Cloud End – Photographing with Dad
The first time I’ve been out since the Scotland holiday and probably the most stunning sunrise and pre-light I’ve seen..
Stoke on Trent / Staffordshire isn’t the best known place for photographic subject material but me and my Dad checked out the maps and contours and figured there must be a decent view from a place called Cloud End (marked as just Cloud on the map) near to Congleton.
We got up well before sunrise had climbed a small rise to a heather covered peak. Finding suitable subject matter for the sunrise and under time pressure is a little scary. I managed to get a shot off just at sunrise itself and a couple of digital only before sunrise (the top shot is about 10 mins before).
Some of my digital shots came out too dark in the foreground even with 5 stops of grad.. we’ll have to see how Velvia holds up but I’m not expecting much..
On the way out we saw a peak in the background which must have been mow cop but it looked like a mini Fuji peeking through the mist. We scouted around for a bit of foreground and some rose bay willow herb and a small stone building worked really well in black and white (the colours were a mix of cold and warm unfortunately – not pretty)
