Back-lit trees in fog and snow

I've probably posted pics of these trees close to where I live before, but I'm drawn to them every time the weather is like this. It's with a different camera & lens this time anyway....(photographed last week)!

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/5, 1/1000s, 55mm, hand held.

Line of trees & puddles on a snowy, foggy moor.

This is Roils Head Moor, close to where I live - a great place to play and take photographs when we get some snow.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/5.6, 1/500s, 35mm, hand held

Foggy Walshaw Dean reservoirs viewed across a snowy moor.

I took this on the way back from Top Withens in January this year. The snow was only at the higher levels that day.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/11, 1/100s, 18mm, hand held.

Dramatic clouds over winter moorland.

I took this one in January this year (on the same day as my post from 30th April), on a walk around Wainstalls, close to where I live. The clouds were amazing that day - the ones in this picture almost look like a separate landscape in the sky.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/8, 1/125s, 38mm, hand held.

Heavy snow weighing down branches over a stone wall.

Here's another from our local moor back in early March this year. I love the mix of textures in this photo.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/5, 1/320s, 35mm, hand held.

Snow on the moors around the ruins of Top Withens Farm (2).

Here's another view of Top Withens, the ruined building that supposedly inspired Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights. I took the photo after walking over the moor from Widdop in January this year. I was lucky to have the moor to myself for most of the time I was there (perching on a rock on the hill overlooking the ruins to eat my sandwiches); another couple of people arrived just as I was leaving.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/11, 1/100s, 40mm, hand held.

Little tree under heavy snow.

I took this one just over a month ago on Roils Head moor, Halifax. The snow was falling really heavily at the time, whiting out the whole background.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/5.6, 1/500s, 35mm, hand held.

Snow-laden branches.

One from the heavy snow in January last year. I took this on our local moor. I love how snow transforms the ordinary and makes it beautiful.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/6.3, 1/60s, 46mm, hand held.

Trees on the Widdop skyline in winter.

This is one of the last photos I took on a walk from Widdop to Top Withens and back in January this year. This path leads off the main one from Walshaw Dean reservoirs as you walk back down to the road. There was just a touch of snow on the ground at this level, but it was totally covered a bit further up on the moors.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/11, 1/80s, 24mm, hand held.

Line of snowy trees in early morning sunshine.

I took this on our local moor early one morning in January last year. I love how the low sun creates strong shadows in the snow and gives a yellowy glow to the branches.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/10, 1/80s, 46mm, hand held.

Winter moorland reflected in Walshaw Dean middle reservoir, Widdop.

I took this one on the outward leg of my walk from Widdop over to Top Withens and back in January this year. The ruined cottage on the left of the moor is the one I photographed close-up on a previous walk (see my blog post from 12th Sept last year).

Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/11, 1/125s, 52mm, hand held.

Tyre swing on a snowy playground.

Here's another one from last Friday morning on Roils Head moor. Nobody had been on the playground that morning (unsurprisingly!) so I got a few photos of the deserted equipment piled up with snow before my kids knocked it all off.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/4.5, 1/1000s, 35mm, hand held.

2 little trees in heavy snow.

I took this one this morning on Roils Head moor, near my home. Finally, we have some heavy snow - or rather, we had - it's already turned to slush! The schools were shut for the day so I took the kids up to the moor to play in the deep snow, making the most of it. It was falling heavily the whole time we were there, so a good chance to test out my camera's waterproof cover (it worked brilliantly). I was also dying to use my new prime lens up there - I got some great photos there a year ago, but was interested to see how much sharper they'd be with this lens (and they are - I love it!!).

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/5.6, 1/500s, 35mm, hand held.

Snow-covered little tree and long grass.

Another one from a foggy, snowy afternoon in January last year on Roils Head moor, close to my home. I like how the snow has stuck to the centre of the tree trunk, creating dark outlines.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/5.6, 1/200s, 26mm, hand held.

Beneath snow-covered trees.

This is a little group of trees in the middle of Roils Head moor, photographed on a late afternoon in January 2015. I love how the fragile-looking branches manage to support so much snow.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/5, 1/160s, 22mm, hand held.

Line of trees in a snowy field silhouetted against a late afternoon sky.

Here's another one from Roils Head moor in Halifax last January. It took it just after the sun set, but whilst it was still back-lighting the clouds. I love the patterns made by the tree branches against the sky and the patches of grass amongst the snow.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/6.3, 1/50s, 26mm, hand held.

Snow-covered trees on a foggy moor.

This is what Roils Head moor in Halifax looked like almost exactly a year ago (it probably looks more like a bog this year!). It was late afternoon and the low sun was almost breaking through the fog, giving these trees a subtle back-light.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/6.3, 1/100s, 22mm, hand held.

Snow on the moors around the ruins of Top Withens farm.

Today I walked along a section of the Pennine Way from Widdop to the ruins of Top Withens farm, near Haworth. This is the farm that was thought to have been inspiration for the location of the Earnshaw house, Wuthering Heights, in Emily Bronte's novel. I've done this walk before, but always turned back before reaching the farm, not realising its significance. It was a perfect day for the walk today - in the 5 hours that I was out there was a real mixture of weather - fog, hazy sun, blue patches of sky, dark clouds and a short period of really bright, warm sunshine. Having done the walk before and knowing it was mostly vast expanses of bare moorland, I didn't expect to take many photos - happily, I was wrong!

Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/11, 1/200s, 22mm, hand held.

Bare trees overhanging a snowy lane.

I took this one today on a walk with my husband and the dogs. It's a narrow lane (called Great Edge) in Warley that has lovely views across the valley to Norland. Despite these views, I'm always drawn to this little copse of trees. There's some kind of tall mast in the middle of them, too, which makes the copse an easy landmark to spot when you're on any of the other surrounding hills.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/5.6, 1/80s, 18mm, hand held.

Snow-covered trees and fields beyond.

This is at the far end of Roils Head Moor, looking out towards the fields around Mount Tabor. I took the photo almost exactly a year ago. I'm hoping for some more snow like this soon - had a slight flutter today but nothing's really stuck yet.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 400, f/11, 1/80s, 26mm, hand held.