Shadows from trees on the wall of an old canal-side mill (3)

A third photo of the mill at Luddenden Foot (April 2015). This time it's a full view of the mill, omitting the canal beneath it. The tree shadows look like they've been painted onto the wall.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/9, 1/100s, 22mm, hand held.

Shadows from trees on the wall of an old canal-side mill (2)

I posted a picture similar to this one in June last year, 2 months after taking the photos. This image is a wider shot that includes the canal and more of the mill. For anyone who knows the area, this is the mill at Luddenden Foot that now houses Springfield Camping.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/8, 1/100s, 18mm, hand held.

Mossy branches surrounding mill ruins.

This is the old mill near the top of Jumble Hole Clough, between Hebden Bridge and Todmorden. I took the photo in April this year, before the leaves appeared on the trees. I'm planning another visit soon so I'll see how the leaves change the atmosphere.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/2.8, 1/100s, 35mm, hand held.

Old textile mill and chimney on Boys Lane, Halifax.

I posted a photo of this mill (Shaw Lodge Mill) and chimney soon after taking it, on 20th April last year; this is an alternative view, looking straight upwards whilst walking up the cobbled lane between them.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/14, 1/80s, 18mm, hand held.

Overgrown mill ruins at Jumble Hole Clough

I did another new walk today - from Great Rock above Todmorden, down through Jumble Hole Clough, along the canal bank in the valley bottom, then back up the hillside from Eastwood. The fast-flowing stream down Jumble Hole Clough is stunning, but I'm not sure I've got any photos that really do it justice - I always felt like I needed to be on the other side of the stream. I did look for ways across at various points but (for once!) was sensible and didn't risk slipping off the mossy rocks and breaking bones or camera.

There are ruins of old textile mills at various points in the Clough - this is one of the smaller ones towards the bottom. It has a huge tree growing on top of it and a little waterfall in its side - hardly recognisable as a building any more.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/3.2, 1/125s, 35mm, hand held.

Blue doors on an old textile mill

This is Shaw Lodge Mill on Boys Lane, in the bottom of the valley in central Halifax. I took the photo in April last year. I really liked the lines of the metal fire escape and the way the blue doors stood out from the stonework. To enhance this feature, when processing the raw file in Lightroom, I desaturated everything except the doors.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/10, 1/100s, 24mm, hand held.

Disused mill on a cobbled lane in Halifax

I took this in April on a walk up around Southowram from Halifax centre - this mill is at the foot of the hill in Siddal. I like our old mills (particularly the disused ones) - both their structures and their history.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/11, 1/250s, 18mm, hand held.

Shadows from trees on the wall of an old canal-side mill

I took this photo of Denholme Mill in April this year. It was late afternoon so the sun was low, casting strong shadows from the trees on the other side of the canal onto the mill wall. I love the shapes and colours of our old mills anyway, but these shadows make this one even more intriguing.

The upper floors of this mill (at road level) are now home to a camping shop (Springfield Camping at Luddenden Foot) - the lower floors at canal level don't look to be used any more (from the outside at least). I haven't been able to find anything about the history of the mill.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/5, 1/250s, 28mm, hand held.

North Bridge, the Burdock Way flyover and Dean Clough mills, Halifax

I've been wanting to photograph these bridges for some time now, getting my chance on a walk around Halifax a few weeks ago, whilst my car was in the garage. My vantage point is the car park of the local sports centre, where my son attends classes a couple of times a week.

The lower bridge is the Victorian Gothic style North Bridge, opened in 1871 and made of iron and stone. It cost £21,000 to build (17 shillings & sixpence per square foot) and was apparently the cheapest bridge in England at the time (and is still in use today for local traffic). On the day it opened the whole town was given a half day off work and the crowds surged across the bridge before it had been officially opened, needing to be held back by 20 mounted soldiers!

In 1973, the (much less photogenic!) Burdock Way flyover (above it on this photo) was built to carry heavier and through traffic.

In the background, under North Bridge, you can see some of the Dean Clough mills complex. These mills were built in the mid-1800's for carpet manufacturing. They now house many different businesses, including art galleries, restaurants and a radio station.

History lesson over...!

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/11, 1/160s, 18mm, hand held.

1800's textiles mill and chimney on a cobbled lane in Halifax

Today I had to leave my car at the garage in Halifax to have some work done, so I decided to spend the morning walking around town with my camera (for 'locals' the route was up Beacon Hill Rd to Southowram, over the top and down behind Siddal, past the Shears pub, then back behind the Nestle factory to the town centre again).

This photo is looking up Boys Lane at Shaw Lodge Mill and its chimney. They were built in the 1800's for woollen/worsted textile weaving by John Holdsworth & Co and remained in their ownership until 2005. (I think they're rented out as separate units now).

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/14, 1/80s, 18mm, hand held.

Gibson Mill and pond at Hardcastle Crags

Gibson Mill is a 19th century cotton mill, now owned by the National Trust along with the surrounding woodland of Hardcastle Crags, West Yorkshire. I took this picture in May 2013, not long after buying my DSLR camera - I love the symmetry and stillness of it (even though the sky's a bit dull and grim!).

I exposed the image for the mill and trees, so I needed to reduce exposure of the sky and pond post production in Lightroom. I used 2 graduated filters to do this - one angled from the top right down; one angled from the bottom right up.