View from the Malvern Hills.

[JohnP]

The Malvern Hills are in the counties of Worcestershire, Herefordshire & Gloucestershire, the largest portion of the hills is in Worcestershire followed by Herefordshire and a very small part of northern Gloucestershire. When I took this photo I was standing in Worcestershire, the flat top hill to the left is the British Camp or Herefordshire Beacon, it was an Iron Age Fort and the terracing can easily be seen from miles away. You will have to look extremely hard at this low res image to see The Sugar Loaf near Abergavenny that I climbed last October, it's the pointed peak on the far horizon about a third from the right. Unfortunately the summit of Sugar Loaf was in the clouds that day and I never got to see The Malvern Hills from there so that's unfinished business and I will be trying again this summer.

 

 

Canon EOS 60D, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
1/125s f/11.0 at 20.0mm iso200
 

 

[ChrisLumix]

I love the Malverns. They're only hills really, but they rise so dramatically from the Plain of Evesham that you'd think they were small mountains.

[annie]

Beautiful scene, beautifully captured.

[colinb]

rather nice John   - do you use grads at all to help balance the sky?

[JohnP]

do you use grads at all to help balance the sky?

 

The short answer is no... not yet anyway.

[colinb]

The short answer is no... not yet anyway.

 

if you are looking for mid-price range stuff you could try  http://www.koodinternational.com/ I have a couple of their grads which work with my Cokin P-series holder. or if you have a branch of London Camera Exchange it's always worth asking if they have any used stuff (just give them a good check over for scratches before buying)

[Kobione]

Lovely view well captured, John!