturday morning’s visit to Dartmoor either.

With snow showers likely overnight I was keen to get up to Dartmoor to have a look first thing. My destination was Read more

23 Nov
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Dawn at Teigmnouth PierDawn skies and breaking wave at Teignmouth Pier

Pier Pressure – Teignmouth Pier or Bust

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The last place I expected to find myself last weekend was Teignmouth pier. After all, I’d photographed it several times before and the attraction of a return visit wasn’t obvious. I am also trying to avoid heading out purely for red skies and prefer looking for other opportunities. Golden hour side-lighting, or foggy mornings for example. However I’d had a really frustrating weekend with the camera and was desperate to photograph something. Not quite anything, but something. I’d taken Friday off to head to Dartmoor and shoot autumnal scenes. That came to nought as I had a cloudless sunrise and my woodland walk – up the Erme from Ivybridge – was bereft of bronze and yellow foliage.Read more

11 Nov
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Sunrise at Hay Tor, Dartmoor, on a rainy autumn morning

Hay Up! Sunrise at Hay Tor

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Hay Tor was the last place I was expecting to end up on this particular morning. Well, I guess that’s not strictly true as, Dartmoor-wise, Fur Tor would have been a little less likely, but “boring old Hay Tor” wasn’t high on my list of destinations.

It’s been a slow autumn for my photography. I’ve had little chance to take time off work when the weather has looked promising so I’m depending on weekends to get out and about, and the conditions haven’t favoured me.

Still, a Saturday morning a couple of weekends ago looked OK. A front had passed during the evening and overnight; showers and strong winds followed in the morning and I hoped to get up to the moor and get some early morning rainbow action.Read more

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